Sensobright Tactile Sensors are high-resolution force and touch sensing modules by Sensobright Industries, designed to add a sense of touch to robot hands and grippers. The sensors feature up to 317 receptors per cm2, sub-0.001 N force sensitivity, 3-axis touch and temperature sensing, proximity detection without physical contact, and transfer data via a single USB cable. Compatible with Windows, Linux, ROS, and embedded platforms including Raspberry Pi and Nvidia Jetson.
Primary use case: Tactile and force sensing for robot grippers and hands to enable precise manipulation and object slip detection
Locomotion
stationary
Availability
commercial
Primary Use Case
Tactile and force sensing for robot grippers and hands to enable precise manipulation and object slip detection
Sharpa expands its manipulation hardware lineup with a tactile-sensing robot, a sub-750-gram dexterous hand and an exoskeleton glove for teleoperation and training data.
Publication date: February 2027Source: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 103Author(s): Yong Tao, He Gao, Fan Ren, Yixian Chen, Yuanbao Feng, Weiqi Fu, Pai Zheng, Jiewu Leng, Hongxing Wei
Nvidia has unveiled the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, an open humanoid robot platform designed to accelerate research and development in physical AI and general-purpose robotics. The platform, announced at Nvidia GTC Taipei, integrates a Unitree H2 Plus humanoid robot with Sharpa Wave tactile five-finger hands and Nvidia Jetson Thor onboard computing.