Tangram Vision, a startup building software and hardware for robotic perception, unveiled a new 3D depth sensor today called HiFi that packs powerful computer vision capabilities into an off-the-shelf ...

The quest to mimic human touch in technology has led researchers to explore piezoelectric and triboelectric effects as pivotal phenomena. These effects underpin a new generation of tactile sensors ...

Researchers have developed an automatic process for making soft sensors. These universal measurement cells can be attached to almost any kind of object. Applications are envisioned especially in ...

Researchers have overcome a major challenge in biomimetic robotics by developing a sensor that, assisted by AI, can slide over braille text, accurately reading it at twice human speed. The tech could ...

Samsung Electronics has released two new ISOCELL Vizion sensors — a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor, the ISOCELL Vizion 63D for high-resolution 3D images, and a global shutter sensor, the ISOCELL Vizion ...

Robotics companies building enabling systems like sensors and LiDAR attracted $1.6 billion in 2025, as every robot needs vision capabilities. Medical robotics shows the clearest path from startup to ...

LAS VEGAS and TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- XELA Robotics (www.xelarobotics.com), a specialist in advanced 3D tactile sensors, has succeeded in providing a human sense of touch for humanoid and ...

Researchers have developed an L3 F-TOUCH sensor to enhance tactile capabilities in robots, allowing it to 'feel' objects and adjust its grip accordingly. Researchers from Queen Mary University of ...

From household robots to reusable rockets, a new wave of breakthrough inventions is redefining what humans can do in space ...

By learning from human touch, robots can grip objects more safely and adapt to real-world conditions without massive training ...