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Columbia University team open-sources low-cost tactile sensor for robots

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Researchers at Columbia University have developed FlexiTac, an open-source, low-cost, and flexible piezoresistive tactile sensor platform designed to make tactile sensing as scalable as visual sensing for robots. The system, detailed at IROS 2026, boasts a simple assembly process, high durability, and batch consistency, making it accessible even for undergraduate research. FlexiTac has seen widespread adoption in academia and industry, leading to diverse applications and collaborations, including a commercial version being developed by Analog Devices with significantly higher resolution. AI

IMPACT Enables more accessible and scalable tactile sensing for robots, potentially accelerating advancements in embodied AI and fine-motor manipulation tasks.

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Columbia University team open-sources low-cost tactile sensor for robots

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  1. 雷峰网 (Leiphone) TIER_1 中文(ZH) ·

    Making Touch as Scalable as Vision: Columbia University's Yunzhu Li Team's FlexiTac Open-Source Practice | IROS 2026

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