Study Spotlight

Can haptic feedback bridge the gap in remote robotics? We put a Shadow Hand, Touchlab fingertips, and HaptX gloves to the test across 14 complex manipulation tasks. From medical procedures to daily chores, here are the lessons we learned about tactile precision, mechanical compliance, and the future of tele-dexterity.

Can a robot truly feel? In our latest case study, Touchlab explores the 12-week precision engineering journey to sensorise Prensilia’s MIA Hand. Facing intense space constraints and complex routing, our team integrated a 16-taxel array into a thumb structure validated to withstand 60N of force. Discover how we resolved mechanical conflicts to deliver a manufacturable, high-performance path to production for the next generation of tactile robotics.

Touchlab is leading a critical research effort in the £57M ARIA Robot Dexterity Programme. Learn how Principal Investigator Dr. Vasilis Mitrakos and our team are developing GRIT, a modular, quantum tunnelling-based e-skin, to finally give robots the human-like sense of touch they need to achieve full dexterity in challenging, real-world tasks.

At Touchlab Robotics, we believe the next frontier in robotics is the sense of touch . Our mission is to make this vision a reality by building a robust, open-source ecosystem that simplifies the integration of tactile sensors and electronic skin  into robot grippers and hands. Open-Source Drivers and Robot Models We're excited to release our open-source drivers and robot models for Touchlab's advanced tactile sensors . All of our code is available on GitHub , including our C

The Last Missing Piece of Robotic Intelligence: Touch Vision has taken robots far. Touch will take them further. Robots can now see, navigate, and plan with astounding precision. But in real-world manipulation, they still fumble. Why? Because they don’t feel. Robots lack tactile intelligence – the ability to sense pressure, slip, texture, and force distribution like humans do. This absence keeps robots confined to brittle grasps and blind guesses. No matter how advanced your