30 July, 2020
By News Desk
Bio-inspired sensing technology gives robots a human sense of touch
A bio-inspired tactile sensor technology created by Sydney-based start-up Contactile equips robotic gripping systems with the sensory advantages of human hands, enabling robots to sense friction.
Dr Heba Khamis, one of the three co-founders of Contactile, says the technology enables robots to sense the emergent properties of objects such as slipperiness in real-time.