TouchTronix offers a Vision‑Tactile‑Action platform that combines thin‑film multi‑axis tactile sensors with visual perception and edge AI to deliver sub‑2 ms closed‑loop grip control. The system provides modular sensor modules, a development kit with pre‑trained models, and ROS2/gRPC APIs for integration into robots, prosthetic devices, and research platforms. TouchTronix licenses both the hardware and its tactile intelligence software to OEMs and labs seeking high‑resolution contact feedback.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Robotic manipulators and prosthetic devices often rely solely on vision, which cannot reliably detect contact forces, surface texture, or slip, leading to unsafe or inefficient grasping. The absence of high‑resolution, low‑latency tactile feedback hampers precise manipulation in unstructured environments and limits safe human‑robot collaboration.
Solution
TouchTronix delivers a Vision‑Tactile‑Action (VTA) and Vision‑Tactile‑Language‑Action (VTLA) platform that fuses skin‑like tactile sensing with visual perception and on‑board AI inference. Their proprietary thin‑film tactile sensors capture multi‑axis pressure, shear, and temperature at >1 kHz, converting raw contact data into actionable control vectors in real time. An edge‑optimized software stack aggregates sensor streams, runs deep‑learning models for slip detection and grip adaptation, and exposes standardized ROS2 and gRPC APIs for seamless integration. The resulting closed‑loop system enables robots and prosthetic limbs to modulate grip force, recognize object properties, and interact safely alongside humans without extensive calibration. TouchTronix offers both custom sensor hardware and licensing of its tactile intelligence algorithms to OEMs and research institutions, accelerating deployment of embodied AI across diverse applications.
Target Audience
Primary customers are robotics OEMs, prosthetics manufacturers, and academic or corporate research labs developing advanced manipulation or human‑robot collaboration systems. System integrators seeking to retrofit existing platforms with high‑fidelity tactile perception also benefit from TouchTronix’s modular solutions.
Features
- Thin‑film tactile sensor array with 0.1 mm spatial resolution and 0–10 N force range, supporting multi‑axis shear detection
- Modular Finger and Sensor modules that snap onto existing end‑effectors, reducing mechanical redesign effort
- FusionX development kit providing calibrated sensor data, on‑device inference engine, and pre‑trained VTA/VTLA models
- Real‑time data pipeline (≤2 ms latency) with edge AI acceleration (GPU/TPU) for slip prediction and adaptive grip control
- Open‑source SDK offering ROS2, Python, and C++ bindings, plus RESTful API for cloud‑based analytics and model updates
- Secure cloud “Data Factory” for aggregated tactile datasets, model training, and versioned firmware distribution