Ex-Apple Engineers' Startup Silica Launches Tactile Robot Actuators with 50x Sensitivity

Silica, a robotics startup founded by ex-Apple engineer Enrico Milletti and backed by Y Combinator, Founders Inc. and UP.Partners, has opened preorders for affordable tactile actuators that are 50x more sensitive than existing solutions, enabling robots to sense how much force to apply when grasping objects.

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