Robot skins made by industrial knitting could enable scalable tactile sensing

mynkgoel · x · 2026-07-24

• A discussion of RobotSweater and a new wave of robotic clothing / flexible outer skins around the humanoid boom in China.
• The pictured RoboSkin uses seamless knitting, multi-directional stretch, and a soft matte finish to conform to moving joints and complex surfaces.
• The thread highlights the idea of building scalable tactile sensing by knitting sweaters/skins for robots with an industrial knitting machine, showing a practical path from fabrication to application.
• The images show the fabrication machine, the assembled sensor skin, and example uses on robot arms and torsos.

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