OpenTac tactile skin survives hammer, stomping, and office chair stress tests
_krishna_murthy · x · 2026-10-22
The OpenTac team stress-tested their tactile skin with creative abuse: hammer strikes, stomping, and running an office chair over it. After each test the sensor reconnected and worked as before, capturing both light and heavy contacts. The skin is the same one demonstrated on a Vega-1 robot forearm.
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