OpenTac: An Open Ecosystem for Custom Robot Tactile Skins Sensing Normal and Shear Forces
_krishna_murthy · x · 2026-10-22
Researchers introduced OpenTac, an open ecosystem for building custom tactile skins that sense both normal and shear forces on any robot shape. Commentators note tactile sensing is crucial for robot learning—understanding physical dynamics requires perceiving how forces and contacts evolve during interaction, not just what happens visually.
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