OpenTac skin lets a Vega-1 robot sense pushes and comply with your nudges
anand_bhattad · x · 2026-10-23
Researcher @krishnamurthy (supported by a Dexmate AI research grant) demoed a tactile human-robot interaction experiment: an OpenTac tactile skin strapped to the forearm of a Dexmate Vega-1 robot lets it sense external contacts. The team implemented a compliant controller that monitors pushes and complies with the direction of each push — meaning a human can physically nudge the robot to guide it, instead of relying only on pre-programmed trajectories. A neat showcase of low-cost tactile skin plus compliant control for physical HRI.
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