Sixteen taxels in a patch smaller than a postage stamp, each reading three axes — shear in X and Y as well as normal force in Z. Shear is the channel that tells a policy an object is slipping before it has slipped.
Specifications
- 16 taxels in a 22.6 × 24.6 × 5.5 mm patch
- 3-axis sensing per taxel: X/Y shear and Z normal force
- 500 Hz maximum sampling rate
- Up to 1,500 gf normal force per point, 3,000 gf overload tolerance
- 0.1 gram-force resolution
- CAN bus with daisy-chain wiring, single CAN2USB link to the host
- Windows and Linux support with ROS and ROS 2 drivers
See also dexterous hands, grippers, data & policy and the robotics hub.