Contactile
Giving robots a human sense of touch and enabling robotic dexterity.
At a glance
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Development stage
Active / generating revenue
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Investment stage
Seed
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UNSW affiliation
Staff-led spinout
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Technology readiness level
TRL-7
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Female led
Yes
Contactile has developed a novel touch-enabled autonomous smart gripper using patented tactile sensors.
Tactile sensing is required to perform complex manipulation tasks for industrial applications or humanoid robots. Contactile's sensors are the only technology on the market that measures the stimulus required to achieve dexterity, including 3D force, 3D torque, slip and friction.
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Contactile offers the first touch-enabled robotic gripper and hands for achieving robotic dexterity. These products allow robots to hold objects of varying size, weight, shape, and material without the need to customise the gripper fingers or reprogram the grip parameters. The gripper autonomously determines the optimal grip force required in real time from the tactile sensor feedback. Applications include pick ‘n’ place, general manipulation, sorting by weight, size or compliance, and joint human-robot control.
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- Tasks involving variety or unpredictability require human-level dexterity. Dexterous robots need tactile sensing because they can’t see how heavy or slippery something is.
- Dexterous robots are required in every industry sector, including manufacturing, e-commerce fulfilment, maintenance, health, defence, and space.
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- Robotics system integrators
- Robotics manufacturers
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- Sensor sales since 2019
- Seed investment of USD2.5 million in 2022 from Silicon Valley VC
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