ROBOTICS: Robot fingertip has the really common touch: Device is a webcam inside a 3D-printed soft fingertip

摘要

A low-cost robotic fingertip with an artificial sense of touch mimicking that of humans has won an international soft robotics competition. TacTip is a 3D-printed sensor developed by the Tactile Robotics Team at Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL). The device consists of a webcam mounted inside a 3D-printed soft fingertip.