Touchlab Limited

Giving Robots the Power of Human Touch

[Touchlab Limited @TouchlabL]

We are proud to publicly present Välkky: A teleoperated robot avatar designed to support healthcare systems around the world: https://t.co/WJmXr2BYfF

@helsinki @ForumVirium @xprize @NRobotarium @PALRobotics @SCHUNKInc @Robotiq_Inc @OctopusVentures @CreatorFund @TechstartVC

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"To build breakthrough science, you have to embrace the risk of failure."
Touchlab is featured in @HolyroodDaily with @ARIA_research CEO Kathleen Fisher on how high-risk funding is backing our tactile robotics mission🤖

Read the article: https://t.co/eOP6D9iRmr

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The era of physical AI is here, but generic cloud isn't enough for robotics.
Ahead of Whisky & Robots on Oct 20, we explore how Cloud Combinator helps hardware teams scale on AWS with dedicated edge AI architecture and funding support.
Read the full blog: https://t.co/he48nkE2Xs

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Excited to join CloSer — a €10M @HorizonEU initiative giving soft robots a true sense of touch!🤖

Vlad, Jack & Mairead represented Touchlab at the kickoff meeting alongside 15 partners led by Tampere Univ.

🇪🇺Funded by the European Union
#HorizonEU #SoftRobotics #AI #Touchlab

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Can robots truly feel? 🤚🤖

Our VP of Robotics, Vladimir Ivan, sat down with Claire Asher on @RobotTalkPod at our HQ to discuss how our e-skin technology is giving robots a human sense of touch.

🎙️ Listen here: https://t.co/Nan3ShZSkz

#Robotics #DeepTech #Sensors

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Cameras shrank decades ago, but tactile sensing stayed bulky.
To make Physical AI practical, touch must fit inside micro-hardware and surgical tools.

Here’s how we’re building miniature tactile sensors without sacrificing precision: https://t.co/EaXV8lEtTV

#Robotics #PhysicalAI

[Touchlab Limited @TouchlabL]

3 months in the @GoogleDeepMind Accelerator: Robotics wrapped up at Demo Day!

Our CEO Zaki pitched on stage—delivering the tactile intelligence layer for Physical AI. Meanwhile, Jack and Vlad ran live demos showing our tactile tech in action on the floor🦾

#PhysicalAI #DeepTech

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Scaling deeptech takes a different playbook than traditional tech startups

In a new case study with @CodeBaseTech, our CEO Zaki Hussein reflects on:
•7–10 year build cycles
•Turning PhD research into commercial tech
•Expanding from Scotland to Japan

https://t.co/InEcnspGbb

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Across 6 prototype generations, we built TACTO on 3 core principles:

🔹 Curvature: Contact grows with force
🔹 Layered Compliance: Combines softness + strength
🔹 Rigid Core:Prevents collapse under load

Read the full engineering deep dive: https://t.co/VK5G4Xl6XP

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You can have the best motion planning and AI in the world, but if a robot’s fingertip can’t make stable contact, objects slip and fragile items break.

The physical interface is where manipulation succeeds or fails.

Here is how we engineered TACTO to fix that 👇

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AI gave robots a brain and eyes. We're giving them hands that can actually feel.
Big thanks to @chrismadden_ for highlighting our e-skin tech—the tactile era of robotics is here.

[Chris Madden @chrismadden_]

Vision models see. Language models talk. Neither can feel.

@TouchlabL, a 15-person Scottish startup led by @zakiehussein, built an electronic skin that lets a robot hold a melting ice cube without dropping it, and it's now going inside the leading robot hands.

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@chrismadden_ Spot on, Chris! Vision and voice were just step one—tactile sensing is the real bridge to safe, capable physical AI. Appreciate the shoutout!

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How do you teach a robot to hold melting ice without dropping it?
Cameras can’t see inside a closed grasp. TACTO senses pressure & incipient slip in real time.
Read the feature with @ARIA_research, our founder Zaki Hussein & Rich Walker from @shadowrobot: https://t.co/Pbe2x9nTDi

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Vision isn't enough for truly dexterous robots. 👁️❌

In our latest blog, Dr. Vlad Ivan & Abi Puthan Purayil dive into the frontier of Physical AI and explain why capturing the "signature of slip" is the missing piece for robotic intelligence. 🦾

🔗 https://t.co/JevAGGW8CI

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"A robot that can see an object is useful. A robot that can feel how firmly it is holding that object becomes much more capable."

Thrilled to see Touchlab featured in @Forbes by @BernardMarr covering our e-skin & haptic tech at Goodwood Future Lab!

https://t.co/avGRx0ZJ4c

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We were featured on @ITV!📺 Throwback to the Goodwood Festival of Speed #FOSFutureLab two weeks ago, where we showed how a human-like sense of touch transforms robots from clumsy to highly dexterous. 🤖

🎬Watch the clip starting right at the 2:30 mark! 👇

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Missed us at Goodwood Festival of Speed?🏎️🤖

Our full recap is LIVE! See how we brought next-gen robotic haptics, e-skin tech, and a robot playing Connect 4 to the FOS Future Lab.

📺 Watch here: https://t.co/sWYDwyTlnr

#FOSFutureLab #Robotics #DeepTech

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Touchlab is taking the stage at @MACHINASUMMIT!
Our CEO Zaki Hussein joins @GoogleDeepMind, Bubble Robotics & Stær to discuss "From Touch to Scale: The Next Frontier of Embodied AI."
📅 July 7 @ 2:20 PM
📍 Builder Stage, Station F

#AcceleratedWithGoogle #Robotics #PhysicalAI

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We’re heading to Paris! We're attending @MACHINASUMMIT at Station F on July 7th.
Excited to show off our new product, TACTO, inside the @GoogleDeepMind booth! As part of their Robotics Accelerator, we’re bringing human touch to robots. See you there! 🤖✨

#AcceleratedWithGoogle

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Touchlab is heading to the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard, July 9–12!🏎️🤖

Visit us at FOS Future Lab presented by Randox (Extending Reality) to try:
👋Teleoperation demo
✨TACTO our new generalisable fingertip
🔬Live E-Skin interaction

#FOS #FOSFutureLab

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What did #ICRA2026 reveal about the future of robotics?
One message was clear: robots need more than intelligence — they need touch.
Our latest blog explores why tactile sensing is becoming essential for dexterous, real-world robotics.

🔗 https://t.co/QtIKFOrHLf