01
Sense the interaction
Explore contact and force feedback alongside visual observations to understand how a robot meets an object.
AT THE INTERSECTION OF AI & ROBOTICS
Intelligence
starts with
contact.
The physical world demands more than vision. We explore how touch can help robots understand, interact, and adapt.
Explore our approach ↘TACTILE SENSINGPHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE
CONTACT FIELD / CONCEPT STUDY INTERACTIVE
Contact reveals what vision alone cannot.
Illustrative concept · not live sensor dataFROM PERCEPTION TO ACTIONVision + touchLearning + controlSimulation + hardware
01 / OUR APPROACH
A richer understanding
of the physical world.
Touch sits where perception meets action. Our work connects sensing, learning, and control to explore more informed robot interaction.
02
Learn through action
Use demonstrations and manipulation experiments to study the relationship between observations and robot behavior.
03
Close the loop
Connect simulation and hardware experiments, evaluating what transfers and where adaptation is needed.
02 / RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Built around
real interaction.
An experimental workflow spanning tactile sensing, robot-specific learning, and physical evaluation.
Explore Tact Foundry on GitHub ↗SENSING
↗Contact-aware manipulation
Investigating force and contact signals within robot manipulation workflows.
LEARNING
↗Vision-language-action models
Exploring demonstration collection and robot-specific model adaptation.
EVALUATION
↗From simulation to hardware
Testing observations, actions, and transfer through paired experiments.
03 / LET’S CONNECT
The next frontier
is within reach.
Interested in tactile robotics or exploring a collaboration? Start a conversation with Tact Foundry.
Get in touch ↗