{"name":"RoboSkin Tactile Research Index","updated":"2026-07-10","count":7,"entries":[{"id":"dream-tac-tactile-world-action-model-2026","year":2026,"publisher":"arXiv","sensorPrinciple":"Tactile world-action modeling","modalities":["tactile observation","robot action"],"formFactor":"Contact-rich robot manipulation system","dataOutput":"Predicted tactile observations conditioned on robot actions","applications":["contact prediction","robot manipulation"],"evidence":"preprint","limitations":"Preprint evidence; transfer across sensors, tasks, and deployment conditions still requires independent validation.","reviewedAt":"2026-07-10","title":"Dream-Tac: A Unified Tactile World Action Model for Contact-Rich Robot Manipulation","url":"https://roboskin.ai/research/dream-tac-tactile-world-action-model-2026","sourceTitle":"Dream-Tac tactile world action model preprint","sourceUrl":"https://arxiv.org/html/2606.08737v1"},{"id":"single-material-soft-robotic-skin-2025","year":2025,"publisher":"University of Cambridge","sensorPrinciple":"Single-material conductive soft skin","modalities":["pressure","temperature","damage location"],"formFactor":"Large-area conformable robotic skin","dataOutput":"Electrical measurements interpreted across the skin surface","applications":["robot body sensing","multimodal e-skin"],"evidence":"institutional","limitations":"Institutional summary of research; application durability and production-scale integration are not established by the public story alone.","reviewedAt":"2026-07-10","title":"Single-material soft robotic skin for multimodal e-skin sensing","url":"https://roboskin.ai/research/single-material-soft-robotic-skin-2025","sourceTitle":"University of Cambridge single-material electronic skin report","sourceUrl":"https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/robotic-skin"},{"id":"freetacman-robot-free-visuotactile-data-collection-2025","year":2025,"publisher":"arXiv","sensorPrinciple":"Robot-free visuo-tactile data collection","modalities":["vision-based touch","contact motion"],"formFactor":"Portable tactile data-collection workflow","dataOutput":"Paired tactile observations and interaction trajectories","applications":["tactile dataset collection","manipulation learning"],"evidence":"preprint","limitations":"Preprint evidence; dataset diversity and transfer to other tactile hardware remain evaluation questions.","reviewedAt":"2026-07-10","title":"FreeTacMan robot-free visuo-tactile data collection for tactile AI","url":"https://roboskin.ai/research/freetacman-robot-free-visuotactile-data-collection-2025","sourceTitle":"FreeTacMan robot-free visuo-tactile data collection preprint","sourceUrl":"https://arxiv.org/html/2506.01941v1"},{"id":"sparsh-x-multisensory-touch-representations-2025","year":2025,"publisher":"arXiv","sensorPrinciple":"Multisensory tactile representation learning","modalities":["tactile images","audio","motion","pressure"],"formFactor":"Digit 360 multisensory tactile representation model","dataOutput":"Reusable latent touch representations","applications":["physical property inference","contact-rich manipulation"],"evidence":"preprint","limitations":"Preprint evidence; downstream performance depends on sensor coverage, task data, and evaluation protocol.","reviewedAt":"2026-07-10","title":"Sparsh-X multisensory touch representations for tactile AI","url":"https://roboskin.ai/research/sparsh-x-multisensory-touch-representations-2025","sourceTitle":"Sparsh-X multisensory touch representations preprint","sourceUrl":"https://arxiv.org/html/2506.14754v1"},{"id":"genforce-transferable-force-sensing-2026","year":2026,"publisher":"Nature Communications","sensorPrinciple":"Cross-sensor force estimation through shared marker representations","modalities":["three-axis force","optical and electronic tactile signals"],"formFactor":"Framework spanning GelSight, TacTip, and uSkin sensors","dataOutput":"Estimated contact-force vectors","applications":["force-aware manipulation","sensor transfer"],"evidence":"peer-reviewed","limitations":"Published evaluation does not establish equivalent accuracy for every sensor geometry, material, or deployment environment.","reviewedAt":"2026-07-10","title":"GenForce transferable force sensing for robot skin and tactile sensors","url":"https://roboskin.ai/research/genforce-transferable-force-sensing-2026","sourceTitle":"Nature Communications GenForce tactile sensing article","sourceUrl":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68753-1"},{"id":"mitas-multi-resolution-tactile-imitation-learning-2026","year":2026,"publisher":"arXiv","sensorPrinciple":"Multi-resolution tactile imitation learning","modalities":["vision-based touch","event-based touch"],"formFactor":"Tactile robot-hand learning pipeline","dataOutput":"Time-aligned multisensor tactile features and robot actions","applications":["imitation learning","dexterous manipulation"],"evidence":"preprint","limitations":"Preprint evidence; benefits may depend on task dynamics, sensor timing, and the selected imitation-learning policy.","reviewedAt":"2026-07-10","title":"MiTaS multi-resolution tactile imitation learning for robot hands","url":"https://roboskin.ai/research/mitas-multi-resolution-tactile-imitation-learning-2026","sourceTitle":"MiTaS multi-resolution tactile imitation learning preprint","sourceUrl":"https://arxiv.org/html/2606.06281v1"},{"id":"ros2-kilted-tactile-pipeline-2026","year":2026,"publisher":"Open Robotics documentation and RoboSkin.ai analysis","sensorPrinciple":"ROS 2 tactile data transport and synchronization","modalities":["pressure","shear","slip","temperature"],"formFactor":"Robot middleware pipeline","dataOutput":"Timestamped tactile messages, transforms, and replayable logs","applications":["robot integration","tactile dataset logging"],"evidence":"documentation","limitations":"Architecture guidance rather than a benchmark; message design and timing requirements remain application-specific.","reviewedAt":"2026-07-10","title":"ROS 2 tactile sensor pipeline for robot skin data replay","url":"https://roboskin.ai/research/ros2-kilted-tactile-pipeline-2026","sourceTitle":"ROS 2 and ros2_control Kilted documentation","sourceUrl":"https://docs.ros.org/en/kilted/Releases.html"}]}