GelSight DIGIT - Tactile Sensor
DIGIT improves upon past tactile sensors by miniaturizing the form factor to be mountable on multi-fingered hands. DIGIT is built on GelSight’s imaging-based technology platform so that machine learning and AI techniques can be applied immediately to DIGIT’s sensor output.
Today, general purpose in-hand and object manipulation remains an unsolved challenge in robotics and artificial intelligence.
Common touch sensors do not capture a signal comparable to human sense of touch and robots lack tactile intelligence to perform dexterous tasks and generate hand manipulation skills.
In partnership with Facebook AI Research, GelSight is manufacturing DIGIT, an easy-to-build, reliable, low-cost, compact, high-resolution, tactile sensor designed for robotic in-hand manipulation.
GelSight’s technology offers the most scalable digital tactile solution on the market, making it ideal for use in a miniature sensor like DIGIT. It is imaging-based so that machine learning and AI techniques can be applied immediately to GelSight’s sensor output.