Columbia's open-source FlexiTac tactile sensor, commercialized by Analog Devices
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Columbia University's Yunzhu Li team open-sourced FlexiTac, a low-cost piezoresistive flexible tactile sensor, with a complete bill of materials and assembly guide.
Leiphone reports that the sensor takes about three minutes to assemble. Analog Devices is commercializing it, and says its version reaches five times the resolution of a human fingertip.
The team presented the project's progress and ecosystem at IROS 2026. The source names Yuxi Li (李昀烛) as the subject of the presentation, while the open-source release is attributed to Yunzhu Li's team.
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- LeiphoneNewsColumbia's Yunzhu Li team open-sources FlexiTac tactile sensor, ADI commercializes it
AIColumbia University's Yunzhu Li team open-sourced FlexiTac, a low-cost piezoresistive flexible tactile sensor with a complete BOM and assembly guide, about a year and a half ago. The sensor takes about 3 minutes to assemble and is being commercialized by Analog Devices, which says its version reaches five times the resolution of a human fingertip.
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