👉 Meta Technology Will Give Touch to Robots and Sensitivity to Prosthetics

A new Meta development will allow computers to interact with the physical world through touch. A finger-shaped multimodal sensor with an embedded Digit 360 AI chip processes tactile signals up to 30 times faster than a human.

A small camera in the "finger" monitors its shell, which is divided into 8.3 million sections (taxels), detecting a touch when it deforms. The system can recognize spatial details as fine as 7 microns (several times thinner than a human hair). Using various sensors and algorithms, Digit 360 also detects forces as small as 1 mN (the weight of a grain of sand), monitors the temperature and even the odor of the object.

The "finger" can also adjust its own compression force when performing tasks such as lifting or rotating objects. Meta plans to incorporate Digit 360 into the Allegro Hand robotic arm.

Equipping robots with such sensors will allow them to fine-tune their interactions with objects. The sensors could also give sensitivity to prosthetic limbs or the ability to feel objects in virtual reality.

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