Capacitive touch sensors have made homes i n scores of MP3 players and mobile phones. Of course, the mobile arena is no longer the only bastion for these devices. Today, sensor technology has ...

A new fabric-based touch sensor used machine learning to control mobile apps, video games and other devices while integrated into clothing.

The other technology, a high-resolution tactile sensor called Digit, complements the advances made with the robot skin and aims to make robots better at interacting with objects in the real world.

The flexible oe-skin sensor offers real-time pressure and chemical detection, paving the way for robots to interact more naturally with their environment.