(XELA Robotics: Tokyo) -- XELA Robotics, a specialist in advanced 3D tactile sensors, will unveil several new major tactile sensor enhancements to its advanced uSkin sensor technology at Automate 2026 in Chicago’s McCormick Place, Humanoid Robot Pavilion, Booth 1888, June 22–24, from 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and June 25, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Designed for humanoid robotic hands and grippers, the sensors will include the first-ever robotic fingertips with sensitive nails for precise grasping of very thin objects.

XELA Robotics is focused on solving the problem of making robot hands as nimble and dexterous as human hands by providing them with a human sense of touch—a challenge that has limited the usefulness of humanoid and industrial robots in many applications.

In its show booth, XELA Robotics will provide several demonstrations of its cutting-edge technology, including:
• An industry-first, six-axis, force-sensitive robotic fingertip with nail to enable a dexterous grasp of extremely thin objects, including thin cards and keys, and for actions as complex as scraping tape off a surface.
• Enhanced delicate grasping capabilities for its uSkin tactile sensors, enabling grasping and manipulating extremely fragile objects. Visitors to the XELA Robotics booth can participate in a pick-and-place demo involving a paper origami crane and a quail egg.

Its proprietary uSkin high-density, three-axis tactile sensors are compact and provide a spatial density that enables robots to understand how tightly they are gripping an object, as well as how it moves within their grasp. Built from a flexible elastomer, they conform to different object shapes, grippers, and robot hands, and can be customized to meet specific application needs in markets as diverse as manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and agriculture. The company’s hardware and software solutions enable an advanced sense of touch in robots used in research labs and with industrial and commercial clients.