Meta is developing tactile sensors for AI, partnering with sensor maker GelSight and robotics company Wonik Robotics
Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team has announced a partnership with sensor manufacturer GelSight and robotics company Wonik Robotics to develop a tactile sensor for robots with AI integration in mind.
Advancing embodied AI through progress in touch perception, dexterity, and human-robot interaction
The following movie will give you a detailed look at the robotics technology that Meta is developing and commercializing to realize advanced machine intelligence (AMI).
Advancing robotics and touch perception | AI Research from Meta FAIR - YouTube
The Meta FAIR team's tactile sensor is broadly composed of two technologies: 'Sparsh' and 'Digit 360.'
First, Sparsh is a general-purpose encoder for tactile sensing designed to apply input from a variety of tactile sensors to a task.
For development, the team trained the model using self-supervised learning (SSL) on 460,000 images.
In benchmarks, Sparsh outperforms models specialized for sensing tasks by over 95% on average.
Another, Digit 360, is a device that provides human-level tactile sensing.
Using on-device AI to process data locally, Digit 360 can respond quickly to a variety of stimuli, like the touch of a pinprick or the deflection of a ball.
Digit 360 will be used in conjunction with Digit Plexus, a technology that incorporates sensors into robotic hands.
To develop tactile recognition technology that integrates software and hardware, Meta has announced that it will partner with American sensor manufacturer GelSight and Korean robotics company Wonik Robotics. Meta is already developing the next-generation robotic hand 'Allegro Hand' based on Digit Plexus.
The Allegro Hand, developed by Meta and Wonik Robotics, is scheduled for release in 2025.
'Wonik Robotics and Meta FAIR aim to propose robotic hands to companies, research institutes and universities around the world, so that they can continue to develop robotic hand technology that is safe and useful to humanity,' said Yonmook Park, executive director and head of the Future Technology Division at Wonik Robotics.
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