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A feature in @The Lancet Digital Health highlighted that the lack of haptic feedback in robotic-assisted surgery remains a primary limitation, restricting a surgeon's ability to assess tissue compliance during minimally invasive procedures. 🔗 Read more: mdpi.com/1424-8220/26/4…

🔩 Precision Robotic Manipulation in Action Robotic hands are now performing high-precision assembly tasks — such as screw tightening — with millisecond control loops, real-time fingertip force sensing, and vision-based micro-correction. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Tactile tele-operation is advancing how humans interact with remote robotic systems. By integrating real-time tactile feedback alongside visual input, tele-operated robots can achieve improved precision, safety, and operator awareness. touchlab.io/post/tactile-t…

A study presents a dual-mode electronic skin inspired by shark electroreception. By combining non-contact electrostatic sensing with triboelectric tactile sensing, the system enables robotic hands to identify object shape & material with high accuracy. nanowerk.com/spotlight/spot…

VibTac: A High-Resolution, High-Bandwidth Tactile Sensing Finger (IEEE) VibTac combines vision-based and vibration-based tactile sensing to deliver both high spatial resolution and high bandwidth perception for robotic manipulation. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10965…

A new AI control system developed by researchers from MIT, NUS, NTU, and SMART enables soft robotic arms to adapt instantly to changing conditions while maintaining stable, muscle-like motion. csail.mit.edu/news/smart-and…

🚀 We’ve reached a new milestone: 200 + Followers! A huge thank you to our growing community for following the Palpable Project. Our mission to revolutionize medical diagnostics and sensing technology is fueled by your support and engagement. 🌐palpable-project.eu

Recent research in @Nature introduces #GenForce, a framework that enables transferable force sensing across different tactile sensors, allowing systems trained on one sensor to generalize to others without extensive new data. linkedin.com/posts/zhuo-che…

Robotic surgery keeps pushing into more delicate territory; including microsurgery in the brain, where precision has almost no margin for error. More capable robots demand better intraoperative sensing. mmimicro.com/mmi-completes-…

A 2025 review on robotic systems for MIS highlights how next-generation platforms are increasingly built around real-time feedback loops, integrating sensing, AI, and connectivity (Industry 4.0/5.0 concepts) to improve precision and safety. cmhrj.com/index.php/cmhr…

Today is #WorldCancerDay. 🎗️ PALPABLE sensors feel the tumor that cameras can't see. Precision is the first step to survival. #CloseTheCareGap #MedTech #Haptics worldcancerday.org

A IEEE RA-L paper shows image-to-force estimation for robotic surgery using structured light + neural networks, inferring tool-tissue forces without force sensors at the tip. A challenge we also face in @palpableproject: space is precious in MIS tools. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11034…

📢 PALPABLE is featured in @HorizonMagEU! We’re developing soft robotic fingertips to restore the sense of touch in surgery, turning contact into visual maps to help identify tumors margins. Read the article. ….research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-mag… #HorizonMagazine

Fortune Business Insights has just updated its forecast: The MIS Devices Market is projected to hit $21.61 Billion in 2026. As procedure volumes surge this year, the demand for precision tools is higher than ever. fortunebusinessinsights.com/minimally-inva…

A new paper presents a full‑range proximity–tactile sensor designed for robot‑assisted MIS. By fusing piezoelectric ultrasound with tactile sensing, the module can detect tissue before contact and then measure detailed contact forces once in touch. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

In 2026, we don't just want robots to see; we want them to feel. The PALPABLE team is back in the lab, calibrating our tactile sensing probes for minimally invasive surgery. palpable-project.eu

Precision Sensors: The Heart of Modern Surgery A new whitepaper from @WevolverApp dives into the challenges of sensor design for surgical robotics. It highlights three key hurdles: miniaturization, sterilization, & real-time feedback. linkedin.com/pulse/whitepap…

🖐️ Electronic Skin for robots. New "oe-skins" (Nov '25) can feel pressure AND chemistry. PALPABLE is using similar optical-tactile tech to help surgical robots find tumors. 🩺 researchgate.net/publication/33… #Robotics #MedTech #PALPABLE

Medtronic’s Hugo™ RAS just earned FDA clearance for urologic surgery 🤖 PALPABLE is developing soft-robotic palpation tools with tactile feedback to boost precision in MIS. 🔗 news.medtronic.com/2025-12-03-Med… #PALPABLEproject #RoboticSurgery #MedTech

Watch PALPABLE’s real-time Digital Twin for soft robotics 👀 Bendabl’s module tracks shape + curvature via fiber-optic sensing, key for future intelligent surgical tools. 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=EQJLIg… #PALPABLEproject #SoftRobotics #DigitalTwin