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EngineeringJul 12, 20261 min read

From Seeing To Feeling: Why Tactile Intelligence Matters For Industrial Robots

#Robotics#Tactile Intelligence#Dexterous Manipulation#Runtime

Industrial robots have become very good at moving through space. But many of the most valuable factory tasks are not just motion problems. They are contact problems.

Picking up a fragile component. Holding an object without crushing it. Detecting slip before a part falls. Knowing when an insertion is blocked instead of forcing the motion. These moments depend on touch.

Xolver now supports tactile and dexterous manipulation inside its physical AI runtime. That means supported grippers and robotic hands can surface contact, grip, and safety state through the same deployment system used for monitoring, replay, and evidence.

This is a step toward robots that do not simply execute paths, but understand interaction.

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