_{WAIC 2026 Direct: HIT Unveils Next-Gen Tactile Electronic Skin with 1% High-Precision & Wide Range, Pushing Robotic Touch to New Limits}

At WAIC 2026, HIT officially debuted its next-generation tactile electronic skin technology, standardizing a 1% full-scale high precision across a wide force range, pushing the limits of physical tactile sensing for modern robotics.

1. Next-Gen Tactile E-Skin: Pushing Gripper Sensitivity to Physical Limits

HIT's latest tactile electronic skin elevates core performance metrics to new industry benchmarks, effectively allowing robotic grippers to sense force more accurately than human hands.

• Dual High Precision: Features a measurement error within ±1% FS across the standard range of 0.05N – 20N, and within ±2% for 20N – 30N, with repeatability within 1% FS.

• Wide Load Range: Maximum force capacity exceeds 100N, making it fully capable of heavy-duty industrial handling.

• Ultra-Low Trigger Force: Responds to a minimum force of just 0.05N (~5g)-enabling the sensor to detect something as light as a feather or tissue paper.

• High Resolution: 0.04N (~4g) resolution allows the system to differentiate tiny weight variances, such as picking up one business card versus two.

Powered by HIT's self-developed multi-modal sensing architecture and advanced packaging processes, this technology delivers generational upgrades across sensitivity, accuracy, and dynamic range-enabling precise touch feedback for precision assembly, flexible sorting, and medical assistance.

2. Commercialization First: Mass Production Validated via Agibot OmniPicker 3

HIT's new tactile electronic skin makes its market debut on Agibot's OmniPicker 3, an embodied industrial gripper.

• 0.1N-Level Force Control Resolution: While OmniPicker 3 boasts a 1.4-million-cycle loaded life and a 140N grip force, HIT's electronic skin grants it fine-grained 0.1N force control resolution.

• Versatile Handling: Enables the gripper to switch seamlessly between heavy steel components and delicate, fragile objects like eggs and jelly.

• Proven Mass Production: HIT became the industry's first vendor to achieve 10,000+ unit mass production in 2025 (supplying leaders like Inspire-Robots, Lingxin Touch, Xiaomi, and Agibot). In 2026, construction broke ground on HIT's new multi-million-unit electronic skin manufacturing base.

   

3. Revolutionary Tactile Glove Upgrade: Zoned Design for Immersive Interaction

At WAIC, HIT also revealed its upgraded Tactile Glove, featuring a dual-modal fusion framework and specialized zoning:

• Fingertips: High resolution, high precision, and extreme stability for fine tactile feedback.

• Fingermould & Palm: Ergonomically designed for extended, comfortable wear during VR, teleoperation, rehabilitation training, and industrial assembly.

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4. Beyond Hardware: UMI High-Precision Data Collection & The "Sensing-Data-Intelligence" Loop

HIT presented its UMI High-Precision Tactile Data Collection Solution, demonstrating a full-stack capability from hardware to data ecosystems:

• Immersive Collection: Combines VR hand-tracking with high-DOF dexterous hand mapping, allowing operators to capture high-precision tactile data naturally in virtual environments.

• Data Engine & Cognitive Training: Standardizes tactile data collection, analysis, and annotation for research and industrial use.

• Fueling Multi-Modal AI (VTLA): HIT is building a large-scale tactile data engine to provide high-quality real-world touch datasets for VTLA (Vision-Tactile-Language-Action) multi-modal foundation models.

  

Industry Leadership & National Standards

As embodied AI moves from concept to mass production, HIT continues to lead national standards. HIT has officially joined WG1 (General Group) and WG2 (Limbs & Components Group) under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Embodied AI and Humanoid Robotics Standardization Technical Committee, actively driving top-level national standardization.

Deeply rooted in flexible tactile sensing for over a decade, HIT remains committed to driving the next chapter of the global robotic tactile revolution.