CONTACT CI
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About CONTACT CI
CONTACT CI develops wearable interfaces for collecting force-aware human manipulation data and teleoperating dexterous robots. Maestro gloves capture hand kinematics, fingertip contact and continuous force as synchronised channels, giving learning systems information about how strongly and where a person interacts with an object in addition to the motion itself.
Bidirectional haptic actuation returns robot contact forces to the operator during remote manipulation, helping users regulate grasp and insertion tasks. Intervention sessions can then become labelled demonstrations for improving a robot policy. Platform and Maestro software development kits connect the hardware to Unity, Unreal and native C++ applications on Windows. CONTACT supplies the interface as a data-capture and control layer for physical-AI teams, robotic-hand developers and remote-operation programmes.
Team
- Craig Douglass - Co-Founder and CEO - Directs Contact CI's Maestro EP haptic glove and force-layer strategy for physical-AI data capture and teleoperation.
- Tom Buchanan - Co-Founder and Chief of Product - Leads product work for Contact CI's haptic glove hardware and human-machine-interface systems.
Timeline
Events
- 2024-06-17 - Demonstration - Contact CI to show Maestro EP haptic gloves at AWE 2024
The AWE preview was published on June 17, 2024. Maestro EP was described as a lightweight wireless haptic glove for VR training. Contact CI highlighted customer interest in replacing controller inputs with hand tracking and haptic feedback.
Source - 2023-01-03 - Product Launch - Contact CI launches Maestro EP at CES 2023
Maestro EP expanded Contact CI force-feedback glove line for professional XR and robotics-adjacent workflows. The launch strengthened Contact CI position in haptic data-capture and teleoperation hardware.
Source - 2022-02-02 - Market Signal - AFLCMC reports Contact CI Maestro gloves under SBIR flight-simulator work
AFLCMC said Maestro gloves were produced under an SBIR contract with its Simulators Innovation Team. The gloves were used in an MC-12W cockpit simulator by the 137th Special Operations Wing. AFLCMC reported that 100 percent of surveyed users were satisfied or very satisfied.
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Context tags
- Dexterous manipulation - Capability - CONTACT CI sources describe dexterous manipulation for robotics or robot-adjacent manipulation systems.
- Haptic human augmentation - Peer Group - Maestro EP is a complete human-operated exotendon haptic glove returning physical force and tactile feedback for simulation and robot teleoperation.
- Haptic teleoperation - Capability - CONTACT CI sources describe haptic teleoperation for robotics or robot-adjacent manipulation systems.
- Robotics data capture - Stack Layer - CONTACT CI sources describe robotics data capture for robotics or robot-adjacent manipulation systems.