Pressure Profile Systems
About
About Pressure Profile Systems
Pressure Profile Systems develops capacitive pressure-mapping and tactile-sensing systems for robotics, medical devices, ergonomics and engineering test work. Its TactArray products map contact pressure across flat, curved and customised surfaces, while SingleTact provides compact single-point force measurement for embedded applications.
RoboTact is designed for robot fingers and grippers, measuring contact force, pressure distribution, vibration and early slip through a 12-element array and integrated accelerometer. It supports USB and Bluetooth connections plus a ROS 2 driver for robot integration. PPS also develops custom sensor geometry, pressure range, electronics and software from prototypes through scalable production.
Products
Team
- Dr. Jae Son - Founder and Sensor Advisor - Advises PPS sensor development across robotics, medical devices, wearables and pressure mapping.
- Dr. Gordon Dobie - PPS UK Director - Directs tactile-sensing R&D and practical sensor applications from the Glasgow office.
- Dr. Charles MacLeod - Head of Sales and Business Relations - Connects PPS tactile-sensing engineering with commercial robotics, manufacturing and medical-device applications.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-06-17 - Capability - PPS documents RoboTouch tactile sensing for robot hands and grippers
The page describes embedded digital tactile sensing for OEM integration into robot grippers. PPS lists BarrettHand, Twendy-One and PR2 tactile-sensing examples as robotics case studies.
Source - 2026-01-16 - Product Launch - PPS introduces Chameleon 2026 tactile-analysis software
The release adds a redesigned interface, improved video handling and faster signal processing. Engineers can monitor pressure metrics in real time and compare multiple recorded sensor files. Exports support downstream analysis in tools including Excel, MATLAB and Python.
Source - 2025-11-05 - Demonstration - PPS demonstrates RoboTact with Tesollo at RobotWorld 2025
The demonstration paired three RoboTact sensors with Tesollo's DG-5F gripper. RoboTact measures contact force, pressure distribution, vibration and incipient slip. The event demonstrated robot-hand integration rather than announcing a separate product variant.
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Context
Comparable profiles
- XELA Robotics
comparable profile - Robotics Tactile Sensors
- Tekscan
comparable profile - Robotics Tactile Sensors
- SynTouch
comparable profile - Robotics Tactile Sensors
- Contactile
comparable profile - Robotics Tactile Sensors
Context tags
- Tactile sensing - Capability - Touch, contact and pressure sensing for robots.
- Force and contact interaction - Capability - Force, contact or tactile feedback for robot interaction with objects and people.
- Robotics tactile sensors - Peer Group - RoboTact and robotic tactile arrays provide contact-force and pressure-distribution measurement for robot hands and grippers.
- Dexterous manipulation components - Stack Layer - Component layer for dexterous hands, grippers and manipulation systems.