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TR01

About

About TR01

TR01 is Tangent Robotics' two-finger tactile-hand prototype for dexterous-manipulation research. Each finger has four independently actuated joints, giving the hand eight degrees of freedom and redundant control of fingertip position and orientation.

Magnetic trackers drive a fingertip-relative teleoperation stack, while Popcorn tactile sensing supports contact-based manipulation research. Tangent has also demonstrated autonomous container flipping, SD-card pickup, threading and gear installation with vision-and-touch policies trained from teleoperated demonstrations.

Capabilities

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  • Capability areas: Tactile Dexterity, Tactile sensing, Robotic grasping, Dexterous manipulation
  • Workflows: End-effector manipulation
  • Tactile interaction sensing

    Demonstrated - Tangent demonstrates TR01 performing autonomous container flipping, SD-card pickup, threading and gear installation with exact fingertip teleoperation and touch-plus-vision policies.

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  • Dexterous manipulation

    Demonstrated - 2026-05-13 - The fully autonomous dexterous manipulation demonstrations included container flipping, SD-card pickup, threading, unthreading and gear installation at normal playback speed.

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  • Robotic grasping

    Demonstrated - Tangent demonstrates TR01 performing autonomous container flipping, SD-card pickup, threading and gear installation with exact fingertip teleoperation and touch-plus-vision policies.

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  • Remote and shared control

    Demonstrated - 2026-05-13 - Each policy used 30 to 40 complete teleoperated demonstrations plus a similar number of error-correction examples.

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  • Robotic assembly

    Demonstrated - Tangent demonstrates TR01 performing autonomous container flipping, SD-card pickup, threading and gear installation with exact fingertip teleoperation and touch-plus-vision policies.

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Timeline

  • Tangent Robotics demonstrates autonomous visuotactile TR01 skills

    2026-05-13 - Demonstration - Each policy used 30 to 40 complete teleoperated demonstrations plus a similar number of error-correction examples. The fully autonomous dexterous manipulation demonstrations included container flipping, SD-card pickup, threading, unthreading and gear installation at normal playback speed. Container flipping and SD-card pickup reached 100% test success, while touch input improved harder tasks against vision-only baselines.

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  • Tangent Robotics introduces Popcorn tactile sensor

    2026-04-13 - Capability - The sensor streams 14 raw optical signals that can be mapped to the force and torque acting on a fingertip. Popcorn detects forces as low as 0.1 newtons in realistic conditions and is read at 250 hertz without camera-sensor latency. Its electronics are separated from the replaceable contact surface, allowing different fingertip shapes and inexpensive repairs.

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  • Tangent Robotics details TR01 fingertip-tracking teleoperation

    2026-03-23 - Capability - TR01 uses eight independently actuated finger degrees of freedom to span the full relative position and orientation space between its fingertips. Magnetic trackers provide sub-millimetre fingertip measurements, while inverse kinematics coordinates the hand with a robot-arm controller. Its fingertips combine a compliant 3D-printed TPU skeleton with moulded silicone surfaces for contact area and durability.

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Context

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