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Open-source tactile tooling.

Simulators, sensor drivers, ML libraries, and visualization, the software the tactile community actually builds on.

6 entriesopen source
Simulation

TACTO

Fast, photo-real simulator for vision-based tactile sensors.

Python·MIT·Meta AI (FAIR)

380+
ML Library

PyTouch

A machine-learning library for touch sensing.

Python·MIT·Meta AI (FAIR)

300+
Sensor API

DIGIT

Low-cost, compact, high-resolution tactile sensor.

C++/Python·CC-BY-4.0·Meta AI (FAIR)

260+
Simulation

Taxim

Example-based simulation for tactile signals.

Python·MIT·CMU RoboTouch

120+
ML Library

MidasTouch

Monte-Carlo tactile localization on object surfaces.

Python·MIT·Meta AI (FAIR)

200+
Visualization

tactile_toolbox

ROS messages, drivers, and visualization for tactile arrays.

C++/Python·BSD-3·Bielefeld AGNI

90+
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