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SUB-CAPABILITY · PHYSICAL PERCEPTION

Tactile Sensing

36%
vs. HUMAN BASELINE = 100
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Scoring rubric

0–20
Early research
20–40
Narrow benchmark competence
40–60
Strong benchmark · reliability gaps
60–80
Human-competitive in common scenarios
80–100
Comparable to typical skilled adult
100+
Reliably exceeds typical human baseline

Score vs. baseline

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What this measures

Human baseline

Detect contact and basic pressure at fingertips — like a gloved hand.

Human frontier

Detect texture, slip, temperature, and fine pressure gradients across a full hand in real time.

Current state

What works

Single-point and small-array tactile sensors in lab settings.

Key gaps

Dense distributed tactile sensing on general-purpose humanoid hands.

Evidence

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Source: arxiv.org/abs/2411.12503 · Last reviewed May 2026