OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000508

Sensors of a humanoid robot

Published: 2026-09-15T19:02:59.812479Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000508
Categories: Robotics & Automation > Robot Architectures

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ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a bipedal robot comprising a torso, head, arm
assembly, and end effector. The end effector includes a thumb assembly with at
least three degrees of freedom, a first finger assembly with at least two
degrees of freedom, a vision sensor positioned between the arm assembly's
distal end and first finger assembly, and an illumination source. The
illumination source illuminates the field of view between the vision sensor
and the thumb and first finger assembly extents when the robot is extended.
The vision sensor's field of view includes most of the end effector's
palmer side, enabling detection of contact information between objects and the
thumb assembly and first finger assembly extents.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000508
Published 2026-09-15T19:02:59.812479Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000508