An Interview with XELA Robotics Regarding the Development and Application of uSkin Tactile Sensors for RoboticsTomorrow

XELA Robotics has developed a line of tactile sensors, designed with practical applications and the needs of industry in mind.

In a Q&A with RoboticsTomorrow, CEO and co-founder Dr. Alexander Schmitz traced the road from research lab to market-ready product.

The article explores how more than a decade of work at Waseda University gave rise to the uSkin sensor and the 2018 founding of XELA Robotics, and why choosing not to build robot hands of its own has become one of the company’s defining strengths.

Read the full interview here:
https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2026/05/tactile-sensor-technology/26573
This link is from an article in RoboticsTomorrow, published by BTH Management