SynTouch is structured around development and utilization of Machine Touch®, the robotic equivalent for the most human of the human five senses. The firm's proprietary characterization system -- the SynTouch Standard® -- quantifies the tactile qualities of materials and consumer products with more accuracy than human experts, and has been used for product design and quality control by leading manufacturers around the world. Another of the firm's products - BioTac Toccare⢠- reproduces both the mechanical properties and sensory modalities of human fingertips, allowing measurement of how products feel in all the same dimensions that product user customers are likely to utilize. The firm's sensors enable machines to achieve humanlike tactile awareness, perception and dexterity. Syntouch's BioTac® and BioTac SP sensors are the most biomimetic tactile devices in the world, and have been integrated onto a wide range of robotics research platforms. The firm's NumaTac® sensors have also been used to improve prosthetic hands and personal assistive robotic
