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Open Robotics visits Tangent Robotics to see tactile grippers built on ROS and MoveIt

According to a post on X by @OpenRoboticsOrg, Open Robotics visited Tangent Robotics' midtown Manhattan office to look at new tactile grippers. The grippers are intended for dexterous manipulation and data collection and are built on ROS and MoveIt. The post also says Tangent is one of the speakers at this Thursday's ROS NYC meetup. The post is brief and does not give specifications, performance details or results from the visit.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-10-26T19:00:00+00:00 Detected 2026-10-26T21:30:55+00:00
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According to a post on X by @OpenRoboticsOrg, Open Robotics visited Tangent Robotics' midtown Manhattan office to look at new tactile grippers. The grippers are intended for dexterous manipulation and data collection and are built on ROS and MoveIt. The post also says Tangent is one of the speakers at this Thursday's ROS NYC meetup. The post is brief and does not give specifications, performance details or results from the visit.

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Open Robotics visited Tangent's midtown Manhattan office to see new tactile grippers for dexterous manipulation and data collection, built on ROS and MoveIt. Tangent is also one of the speakers at this Thursday's ROS NYC meetup. Original post on X Section: Organization News

Developers working with ROS and MoveIt can see an example of tactile gripper hardware built on those open tools. Robotics teams and researchers focused on dexterous manipulation and data collection can watch whether Tangent shares more technical details at the Thursday meetup. Because the source is a short social post, the scope of the visit and any outcomes remain unclear until more information is published.

Hardware and robotics watchers may want to track whether this becomes a product, benchmark, or deployment signal.

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