Boston Dynamics cut Atlas's pinky — and with four fingers it still holds a drill, drills and drives fasteners. In episode 2 of Haptic Radar: Atlas's new hand, why humanoid safety matters more than tricks, a soft gripper from KAIST that senses objects before touching them, electronic skin from Singapore that shows pressure with light, and the rumor about Spot robot dogs for ICE. Plus a look into my workshop, where I turn the word "soul" into vibration under your palm. And at the end — how a robot feels touch at all. ⏱ Timestamps 0:00 Atlas lost a pinky — what's in this episode 0:36 Intro 0:51 Top story: Atlas's new hand — 4 fingers, 13 degrees of freedom, a drill 2:18 Body: humanoid safety, a robot dodging a ball 3:14 Hands: the Ionograsper soft gripper from KAIST 4:11 Skin: eLuminator — electronic skin that glows under pressure (NUS) 5:12 Rumor of the week: Spot robot dogs and ICE — what's confirmed and what isn't 6:00 From the workshop: Haptograph × Hapt — can you touch a soul? 7:53 Story: how a robot feels touch — GelSight, BioTac, DIGIT, ReSkin, iCub, Optimus 11:30 Next episode and a question for you 💬 Which sensor from today's story would you put into a robotic hand? Tell me in the comments. Want a whole special episode on robot touch? Let me know too. 🔗 Join my Telegram channel: 🌐 Website: 📚 Sources — Boston Dynamics: Robot Hands for Modern AI and Real Work — — Caltech: humanoid robot safety, Aaron Ames — — KAIST: Ionograsper — — Advanced Materials: Ionograsper study — — NUS: eLuminator electronic skin — — : Spot procurement documents — — Boston Dynamics: open letter against weaponizing robots — — Johansson, Vallbo: density of tactile receptors in the hand — — Corniani, Saal: tactile innervation across the body — — MIT CSAIL: GelSight — — SynTouch: BioTac manual — %20Product% — Meta AI: DIGIT and ReSkin — — IIT: iCub robot and sensor skin — — Stanford: electronic glove with tactile sensors — — Tesla: job posting on tactile sensors for the Optimus hand — — Workshop: Haptograph × Hapt presentation footage, La Salle Barcelona, edit by OSSSO #HapticRadar #robots #robotics #BostonDynamics #Atlas #touch #haptics #electronicskin #humanoids #Haptograph