My patent uses a balloon as a pressure sensor and gives robots a sense of touch.

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Pressing on a balloon flattens it, expanding its equator.  Pushing laterally on a balloon stretches it, elongating its equator.  The shape of the equator shows the amount of force in all 3 dimensions.  In my patent, a camera sees the equator and calculates the strength of each force.

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A tiny balloon on a microchip camera is a very small pressure sensor.  This on a robot's index fingertip gives a robot a sense of touch.  For example, when picking up a glass of water, my sensor calculates:  The gripping force, showing when the glass is touched and how strongly the glass is held.  The lateral force, if zero, shows that the fingertip is on a point, exactly across from the thumb, otherwise, the greater the lateral force, the further the fingertip is away from that point.  The vertical force shows the glass's weight on the fingertip, which stops increasing when the glass is lifted off the table.

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Your machine is unique.  You will need to design a sensor for your machine.  To selI your sensor, you will need a license.  No licenses will be sold after 12/31/2025, the last day of this year.  The cost is $10 per balloon sold plus $1,000 per month starting 01/01/2026, renewable after 5 years.

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Richard Corwin
3232 El Camino St.
Bay City,  TX  77414
USA

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Email: touchsphere@touch-sphere.com
Web site: touch-sphere.com

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U.S. Patent Number:  12442699