News and Press Releases
December 1, 2013
October 11, 2013
August 27, 2013
February 1, 2012
In the News
Ex-Im Bank: Supporting American Jobs, Protecting American Taxpayers
Ex-Im Bank & The White House highlight SynTouch as a entrepreneurs beating global competition.
The White House - December 18, 2014
Sensors Take a Big Step Closer to Human Touch
Techonomy - October 28, 2013
Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards Winners Poised To Make A Difference
NY1 - October 24, 2013
Popular Mechanics - October 22, 2013
Indego Exoskeleton, BioTac Sensors Win Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
O&P; - October 16, 2013
Today - October 15, 2013
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine - September 21, 2013
11 Health Companies make the World Economic Group Tech Pioneer List
MedCityNews - August 28, 2013
Computerra - August 12, 2013
Dexterous Manipulation: Sensing Technologies Used with End Effector
Robotiq - August 5, 2013
Researchers from U Penn and Berkeley use the BioTac to teach robots haptic adjectives!
IEEE Spectrum - May 13, 2013
SynTouch Seeks to Enable Robots With 'Machine Touch'
IEEE Spectrum - March 28, 2013
Once More, with Feeling
Tactile Sensors for Mechatronic Systems
Robotics Business Review - January 3, 2013
SynTouch Listed in Top 10 Robotics Companies of 2012
Top 10: Best Robotic Arms for 2012
Robotics Business Reviews - October 6, 2012
Bionic fingers. Rewired nerves. Science fiction becomes reality as scientists attempt to give prosthetics a sense of touch.
The Scientist Magazine - September 1, 2012
This Robotic Finger Is More Sensitive Than Yours
Gizmodo - June 19, 2012
University of Southern California - June 19, 2012
Robots Get a Feel for the World
Robots equipped with tactile sensor able to identify materials through touch, paving the way for more useful prostheses
USC Viterbi - June 18, 2012
Are You Ready For A New Sensation?
GRASP Labs' haptographic robots have feelings for you
Philadelphia City Paper - April 19, 2012
Dr. Nicholas Wettels and Gerald Loeb win Best Paper in Biomimetics
IEEE Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) - Jan 31, 2012
Technology holds promise for paraplegics, others with limited movement
Stephen Helms Tillery, a professor at Arizona State University comments on collaboration with SynTouch and the need for artificial sensors
Arizona Business & Money | By Ken Alltucker - Dec 31, 2011
Automation in the orchard
How SynTouch's BioTac sensor can enable automated fruit harvesting
The English Apple Man - August 12, 2011
John Dulchinos, CEO of Adept Technology identifies tactile sensing as a crucial area of robotics development
IEEE Spectrum | By Erico Guizzo - July 12, 2011
Developing the Next Generation of Robots
White House identifies robotics as a crucial technology: robotics technology is reaching a 'tipping point' and is poised for explosive growth because of improvements in core technologies such as microprocessors, sensors
The White House - June 24, 2011
RTD2: Research for Robotics
White House identifies robotics as a Research and Development funding priority in FY2012
The White House - September 15, 2010
Remarks by The President at the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting
President Obama focuses on Research and Development by promising funding to achieve new ideas like 'prosthetics so advanced that you could play the piano again'
The White House - April 27, 2009
United for Medical Research Organization - Spring 2011
SynTouch BioTac sensors and Barrett Hand kit featured on cover
Trojan Family Magazine - Spring 2011
Bionics
National Geographic - January 2010
BME Doctoral Candidate Nicholas Wettels Wins NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) Award
SynTouch co-founder Nick Wettels is honored with award
University of Southern California - June 11, 2009
Tech News World | By Lisa Stapleton - August 31, 2009
A Perfect Storm: Regulation, Reimbursement, and Intellectual Property
Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry | By Sherrie Conroy - June 1, 2009
Design: A Look into the Future of Prosthetics
Medical Device Link - DeviceTalk - May 8, 2009
Gerald Loeb Discusses Future of Prosthetics
Medical Product Manufacturing News - MedTech Pulse - March 8, 2009
In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain
The New York Times | By Pam Belluck - February 10, 2009
CBC News - February 10, 2009
Patients Test an Advanced Prosthetic Arm
SynTouch CEO Gerald Loeb comments on advanced prosthetics being developed at RIC
Technology Review | By Emily Singer - February 10, 2009
CNN | By Elizabeth Landau - February 3, 2009
Technology Review | By Veronika Szentpéte - December 2008
BME Researchers push limits of robotics
Technological advances in prosthetic hands could give amputees much more dexterity.
University of Southern California - October 15, 2008
