# contact-rich manipulation

A robotics manipulation approach for tasks involving sustained or complex physical contact, often using tactile feedback to control interaction forces.

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## Amazon and University of Michigan give robots a sense of touch

DevFeed: [Amazon and University of Michigan give robots a sense of touch](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/amazon-and-university-of-michigan-give-robots-a-sense-of-touch-7593.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.amazon.science/blog/amazon-and-university-of-michigan-give-robots-a-sense-of-touch>)

Author: Mani Nambi; Nima Fazeli

Published: 2026-07-10T17:13:31Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Amazon Science homepage](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/amazon-science-homepage.md>)

Topics: [contact-rich manipulation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/contact-rich-manipulation.md>)

Tags: [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [amazon-robotics-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-robotics-research.md>), [contact-rich-manipulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contact-rich-manipulation.md>), [dataset-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dataset-development.md>), [dexterous-robot-manipulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dexterous-robot-manipulation.md>), [gelsight-mini-sensor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gelsight-mini-sensor.md>), [hydroelastic-contact-model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hydroelastic-contact-model.md>), [hydroshear-simulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hydroshear-simulator.md>), [physics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/physics.md>), [reinforcement-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reinforcement-learning.md>), [reinforcement-learning-robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reinforcement-learning-robotics.md>), [robot-grasping-simulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robot-grasping-simulation.md>), [robot-sense-of-touch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robot-sense-of-touch.md>), [robotic-manipulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotic-manipulation.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>), [robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robots.md>), [sim-to-real-transfer-robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sim-to-real-transfer-robotics.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

### AI overview

HydroShear is a physics-based tactile-force simulator that trains robots for dexterous, contact-rich manipulation in simulation and transfers the resulting policies to real-world tasks.

### Source excerpt

HydroShear, a new physics-based simulator, teaches robots how to use their sense of touch to perform complex manipulation tasks, in a way that transfers seamlessly to the real world.

## Should robots be building our homes?

DevFeed: [Should robots be building our homes?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/should-robots-be-building-our-homes-10046.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/should-robots-be-building-our-homes/>)

Author: Jenny Xie

Published: 2024-06-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [contact-rich manipulation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/contact-rich-manipulation.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Cosmos](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cosmos.md>), [FIRST](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/first.md>)

Tags: [3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d.md>), [3d-printing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d-printing.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [homes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homes.md>), [nasa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nasa.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>), [robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robots.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [space](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/space.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>)

### AI overview

Jason Ballard of Icon discusses how AI, software systems, and 3D-printing robots could make housing more affordable. Icon's robotic construction system 3D-prints cement-based walls, while its Vitruvius AI system is intended to eventually produce buildable designs, plans, budgets, and schedules. The company is also collaborating with NASA on infrastructure for the Moon.

### Source excerpt

Jason Ballard, co-founder and CEO of Icon, explains why AI and his fleet of 3D-printing robots may be our ticket to more affordable housing.