Edge AI compute modules for robotics (NVIDIA Jetson Thor class)

Michael Joseph · Founder, Iapyx Labs

Updated September 7, 2026

Six-axis force-torque sensors remain standard equipment on high-performance humanoids, mounted at wrist, ankle, sole and hand for balance and contact-rich manipulation, with the supplier field split between European specialists (Bota Systems) and Chinese sensor houses (SRI, Hypersen). The framing of F/T as materially less supply-constrained than tactile no longer holds as stated: tactile sensing has scaled into commercial dexterous hands during 2026. No verifiable last-60-day pricing or capacity disclosure was retrieved for the F/T category itself.

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A supplier overview updated 3 August 2026 states six-axis force-torque sensors have become standard equipment on high-performance humanoid robots, typically installed at the wrist, ankle, sole or hand for motion planning, posture adjustment and force sensing.
Bota Systems markets 6-axis force-torque sensors for humanoid, medical and collaborative robots, and has extended the line downward in size with the MiniONE miniature six-axis sensor (~30 g) mountable between a robot arm and end-of-arm tooling.
SRI Instruments announced an ultra-thin six-axis force sensor (M4312B) with an 80 N / 1.2 Nm range and 1% F.S. accuracy.
Hypersen's HPS-FT series six-axis force-torque sensors have been in the market since 2016 and are marketed into humanoid rotating-joint applications.
The prior claim that tactile arrays had no commercial-scale supply (used to argue F/T is comparatively unconstrained) is superseded: DIGITIMES reported on 1 September 2026 that tactile-sensor penetration in dexterous robotic hands has risen above 60% per Chinese market research.

Edge AI compute modules for robotics (NVIDIA Jetson Thor class)

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