A touch sensor you can 3D print in any shape and size
We just released a touch sensor that you can make at home with just a 3D printer, some magnets and hall effect sensors! Would love to hear the community's questions, thoughts and comments.
A touch sensor you can 3D print in any shape and size launched on June 18, 2025 with 9 votes, #3,023 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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eFlesh: Highly customizable Magnetic Touch Sensing using Cut-Cell Microstructures
If human experience is any guide, operating effectively in unstructured environments—such as homes and offices—requires robots to sense the forces they apply during physical interaction. Yet, the lack of a versatile, accessible, and easily customizable tactile sensor has led to fragmented, sensor-specific solutions in general-purpose robotic manipulation—and in many cases, to force-unaware, sensorless approaches. With eFlesh, we aim to bridge this gap by introducing a magnetic tactile sensor that is low-cost, easy to fabricate, and highly customizable. Building an eFlesh sensor requires only four components: a hobbyist 3D printer, off-the-shelf magnets (costing less than $5), a simple CAD…from e-flesh.com
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