HaptX alternatives

HaptX builds touch for the virtual side of robotics: its HaptX Gloves G1 use a microfluidic smart textile lined with hundreds of actuators that push against the skin, apply force feedback to the fingers and track the hands with submillimeter motion capture, so users handling virtual objects feel texture, size and rigidity; the company announced in September 2022 that a US$23M round had brought its total funding to about US$58M. The four companies below build the physical joints and axes those simulated hands teach. Harmonic Drive Systems, founded in Tokyo in October 1970 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is the strain wave gearing specialist behind the HarmonicDrive name, reporting 1,145 consolidated employees as of March 2022 and selling into industrial robots and semiconductor equipment. HEIDENHAIN, headquartered in Traunreut with roots to 1889, supplies the feedback and control — encoders and CNC controls, with around 8,200 employees stated in its corporate profile — for machine tools, automation, robotics and medical technology. Helix Linear Technologies, founded in Beachwood, Ohio in 2011 as an offshoot of Nook Industries, covers linear motion with precision lead screws and ball screws. Hengdrive, founded in Shenzhen in 2012 and majority-acquired by Foxconn Industrial Internet in 2021, integrates brushless DC motors, gear motors and smart controllers. Choose HaptX for haptic input; look to Harmonic Drive for joint gearing, HEIDENHAIN for measurement, Helix for screw drives, and Hengdrive for integrated motor packages.

Alternatives to HaptX

Harmonic Drive Systems

Harmonic Drive Systems is a Japanese manufacturer of precision motion-control components whose core technology is strain wave gearing, sold under the HarmonicDrive name.

DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH (HEIDENHAIN)

HEIDENHAIN is a German measurement and control technology company headquartered in Traunreut, Bavaria, whose encoders and CNC controls are used wherever axes must be positioned with extreme accuracy.

Helix Linear Technologies

Helix Linear Technologies, Inc. is a US manufacturer of precision lead screws, ball screws and linear motion components based in Beachwood, Ohio.

Hengdrive (Shenzhen Hengdrive)

Shenzhen HengDrive Technologies Co., Ltd., founded in 2012 and based in Shenzhen’s Bao’an District, is a Chinese provider of intelligent drive and control system solutions integrating drive, control and sensing for motion-control applications.

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