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Regional ecosystem
SynTouch is one of 465 verified robotics companies in California →
Key facts
Headquarters
Status
Type
BioTac tactile sensor
Biomimetic touch sensing
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company SynTouch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
SynTouch on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Gerald Loeb Founder
Founders (1)
Former / Previously (1)
- Gerald Loeb Founding CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for SynTouch.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
SynTouch in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names SynTouch.
People (1)
Partnerships
4 total · 3 operating · 1 just announced · 2 ended
Every company SynTouch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- syntouch x nvidiawithNVIDIA132technology—just announced
- syntouch x awswithAWS30technology—operating
- syntouch x Shadow RobotwithShadow Robotdevelopment—concludedoperating
- syn-touch x Shadow RobotwithShadow Robotdevelopment—dissolvedoperating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-22
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SynTouch.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SynTouch from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
New Technologies are Giving Robots a Sense of Touch. What’s Next? - presented by T. Rowe Price and SlateCustom
Synthetic Touch: Haptic Data is Revolutionizing Consumer Products
Tactile Telerobot brings human-like dexterity to robots
Jeff Bezos called these remote-controlled robot hands 'weirdly natural.' Here's what it's like to actually use them.
Jeff Bezos took the controls of some 'weirdly natural' giant robot hands but could not solve the riddle of a Rubik's cube
Jeff Bezos Plays With Huge Robotic Hands, Calls Them ‘Weirdly Natural’
Robot hand with sense of touch lets humans feel delicate objects remotely
First haptic robot hand transmits touch across the Atlantic
Inside SynTouch, the Mad Lab Giving Robots the Power to Feel
SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do
Startup Spotlight: SynTouch Seeks to Enable Robots With 'Machine Touch'
Tactile robot finger outperforms humans in identifying textures
Machine-readable surfaces
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Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
SynTouch draws attention at the 29th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 9, 2026