Company
Touchlab
Edinburgh-based startup developing thin, retrofittable robotic electronic skin (tactile sensing) and telerobotic avatar systems.
- HQ
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Status
- active
Verified profile
1
Sources on record
0
Tracked changes
Updated recently
Last verified change
Overview
Edinburgh-based startup developing thin, retrofittable robotic electronic skin (tactile sensing) and telerobotic avatar systems. Founded by Zaki Hussein, who holds a PhD in intelligent sensing and measurement from Edinburgh University, Touchlab raised £3.5M (.8M) in seed funding led by Octopus Ventures to give robots the power of human touch.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Current leadership (1)
- Zaki Hussein Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Zaki Husseincofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Touchlab.
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
Touchlab in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- elevated
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Sources (1)
- verification source · https://www.touchlab.io/
Common questions
- What is Touchlab?
- Edinburgh-based startup developing thin, retrofittable robotic electronic skin (tactile sensing) and telerobotic avatar systems. Founded by Zaki Hussein, who holds a PhD in intelligent sensing and measurement from Edinburgh University, Touchlab raised £3.5M (.8M) in seed funding led by Octopus Ventures to give robots the power of human touch.
- Where is Touchlab based?
- Touchlab is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- What does Touchlab make?
- Touchlab has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Touchlab builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them.
- Is Touchlab safe?
- Touchlab has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-02
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-02
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Touchlab.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Touchlab from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Touchlab brings in over .5M to make robots feel like humans
Touchlab raised over .5M in seed funding led by Octopus Ventures to develop electronic skin for robots.
Startup Touchlab develops electronic skin for robots
BusinessCloud covers Touchlab's £3.5M seed round led by Octopus Ventures for its electronic skin technology.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/touchlab.md
- RSS feed: /companies/touchlab/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ad84d40f-d215-4611-8150-4738c3f14d10
- Revision history: /companies/touchlab/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
0.9/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Safety Record
IP Activity
Market Presence
Deployment Scale
Funding Health
Hiring Signal
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.
Last computed: Jul 6, 2026
Intelligence layer