WhyTouch is becominga core capability for next-generation AI

Vision

Lets AI see the world

Language

Helps AI reason about the world

Touch

Lets AI trust the world

Touch links the digital and physical worlds and unlocks physical intelligence.

01

AI Has Learned to See the World

Over the past decade, AI advanced through vision and language.

2012AlexNetImageNet
2018BERTTransformer
2022GPT-4VMultimodal
2026+GPT-5 / FutureMultimodal Intelligence
10B+Image Data
Trillion-scaleText Data
Massive ComputeTraining Capability
Near Human-levelVision Understanding

Conclusion: AI already has eyes.

02

But AI Still Cannot Understand the World

Vision can recognize a cup or a door handle, but it does not know what happens after contact.

The robot sees a cupRecognition: this is a cupBut it does not know:

Whether it will slip

Whether it is hot

Whether it is damaged

The robot sees a door handleRecognition: this is a door handleBut it does not know:

How much force is needed

Whether it is loose

Whether it can rotate

Vision observes. It does not experience.

03

How Humans Understand the World

Babies build physical models by touching, grasping, pressing, dropping, and bumping objects.

A baby explores the physical world by touching, grasping, and pressing objects

Through touch and interaction, humans build physical cognition and causal understanding.

Tactile Exploration
Brain Perception
Physical Cognition
Intelligent Action

Touch is the starting point of physical cognition.

04

Why Touch Matters

Vision answers what. Touch answers how. Contact tells whether an object is safe to manipulate.

Vision tells youThis is an apple
A red apple surrounded by blue-gold tactile energy
Answers:Whatwhat it is
Touch tells you

Whether it is ripe

Whether it is soft

Whether it is damaged

Whether it can be grasped

Whether it will roll

Answers:Howhow it behaves

Vision answers “what”. Touch answers “how”.

05

Touch Contains More Information Than We Imagine

A single contact contains far more information than one image.

PressurePressure
ForceForce
SlipSlip
TextureTexture
TemperatureTemperature
VibrationVibration
ComplianceCompliance
MaterialMaterial
06

Why AI Needs Touch

From Vision AI → To Physical AI

PastAI mainly processed
ImagesTextVideo
FutureAI needs to process
ContactForceActionFeedback

AI will move from the digital world into the physical world and affect reality.

07

What Next-generation Robots Need

Robots struggle to grasp because they lack tactile feedback, not vision.

Humanoid robots, robotic arms, and hands with tactile arrays
Human PalmApprox. 17,000+Mechanoreceptors
Most RobotsNear 0Tactile Receptors

No touch means no fine manipulation; no feedback means no intelligent action.

08

NeuroSkin’s Answer

NeuroSkin™ Tactile Intelligence Infrastructure

UltraMatrix™High-density Tactile Matrix
Touch AITouch AI Algorithms
NeuroSkin™Tactile Intelligence Platform
Tactile Foundation ModelTactile Foundation Model

Build complete tactile intelligence infrastructure from sensing to cognition and intelligence.

09

Data Flywheel: Smarter with Use

Every contact helps AI understand the world better, creating a positive growth flywheel.

NeuroSkin™
Data Flywheel
TouchTactile SensingDataTactile DataIntelligenceTouch IntelligenceModelFoundation ModelsApplicationApplication Enablement

More deploymentMore data

Stronger modelsStronger capabilities

Broader applicationsGreater value

Deeper ecosystemHigher moat

10

What Future Are We Moving Toward?

The Age of Physical Intelligence

2025Touch Sensor

Tactile Sensors

Sense contact
2026Touch Intelligence

Touch Intelligence

Understand contact
2027Tactile Foundation Model

Tactile Foundation Model

Learn physical laws
2028Physical Intelligence

Physical Intelligence

Act autonomously in the world
2030+Embodied AGI

Embodied AGI

Coexist with the world

Vision Lets AI See the World
Touch Lets AI Trust the World

NeuroSkin™

Building the Physical Intelligence Layer for Embodied AI

NeuroSkin · A global leader in tactile intelligence infrastructure