# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYnyaWukTaE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65813671-opticaworldwide-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1ec3aca51d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-22T00:59:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

This grain-sized device uses a single optical signal to simultaneously detect force and twisting in all directions, which could improve precision in robotics and medical instruments.

The sensor uses a soft elastomer tip that deforms slightly when it contacts an object, which then forms a light pattern that travels through a coherent fiber bundle to a camera that captures the pattern as an image.

By helping robotic tools and medical devices "feel" what they are touching, the #technology could support tactile guidance and mechanical mapping in minimally invasive interventions.

sjtu_1896 #Medicine #Robotics #MinimallyInvasive

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## Tags

minimallyinvasive, robotics, medicine, technology

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