MIT Sloan's Innovative Artificial Intelligence-Based Tactile Glove

1. MIT Sloan's Innovative Artificial
Intelligence-Based Tactile Glove
By: Jean-Jacques Degroof

2. MIT Sloan's Innovative Artificial Intelligence-Based
Tactile Glove
Jean-Jacques Degroof's work as an investor and mentor spans organizations across the United
States and Europe, since earning his masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan) in 1993. Since then, Jean-Jacques Degroof
has earned advanced degrees from the institution and supported it in multiple capacities.

3. MIT Sloan's Innovative Artificial Intelligence-Based
Tactile Glove
In the area of robotics, MIT Sloan researchers continue to make an impact. A recent innovation is
the scalable tactile glove (STAG), which allows artificial-intelligence (AI) systems to receive tactile
feedback through approximately 550 sensors. According to a dataset published in Nature, STAG
achieved up to 76 percent accuracy in identifying a variety of common objects without needing
visual information. It also correctly guessed their weight within a 60-gram range. These items
included a mug, a tennis ball, and scissors, among others.

4. MIT Sloan's Innovative Artificial Intelligence-Based
Tactile Glove
When integrated with traditional image-based datasets and computer vision, the research team
believe that the glove may eventually enable robots to replicate how humans interact with the
world. This includes performing tasks such as completing chores and washing dishes. Moreover,
the researchers suspect that STAG can potentially be implemented in designing prosthetics and
allow manufacturers to customize them to suit an individual’s particular needs.