TechnologyAugust 17, 2026

tactile

TAK-til

Definition

Relating to or connected with the sense of touch.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'tactus', meaning 'a touch', which comes from the verb 'tangere', meaning 'to touch'.

In the news

The article uses the word to describe wearable gloves that allow the system to record physical manipulation, capturing human touch-based data for AI training.

ACE Robotics takes aim at embodied AI's data problem

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Computer Weekly

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