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Samsung patents robot arm with sliding touch sensor

Samsung has filed a patent for a robot arm that uses a sliding mechanism to extend a touch sensor out of its housing. A processor controls this slide tag to make contact with external objects and then retract it back inside.

Why it mattersThis design allows robots to physically interact with their environment while keeping sensitive sensors protected when not in use.

In the filing’s own words

A robot includes: a main body; a robot arm provided on the main body; and a processor configured to control the robot arm to touch an external object located outside the main body, wherein the robot arm includes: a slide tag; a housing accommodating the slide tag; and a driver configured to move the slide tag to protrude outside of the housing and retract into the housing under control of the processor.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A robot comprising: a main body; a robot arm provided on the main body; and a processor configured to control the robot arm to touch an external object located outside the main body, wherein the robot arm comprises: a slide tag; a housing accommodating the slide tag; and a driver configured to move the slide tag to protrude outside of the housing and retract into the housing under control of the processor.

Facts

Company: Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title: ROBOT ARM, ROBOT COMPRISING ROBOT ARM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
Publication number: US20260264273A1
Application number: 19670750
Filed: May 7, 2026
Published: Sep 10, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 15

Classified under

B25J 18/02 Operations & transportB25J 9/123 Operations & transportB25J 9/1612 Operations & transportB25J 13/089 Operations & transportB25J 18/005 Operations & transport

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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