I don't think you read my entire comment, or perhaps you're very unfamiliar with the operation of a PS3's analog control.
(The whisker can be both rigid and also flexibly-attached. These are not mutually-exclusive constructs.)
Here, suppose you've got a rigid sensor attached to your hand by a string of yarn.
You walk in one direction, then turn around and start walking in a different direction, but as you turn the sensor slams into something.
Does it fail to take damage because the yarn is flexible?
Here, suppose you've got a rigid sensor attached to your hand by a string of yarn.
You walk in one direction, then turn around and start walking in a different direction, but as you turn the sensor slams into something.
Does it fail to take damage because the yarn is flexible?