> Current generation tactile sensors cost a couple thousand $ PER FINGER, and have a real world MTBF of hours. The cost can be solved with economy of scale. The fragility is harder.
Are we talking about experimental laboratory ones here? What happens when the Alibaba players start getting into the game? They have plenty of humanoid robots.
How much more sensitive do you need to be compared to say a standard mobile capacitive screen and those are essentially dirt cheap at this point.
i think you can get some good surface for a few hundred $$ / few fingers here
https://xelarobotics.com/