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Contactile
UNSW Sydney spinout supplying biomimetic PapillArray tactile compute modules (3D force, slip and vibration sensing with anticipatory grip control) embedded natively into grippers and hands, sold to robotics manufacturers and integrators for warehouse logistics, fruit packing and manufacturing; ONR Global project capital (underwater mine disarming); Jun 2025 Australian federal commercialisation grant to launch its smart gripper into AU/EU/US markets; Propel-AIR 2026 finalist. Re-adjudicated under 2026-07-13 component ruling; prior rejects were component-maker exclusion only.
HeadquartersSydney, AU
Founded2019
Corporate funding$3M
Team1-10
Deployments0
Open roles0
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Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Company typeComponent supplier
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeed
FoundersYen-Ling Kuo (Co-founder/CEO)
Regions servedOceania, North America, Europe
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Seed
Round sourceGrant
Australian Federal Government (commercialisation grant)
Round sourceInvestors on recordTrue VenturesRadar VenturesFlying Fox VenturesUNSW
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Source ledger
3 unique public sources
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Contactile Raises US$2.5 Million to Accelerate Development of Tactile Sensor Technology for Robotic DexterityPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
02Contactile grabs $268,712 federal commercialisation grant for its 'human touch' robotic gripperStartup Daily · retrieved 2026-07-05
03Tactile Sensor TechnologyRoboticsTomorrow · retrieved 2026-07-05