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Axonnic: Muscle-sensing sleeves for robot training (opens ycombinator.com)
Track finger movement and estimate fingertip force while people work.
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Axonnic
A muscle-sensing forearm sleeve that records how skilled factory workers move their fingers, to train robots for dexterous tasks.
Axonnic (YC F26) makes a forearm EMG sleeve that tracks finger movement and estimates fingertip force while the hands stay free, and syncs it with video and hand pose to build robot training datasets from skilled people doing real work. Target tasks include guiding fabric through a sewing machine, handling an electrician's tools and positioning small parts in delicate assembly. It says sleeves are shipping and paid pilots are underway with design partners.
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- Fall 2026 (launched on YC Launches)Y Combinator batchycombinator.com (source, opens in a new tab) ·
- 54YC Launches upvotesycombinator.com (source, opens in a new tab) ·
- Sleeves shipping; paid pilots underway with first design partnersCustomersycombinator.com (source, opens in a new tab) ·
- 4.58° average joint-angle error, validated against Apple Vision Pro hand trackingFinger-tracking accuracyaxonnic.com (source, opens in a new tab) ·
- Y Combinator, Boost VC, Sterling Road, Oxford Seed FundBackersaxonnic.com (source, opens in a new tab) ·
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- Robotics, Manufacturing, Physical Ai, Data Labeling, Yc F26