Solutions

Materials and replaceable parts for the places robots make contact

We focus on the contact interface: the functional materials, material modules and replaceable contact parts that sit between your robot and the world—plus the process and validation work around them.

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Our tactile interfaces

Four capability areas, co-developed with you

Development areas, not catalogue products with fixed specifications. Each project starts from your application.

  • Tactile & visuotactile contact materials, concept render
    Tactile sensing

    Tactile & visuotactile contact materials

    Material sheets, layered prototypes and project validation for tactile and visuotactile sensors.

    Multilayer composite · elastic recovery · sensing-compatible

  • Replaceable fingertips & gripper pads, concept render
    Dexterous hands & grippers

    Replaceable fingertips & gripper pads

    Samples, custom geometry and mounting/replacement concepts for fingertips and gripper pads.

    Hygienic protection · stable grip · replace as needed

  • Data-glove materials & packaging, concept render
    Teleoperation & motion capture

    Data-glove materials & packaging

    Protective layers, liners and mechanical packaging for sensors in data-collection gloves.

    Soft fit · sensor contact · packaging co-developed

  • Contact layers for curved e-skin, concept render
    Full-body humanoid coverage

    Contact layers for curved e‑skin

    Curved lamination, segmented coverage and pilot integration for electronic skin.

    Curved conformity · protection · signal path

Product line

Hillmat — replaceable sensor skin for every robot application

Match your application to the right contact material. Final specifications are set with you for each project.

  • Hillmat-Pro: Humanoid hands · industrial
    Humanoid hands · industrial

    Hillmat-Pro

    Built for high-cycle manipulation in structured industrial environments, including humanoid platforms. ESD-safe, dust-repellent, high wear-resistance—consistent tactile feedback across repeated grasp cycles.

    • Industrial grade
    • Anti-static ESD
    • Dust-repellent
    • High wear-resistance
  • Hillmat-Medi: Medical & surgical robots
    Medical & surgical robots

    Hillmat-Medi

    Contact layer for manipulation in medical scenarios. Ag⁺ antimicrobial and fluid-resistant, designed around standard disinfection routines. Compliance is assessed per project.

    • Ag⁺ antimicrobial
    • Fluid barrier
    • Disinfectant-safe
  • Hillmat-Food: Food service & kitchen robots
    Food service & kitchen robots

    Hillmat-Food

    Contact material for food-handling scenarios. Steam-resistant and grease-repellent, designed for kitchen and food-sorting environments. Regulatory suitability is assessed per project.

    • Food-handling scenarios
    • Steam-resistant
    • Grease-repellent
  • Hillmat-Lite: Service & consumer robots
    Service & consumer robots

    Hillmat-Lite

    Lightweight, long-lasting contact layer for service robots operating in home and commercial environments. Hydrophobic, low-maintenance.

    • Hydrophobic
    • Lightweight
    • Long-lasting
    • Low-maintenance

Scope

What we take on—and what stays with you

NEWMAT develops and supplies the materials and contact parts. Sensor electronics, perception algorithms and robot control are handled by you or by specialist partners on each project. Where a project needs those, we coordinate at the interface rather than deliver them ourselves.

  • NEWMATContact materials, material modules, replaceable contact parts, process and validation support
  • Customer or partnerSensors and electronics, perception algorithms, robot control, system integration

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Describe the task and the problem you are seeing. If confidential technical material needs to be exchanged, we can agree on an NDA first.

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