Tesla's patent application US 2026/0310299 A1, published on October 8, describes a touch-sensitive skin printed on a flexible substrate and heat-formed into shape.
The skin has two layers with conductive regions around a compressible layer, and uses capacitive and piezoresistive sensing. Materials named include TPU, PET and polyimide, and the methods include screen printing, laser cutting and thermoforming.
Source: roboticsandautomationnews.com, reported 10-16. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/10/16/tesla-patent-reveals-touch-sensitive-skin-for-robot-hands/105999/