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FTP-1 is a Generalist Foundation Tactile Policy pretrained on 3,000 hours of…

2026-06-24 · 16:35 UTC ·@michaelyuancb ·0 min read

Brief

FTP-1 is presented as the first generalist tactile policy, trained on 3,000 hours of tactile interactions across 21 sensors to encode transferable tactile knowledge usable on new sensors and robot embodiments. The release is evaluated by five global labs (Sharpa, UC Berkeley, Tsinghua, ETH Zurich, Shanghai Jiaotong University) and includes open-source data and checkpoints at ftp1-policy.github.io.

Why it matters

FTP-1 is a Generalist Foundation Tactile Policy pretrained on 3,000 hours of tactile data collected from 21 different sensors.

Key details

  • FTP-1 demonstrates transfer to unseen sensors and embodiments and has been distributed and evaluated by five institutions: Sharpa, UC Berkeley, Tsinghua, ETH Zurich, and Shanghai Jiaotong University.
  • All FTP-1 data and model checkpoints are fully open-sourced for community use (project page: ftp1-policy.github.io).
Source evidence

Introduce FTP-1, the first Generalist Foundation Tactile Policy. Enjoy FTP-1 on any tactile sensors and embodiments in your labs🤗!

Pretrained on 3000 hours tactile data and 21 sensors🤖, FTP-1 learns general tactile knowledge, that can even transfer to unseen sensors 🚀!

FTP-1 is distributed and evaluated by 5 global institutions, including Sharpa, UC Berkeley, Tsinghua, ETH Zurich, Shanghai Jiaotong University. We fully open-source all data and checkpoints for community usage🤗. Check the blog for more details😃!

ftp1-policy.github.io/

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