Tatum Robotics develops robotic hand to aid deafblind communication
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Summary
Tatum Robotics, a Boston startup founded by Samantha Johnson, is developing a robotic hand (Tatum) to help connect the deafblind community through tactile sign language communication. Johnson, who taught herself sewing when custom gloves became too expensive, bootstrapped the company from a student thesis during the pandemic. The startup aims to address the communication gap faced by deafblind individuals by creating a robotic system that can translate sign language into tactile feedback.
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· 3 pulledI was a bit ambitious, I will say.
I definitely went into it thinking it might be a little bit easier than it ended up being.
Nobody was watching me. I could make a lot of mistakes along the way.
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