Goslun: OnShan Technology Closes Multibillion-Yuan Series B for Tactile Sensors

OnShan Technology, a Chinese leader in AI tactile perception, has closed a Series B round with substantial funding. The company received financing from major manufacturing partners to develop tactile sensor technology for robotics and embodied artificial intelligence.

Tactile sensors as infrastructure

OnShan Technology sees itself as the "tactile infrastructure" for the industry. The company has built a full technology stack:

• Its own AI chip for low-latency processing of tactile signals
• TS-F sensors (for fingers) with 0.01 N resolution that can recognize 30+ materials
• TS-V, a training platform that combines vision and tactile data
• Open simulation models for MuJoCo and NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Market growth

Tactile sensor penetration in robotic manipulators rose from 20% in 2025 to 60%+ by mid-2026. The company notes that:

• By May 2026, incoming orders were 4 times the company's full-year 2025 revenue
• Total revenue for the first five months of 2026 has already exceeded revenue for all of 2025
• The robotics business is growing fastest; the company forecasts it will contribute two-thirds of 2026 revenue

What this means

Tactile perception is becoming a critical technology for embodied artificial intelligence. As robotics moves from vision to physical interaction with the world, touch sensors are shifting from optional to mandatory components. The company's full stack gives it a significant competitive advantage over Western players.

Partnerships with leading labs

The company works with global leaders in AI. Together with Richard Sutton, a Turing Award laureate, it developed a "robot kindergarten": a system that teaches robots to learn on their own through tactile perception in a real physical environment.