Forbes Highlights Haply’s Potential in Robotic Healthcare
Haply Robotics was featured in Forbes’ CES 2026 coverage of technologies helping shape the future of healthcare.
The article included Haply among a broader group of companies working across artificial intelligence, robotics, connected health, data security, and medical technology. Our inclusion focused on the potential for force-feedback technology to bring a greater sense of touch into robotic and remote healthcare environments.
Bringing physical feedback into robotic systems
Robotic systems can extend human capabilities, support precise movement, and allow people to interact with environments from a distance.
However, many robotic interfaces rely heavily on visual information. An operator may be able to see what a robot is doing without physically feeling the forces involved in the interaction.
At Haply, we are working to help close that gap.
Our haptic interfaces create a physical connection between a person and a digital or robotic environment. As the user moves the device, the system can respond with forces that communicate contact, resistance, movement, or changes within the simulated environment.
This gives the operator another source of information beyond what can be seen on a screen.
Why touch matters in healthcare technology
Touch plays an important role in many healthcare and medical-training environments.
Professionals often use physical resistance, pressure, and movement to understand how a tool or instrument is interacting with its surroundings. When that interaction takes place through a simulation or robotic system, some of this physical information may be reduced or lost.
Force feedback has the potential to make these systems more informative by allowing the user to physically perceive aspects of the interaction.
Medical and procedural simulation
Robotic-control research
Skills training
Rehabilitation technology
Remote manipulation
Human-machine interface development
The suitability of haptic technology depends on the complete application, including the software, robotic hardware, sensors, and intended workflow.
The role of Inverse3x
Forbes’ coverage referenced our Inverse3x, a high-performance haptic interface designed for demanding force-feedback applications.
Inverse3x can serve as the physical interface within a larger simulation or robotic-control system. It allows users to move through three-dimensional environments while receiving responsive forces from the application.
For researchers and developers, this creates opportunities to explore how touch could be incorporated into advanced simulations, robotic systems, and training environments.
We provide the haptic interface, while the complete experience is shaped by the software, integration, and application in which it is used.
Haptics and the future of Physical AI
Healthcare is one example of a broader challenge facing Physical AI.
Intelligent machines need more than visual information to operate effectively in the physical world. They must also account for contact, force, resistance, and the physical consequences of movement.
Our haptic systems help connect human movement with digital or robotic interaction. They can also support research into how physical demonstrations and force-related information may contribute to the development of more capable robotic systems.
We believe this combination of human input, simulation, and physical feedback will become increasingly important as robotics moves into more complex environments.
Building a more complete human-machine connection
At Haply, we are developing force-feedback technology that connects people with digital and robotic systems.
Our inclusion in Forbes’ CES 2026 healthcare coverage reflects growing recognition that haptics may have applications beyond immersive digital experiences. Touch could also contribute to how people train, collaborate, and interact with machines in specialized environments.
As healthcare simulation and robotics continue to evolve, the ability to physically perceive an interaction may become an increasingly valuable part of the interface.
Read the original Forbes coverage
Haply was featured in Forbes’ CES 2026 article highlighting ten healthcare technologies. The original article provides the complete list of companies and innovations selected by Forbes.
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