Observed arrival · 2026-09-11

PhantomTac: The Robotic Hand Sabotage You Can Hide Under a Sticker

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A research project documenting a physical attack that spoofs magnetic tactile sensors in robotic hands.

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The study models how magnetic tactile sensors translate changes in magnetic-field distribution into normal force, shear force, contact location, and slip signals. Its proposed tag is battery-free and approximately 0.5 mm thick, with concealment beneath a barcode sticker described as feasible. Public downloads include Python and MATLAB scripts for radial-basis-function fitting, blind tests, force contours, and spatial heatmaps; the page also links the paper’s DOI and citation file.

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