Teaching a robot to pick up a screw without dropping it sounds easy—until you realise just how much your fingertips are doing. Diver-X thinks it has the answer with the new ContactGlove3 Pro, a professional-grade robotics data glove designed to capture every tiny movement your fingers make.
Unlike conventional data gloves that estimate finger bends, the ContactGlove3 Pro uses electromagnetic field (EMF) tracking to record the absolute position and orientation of every fingertip and joint. The result is drift-free tracking with a claimed median positional error of less than 0.5 mm, making it suitable for delicate tasks such as grasping, assembly, and manipulation training for robots.
The glove integrates sensors directly into all five fingertips, so there are no separate markers or attachments to fiddle with. Simply put it on and start recording. It supports ROS 2, C++, Python, Unity, Unreal Engine, and MotionBuilder, while working across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Communication is handled over USB or Bluetooth Low Energy, with latency kept below 30 ms for responsive robot teleoperation.
Diver-X is positioning the ContactGlove3 Pro as a standard interface for collecting the high-quality hand movement data needed by today’s imitation learning and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) robotics models. Future expansion options, including haptic feedback, are also planned.
The ContactGlove3 Pro will go on sale in October 2026, starting at US$3,999. It is available in S, M, L, and XL sizes, with a built-in 1,200 mAh battery delivering up to 10 hours of operation per charge.
Images: Diver-X [JP].
