This video has been produced by the ARTS lab (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy, www.sssup.it). It will be used for dissemination by the Consortium and the European Commission. The video will be updated and it is hoped that a commentary will be added. This video shows results on: (1) mechatronic tactile stimulator for the study of human sensory performance relative to discriminative touch in psychophysics and neurophysiology investigations; (2)artificial biomimetic fingerpad for discriminative touch