ESI develops a range of tactile actuators (TACTOR) that convey the sense of feel to a person. Small TACTOR actuators can be strategically positioned on the user's body/head and their stimuli intuitively interpreted to help a person navigate.

This smart TACTOR is designed for visually-impaired people and athletes, such as those participating in Paralympics, by providing them with a new smart assistive device for accurate navigation in an urban area, as well as for sport competitions such as downhill, cross-country skiing, running, and similar courses (currently, legally blind must closely follow a human leader, which is uneasy at high racing speeds and cannot be done by 100% blind athletes). This design also offers new assistive technologies to humans who are faced with increasingly complex equipment and operational tasks that rely heavily on visual displays and audible cues. In some instances, visual displays may divert the user's attention away from the main task at hand; in others, the environment may be such that visual and audio cues are not effective. The tactile feedback-based TACTOR systems developed by ESI provide the sense of feel that could be as useful as vision and hearing.