NEURODIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Their core work

Neurodigital Technologies is a Spanish SME specialising in haptic hardware — physical devices that simulate the sense of touch in virtual and mixed reality environments, most notably haptic gloves. Their core product line sits at the intersection of sensory neuroscience and consumer/industrial wearables: they translate how the nervous system encodes touch into engineering specifications for tactile feedback devices. In NeuTouch they contributed their hardware expertise to fundamental research on neural coding of touch for prosthetics and robotics; in iNGENIOUS they applied the same devices to next-generation IoT supply-chain workflows using 5G, mixed reality, and blockchain. This dual track — pure science collaborations and applied industry projects — makes them an unusual bridge between academic neuroscience and commercial extended-reality deployments.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest H2020 engagement (NeuTouch, 2019) was science-facing: contributing haptic hardware to a Marie Curie training network studying how the brain encodes touch, with a clear focus on prosthetics and computational neuroscience. By 2020, with iNGENIOUS, their application context shifted decisively toward industry: the same neuromorphic sensors and haptic gloves were positioned within 5G supply-chain systems, mixed reality worker interfaces, and blockchain-enabled logistics. The technology itself has not changed, but the framing has moved from "enabling better prosthetic limbs" to "enabling better industrial workflows" — a commercially significant reorientation toward enterprise buyers.

Neurodigital is moving their haptic hardware from academic and medical research contexts into commercial Industry 4.0 deployments, suggesting future collaborations will increasingly target smart manufacturing, remote operations, and enterprise mixed-reality training.

How they like to work

Neurodigital has never coordinated an H2020 project — they enter consortia as a specialist hardware supplier, contributing a defined product (haptic gloves, tactile sensors) rather than leading research agendas. In NeuTouch they were a non-funded third party, which typically means they provided access to devices or expertise in exchange for research visibility; in iNGENIOUS they became a funded participant, suggesting growing confidence in the consortium-building process. Their presence in large, multi-country consortia (34 partners, 13 countries from just two projects) indicates they are comfortable operating as one specialist node within a complex network rather than as a central organiser.

Despite only two H2020 projects, Neurodigital has built a network of 34 unique consortium partners across 13 countries, reflecting the broad, multi-partner structure typical of MSCA-ITN and large RIA consortia. Their partnerships are European in geographic scope with no single country concentration evident from the data.

What sets them apart

Neurodigital occupies a rare niche: they are one of the very few European SMEs that manufactures haptic gloves grounded in neuroscientific principles rather than purely engineering ones — their product design is informed by how biological touch systems actually work. This gives them credibility in both academic neuroscience consortia and industrial XR deployments that most haptic hardware vendors cannot claim. For a consortium builder, they bring a physical product prototype that can serve as a demonstrator, which is often what applied research projects need to show impact at reviews.

Highlights from their portfolio

• iNGENIOUS
  Their only funded participation (EUR 171,263), this RIA project positioned haptic gloves within a 5G/IoT/blockchain supply-chain system — the clearest evidence of commercial application ambitions beyond research prototypes.
• NeuTouch
  Participation as an unfunded third party in an MSCA-ITN on neural touch coding signals that top European neuroscience groups sought Neurodigital's hardware specifically for fundamental scientific research, a strong credibility indicator.