Make capacitive touch lamp smart?

Complete beginner, just used arduino ide with an esp32 board for switchbot home automation.

This got me thinking about potential projects utilising Arduino. I already have a touch sensitive lamp. I would like to be able to also use my home automation system to switch it on and off. Smart plugs work for off but on is currently not possible. Is it possible for Arduino and some hardware to be implemented in the lamp to mimic touch actions whilst keeping the touch functionality? I have searched but, however I phrased it, I was inundated with methods of creating a touch lamp or converting to a switch lamp only.

Obviously, the less interference with the touch base functionality, the better (frying myself for the sake of a little automation is not worth it)

You could use OR-logic and feed power in parallel. If one instance wants light there is light. Black only when both want it. Can You open the lamp and see how the power of the light emitting part is connected?

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