Background: Partners
3 Aug 2022

Eeonyx
Distributor for Eeonyx's materials for sensor devices globally.
External press release
13 May 2022

First Roboskin for Human-Like Sensing of Objects by Robots
BeBop Sensors Inc announced the BeBop Sensors RoboSkin line of skin-like coverings for tactile awareness for humanoid robots and prosthetics. A true nervous system for robots at less than 1mm thick, RoboSkin is the only technology that fits all robotic body parts: limbs, fingers, feet, head, and torso, to make robots "feel" better.
External press release
3 Jan 2020

Award-Winning Glove is First Affordable All-Day Wireless VR/AR Haptic
BeBop Sensors will announce the first VR haptic glove integrated and exclusively designed for Oculus Quest, Oculus Link, Oculus Rift S, Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality, HTC Vive Cosmos, HTC Vive Pro, HTC Focus Plus, and Varjo VR headset technology.
Update interview
1 Nov 2019

Manus VR
Manus VR have developed glove accessories for VR including hand tracking and haptics. IDTechEx spoke with Sophie Kramer, Serdal Yeter and Alex Bertrand at their booth at AWE EU 2019.
External press release
24 Oct 2019

BeBop Sensors announces world's first haptic glove for Oculus Quest
BeBop Sensors announced that it has integrated the exclusively designed BeBop Sensors Forte Data Glove affordable all-day wireless VR/AR product with the Oculus Quest for the world's first all-in-one VR enterprise training and design system.
External press release
18 Sep 2019

BeBop Sensors wins US Air Force contract SIBR Award
BeBop Sensors announced today that it has won the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Award from the U.S. Air Force for BeBop Sensor's new award-winning Forte Data Glove Enterprise Edition, to be deployed by the U.S. Airforce MOTAR (Maintenance Operations and Training Augmented Reality) Unit for advanced airplane VR training simulations.
External press release
9 Sep 2019

First all day wireless VR/AR haptic glove
BeBop Sensors announced the new BeBop Sensors Forte Data Glove Enterprise Edition, the first all-day affordable high performance wireless VR/AR haptic glove built for business.
External press release
19 Jun 2019

BeBop Sensors smart fabric sensors enable 3D expressive keyboard
Created with BeBop Sensors SmartFabric Sensors, the K-Board Pro 4 is a four-octave MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) MIDI keyboard controller based on the traditional keyboard layout, but with multiple dimensions of touch sensitivity in each key.
External press release
22 May 2019

BeBop Sensors wins Red Herring's Top 100 North America 2019 Award
BeBop Sensors has won Red Herring's Top 100 North America 2019 Award. BeBop Sensors uses smart fabrics to create elegant sensor solutions for OEMs. BeBop's sensors comprehend force, location, size, weight, bend, twist, and presence across any size, resolution, and geometry.
External press release
16 Nov 2018

BeBop Sensors wins IDTechEx Best Material for Wearables Award
BeBop Sensors announced today that it has won the IDTechEx Wearable USA 2018 Awards - Best New Material Award for BeBop Sensors wearable fabric sensor technology.
15 Nov 2018

IDTechEx Wearable USA 2018 Award Winners
Each year at the IDTechEx Show!, two companies are honoured for their achievements in developing and commercialising different aspects of wearable technology. This year the awards were judged by Heidi Dohse (Google) with support from the independent analyst team with IDTechEx Research.
External press release
24 Apr 2018

BeBop Sensors announces close Of $10M+ series A funding
BeBop Sensors Inc announced the close of its $10 Million+ Series A funding led by San Francisco-based Bullpen Capital, a leader in post-seed funding. With millions of sensors in daily use, BeBop Sensors designs, manufactures, and delivers smart fabric sensors to Fortune 500 companies in the Health, Automotive, IoT, and AR/VR markets.
Background
2 Apr 2018

Parrot
Parrot is a relatively an old company. Its core business (automotive) is in decline hence it has been looking for alternatives business. This is why it entered the drone business in the recent past.
27 Nov 2017

Stretchable and Conformable Electronics: Heading Toward Market Reality
Stretchable and conformal electronics are more than just novelties. This article by IDTechEx analysts Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh and James Hayward, first published in SID Information Display, describes how many of the simpler and less glamorous aspects of stretchable and conformable devices have already been commercialized or are very close to being commercialized.
26 Sep 2017

Sensors are the stars of the IDTechEx Show!
Sensors conference features the latest technologies for Healthcare, Wearables, IoT, and Mobile devices.