Sensors

Cubic is a major gas sensor manufacturer in China.

Bosch Sensortec manufactures sensors for incorporation with consumer electronics. They have had success in integrating motion sensors into mobile devices and have expanded into pressure sensing for wearables. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed Senior Marketing Manager Wolfgang Schmitt-Hann and Head of MEMs Ralf Schellin.

Engineers have invented a silk-based material that when placed under the skin that glows brighter or dimmer under a lamp when exposed to different levels of oxygen in the blood. The novel sensor, which currently is limited to reading oxygen levels, is made up of a gel formed from the protein components of silk, called fibroin. The silk fibroin proteins have unique properties that make them especially compatible as an implantable material.

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.

Valencell is one of the market leaders in providing PPG technology for wearable sensors/biometrics. Tess interviewed Dr LeBoeuf (President and Co-founder) about Valencell's development of cuffless blood pressure, hearables, and the shift in the wearable sector from fitness to health.

F&P Personal Robotics is a Swiss company specializing in collaborative robots. Its featured products include P-Rob for industrial applications and Lio for healthcare.

Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, spoke to the CEO of BodiGuide, Deborah Kessler, about their wearable monitor for peripheral edema to continuously monitor fluid retention in the ankle as an aid to heart disease management.

Headquartered in Odense, Denmark, Universal Robots was founded in 2005, specializing in industrial automation in a variety of industrial fields. Universal Robots' main products include UR3e, UR5e, UR10e, and UR16e. Universal Robots is one of the leading players in the collaborative robots world.

Plants can't speak up when they are thirsty. And visual signs, such as shriveling or browning leaves, don't start until most of their water is gone. To detect water loss earlier, researchers have created a wearable sensor for plant leaves. The system wirelessly transmits data to a smartphone app, allowing for remote management of drought stress in gardens and crops.

A background of Fanuc's collaborative robots — the CR series.

This background profile explores ABB's collaborative robots, YuMi and GoFa.

The 2D Experimental Pilot Line has launched its first customisable wafer run. As one of five multi-project wafer runs, this first phase targets sensor applications. Companies, universities and research institutes can include their designs as dies on joint wafers, to test their ideas for devices on a larger scale at relatively low costs.

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Gas Sensors 2022-2032: Technology, Opportunities, Players, and Forecasts'.

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Gas Sensors 2022-2032: Technology, Opportunities, Players, and Forecasts'.

Thursday 12 May 2022, presented by IDTechEx Technology Analyst Yulin Wang - Service Robots: Automate People's Lives and Multiple Industries - Who Are the Winners?

In the quest to build smart skin that mimics the sensing capabilities of natural skin, ionic skins have shown significant advantages. They're made of flexible, biocompatible hydrogels that use ions to carry an electrical charge. In contrast to smart skins made of plastics and metals, the hydrogels have the softness of natural skin. This offers a more natural feel to the prosthetic arm or robot hand they are mounted on, and makes them comfortable to wear.

Cue Health offers a point-of-care diagnostic test platform for at-home testing of respiratory diseases.

Thursday 5 May 2022 - What is driving the growing need for point-of-care? Is point-of-care too expensive? What's next for COVID-19 point-of-care? The webinar will discuss growth during the COVID-19 pandemic; the market beyond COVID-19; key trends; and emerging transduction methods at point-of-care

Lips are famously sensual but, together with the gums and tongue, they are also surprisingly sensitive, second only to the fingertips in nerve density. Researchers have exploited this latter characteristic to devise a practical new way for people to receive tactile feedback in virtual worlds.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge racecar, a Dallara AV-21, set a new land speed world record of 192.2 MPH / 309.3 KPH at the historic Kennedy Space Center.