Sensors

Vecna Technologies is a robotics company based in Boston that has been around since 1999.

A start-up from Xerox's Parc. It has raised $17M since 2017. It uses Metamaterial Frequency-Adaptive Steering Technology (M-FAST)

As developers' understanding of this disease grows, so will the range of devices at their disposal to address it. They have only scratched the surface of how technology can improve CVD patients' lives and, as they dig deeper, they will continue to unlock the potential of this growing market.

Echodyne is a Washington-based firm developing radars based on metamaterials. It was established in 2014 and has since raised $64M.

BionicHIVE is a technology from a Israeli company. It is an innovative approach to fiducial-based autonomous robots

Kymeta was established in 2012. It has raised $217M so far. It uses metamaterials in order to electrically scan the antenna.

IDTechEx met with Sensuron In November 2019. Sensuron are a company that specialise in distributed fiber optic sensing. This is for a few applications, most notably being structural health monitoring.

Sencrop is a AgTech start-up that produces wireless weather stations for agriculture. At the REAP Conference 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Victoria Nicol, UK Sales Support Manager from Sencrop.

Arbe have developed the Phoenix radar, an ultra high-resolution 4D imaging radar.

Uhnder is a Texas-based radar company. It is backed by Magna International and has raised $75M in funding

A swarm of marbles that flows through your intestines in order to detect thickening. It sounds like science fiction, but it's closer to reality than you might think. Engineers have developed sensors that are able to inspect hard-to-reach or even inaccessible environments.

Parker Hannifin is a major US company that specialises in motion and control technologies. At the IDTechEx Show 2019 in Santa Clara, Technology Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Dr Alexander York, Senior Principal Engineer at Parker Hannifin about the company's electroactive polymer technology.

Tekscan are a manufacturer of tactile pressure and force measurement sensors and systems. This background summary is from the IDTechEX Show 2019 in Santa Clara.

Sensors and their enabling technologies are being developed rapidly. From materials, to components, from manufacturing method to integration techniques, from R&D to commercialization, the various disruptive technologies and their applicants indicate the continued improvement in the innovation from different aspects. Each year at IDTechEx Show!, a company is honoured the Best Innovative Sensor Technology award for its development and achievement in the sensor innovation and commercialization area.