Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Advanced Navigation plans Huntsville U.S. headquarters and PNT manufacturing centre
- The company expects to employ 75 to 100 people at the facility by summer 2027.
- The former Line-X building will combine offices, engineering and laboratories with a manufacturing floor.
- The centre is backed by the company’s previously raised $110 million Series C.
Aptiv extends production support to NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2
- The support covers delivery and inspection drones, robotics, industrial automation and other intelligent-edge applications.
- Aptiv identifies PULSE sensing, Gen 8 radar, Jetson-based compute and Wind River software and lifecycle services as parts of the stack.
- The announcement expands an existing Jetson collaboration and does not disclose a customer award, order value or production volume.
Xsens supports BMW humanoid-robot training with motion capture
- BMW is developing a modular robotics ecosystem combining conventional programming and vision-language-action models.
- Xsens Link captures full-body manufacturing demonstrations for retargeting, simulation and reusable robot policies.
- BMW integrates production-environment data into simulation, motion planning and robot-training workflows before introducing new capabilities in production.
PPS documents RoboTouch tactile sensing for robot hands and grippers
- The page describes embedded digital tactile sensing for OEM integration into robot grippers.
- PPS lists BarrettHand, Twendy-One and PR2 tactile-sensing examples as robotics case studies.
VectorNav adds LEO satellite aiding for GNSS-denied navigation
- The development kit combines a VN-210E embedded INS, a NAL Technologies ALTM Micro-D receiver and a one-year Iridium development licence.
- Testing demonstrated positioning within approximately 50 metres CEP in GNSS-denied conditions while maintaining inertial position, velocity and attitude outputs.
- Program-specific LEO-aiding support is available for full-size VN-210, VN-310 and VN-310E Tactical Series systems.
Loomia details 131-point tactile glove for Festo robotic hand
- The matrix spans the palm, fingertips and spaces between knuckles and accommodates inflation of the fingers.
- The engineering work evaluated more than 30 force-sensitive resistor materials and produced 13 PCB layout options.
- The finished fabric glove captures pressure data across the hand’s contact surfaces.
VectorNav adds high-G sensing ranges across Tactical Series
- New configurations add 95G and 250G accelerometer ranges and a 4,000°/s gyroscope range.
- The options cover the VN-110, VN-210 and VN-310 families and are drop-in compatible without form, fit or function changes.
- Engineering units were available for immediate evaluation, with production supported at VectorNav’s AS9100-certified Dallas operation.
ASO updates LISENS scan barrier-safety software
- Relay switching times can be adjusted to suit different controllers and barrier movements.
- Vehicle-classification sensitivity can be tuned for different traffic conditions.
- Multiple radar sensors can be configured through one central interface, with comfort zones aligned automatically to the safety zone.
XELA Robotics details uSkin tactile sensing stack
- The stack uses distributed three-axis sensing points to measure normal and shear forces.
- uSkin modules can be shaped for custom gripper and robot-hand geometries.
- uAi software visualises, calibrates and analyses the tactile data for manipulation and automation workflows.
Sensing Tex reaches TRL6 with AI4PD posture-recognition system
- Supervised models recognise six body postures and identify pressure hotspots from sensor readings converted into images.
- The repositioning assistant monitors time spent in a posture and supports pressure-ulcer prevention workflows.
- The team was pursuing co-creation pilots with healthcare institutions after the programme; hospital and home-care rollout remained a development objective.
JQ Industries expands into humanoid robot electronic skin
- JQ Industries said it was expanding into humanoid robot electronic skin
- The company described applications including hand tactile sensors, robot skin, and tactile gloves
- 36Kr reported that the company was supplying products for humanoid robots, elderly care, and automotive use cases
Keli reports six-axis force and torque sensor series for humanoid wrists and robot arms
- Keli said its six-axis force and torque sensor series had been developed for humanoid robot wrists and ankles.
- The same product-series disclosure covered industrial-arm, collaborative-arm and end-effector applications.
- Keli cited structural decoupling, algorithm decoupling and high-speed sampling communication as technical points for the line.
MEMSensing starts humanoid force and torque sensor R&D projects
- MEMSensing said force and torque sensors are core perception-layer components for robot control and active force output control.
- The company started MEMS six-dimensional force and torque sensor R&D for humanoid robot finger joints, wrists and ankles.
- MEMSensing also started three-dimensional force and torque sensor R&D for humanoid robot fingertip sensing as part of a fuller sensor line.
MEMSensing starts humanoid robot glove pressure and temperature sensor R&D
- MEMSensing said it had started R&D for glove-type pressure and temperature sensors to imitate human skin touch and temperature sensing.
- The disclosed technical approach used thin MEMS pressure and temperature sensors integrated on a flexible substrate.
- The report described pressure output changing with finger bending and pressing, while the temperature sensor used resistance sensitivity to temperature changes.
MEMSensing starts robot IMU R&D for humanoid posture and balance control
- MEMSensing said it had started R&D for robot-use IMUs serving humanoid posture control, balance maintenance and navigation needs.
- The report said IMUs provide real-time posture information that a robot control center can use for motion control.
- MEMSensing described IMU feedback as a key sensor input for humanoid robots maintaining balance or a target posture.
Filics and SICK integrate safety sensing into Unit AMRs
- Filics integrated two SICK nanoScan3 safety laser scanners—one at the front and one at the rear of each Unit—to protect people and material in tight intralogistics spaces.
- The scanners provide precise measurements for safety and vehicle localization, with 128 configurable fields reaching up to 3 metres and a 275-degree scanning angle.
- SICK’s Safety Designer software lets Filics configure and import the protection fields so Unit can enter, pass through and leave pallet positions safely.
YESENSE details YIS320 inertial measurement unit for robot attitude stability
- YESENSE’s 31 March 2025 news item presents the YIS320 as a robot inertial measurement unit for stable attitude and orientation control.
- The module is specified at 0.05° attitude accuracy with output up to 400 Hz, giving robot controllers high-rate motion data.
- YESENSE positions the component for robots that need stable posture and direction sensing during precise movement and operation.
Hypersen published humanoid robot force-sensing application guide
- The guide describes six-axis sensors measuring three force and three torque components for robot contact feedback.
- Hypersen places the sensors in humanoid wrists, ankles and dexterous hands for perception and manipulation.
- The article connects the sensor category to compliant control and precise operation in humanoid robots.
Xsens documents MTi AHRS use across VideoRay ROVs
- The sensors provide attitude and heading data for underwater navigation and vehicle stability.
- The documented ROV configurations include systems used for hazardous inspection and US Navy work.
Innoseis delivers Regolith seismometer prototypes to Fleet Space
- The first prototypes were delivered in August2024.
- Regolith is designed to measure lunar geological and seismic activity using low-power MEMS sensing.
- Fleet Space planned to test the prototypes before incorporating them into SPIDER; lunar deployment remained a future mission.
Xsens motion capture selected by Humanoid Robot (Shanghai)
- After testing optical and inertial alternatives, Humanoid Robot (Shanghai) selected Xsens inertial motion capture; its team reported no data-drift issues with the system.
- The setup captured human movement for teleoperation and AI training while the robots were being taught tasks including walking and sorting red beans from soybeans.
- The case describes scaling data collection across multiple workers and using AI-assisted annotation to build larger training datasets for humanoid motion and manipulation.
Oppent and SICK validate robust sensing for mobile robots
- Oppent selected SICK’s S300 safety laser scanner to protect hazardous access points with one protected field and two warning fields.
- SICK’s Flexi Soft controllers process environmental and navigation data so Oppent’s mobile robots can determine where they are and where they need to go.
- The case study covers Oppent’s mobile-robot work in intralogistics and hospital environments and describes the supplier relationship as roughly a decade old.
Kassow cobot uses SICK guidance for automated picking
- PLOC2D provides 2D part localization through dedicated image-processing hardware and an algorithm designed to find parts quickly and reliably.
- Kassow integrated the sensor into its robot-control system so picking jobs could be set up and switched with minimal commissioning and training.
- The integration targets picking across Kassow’s seven-axis cobots, whose extra joint helps them work around corners and in confined spaces.
Advanced Navigation Spatial Dual selected for Gremlins X-61 recovery
- Spatial Dual's low size, weight, power consumption and cost helped meet the airborne recovery system's constraints.
- Kinematica post-processing measured relative positions between the recovery aircraft, Gremlins UAVs and deployed recovery equipment.
- Early flight-test data and post-flight analysis supported incorporating Spatial Dual into the final recovery design.
Mayser introduces ultrasonic safety sensor for human-robot collaboration
- Ultrasonic safety enables safe human-robot collaboration for cobot applications.
- Mayser said the sensor was approved in February as a functionally safe ultrasonic sensor for industrial personnel safety.
- The company worked with KUKA on tool and workpiece protection using a KUKA LBR iiwa.