Application Areas & Typical Challenges

What we can talk about – and what we can’t

Customer Projects

Many of our development projects are conducted under strict NDAs. As a result, we cannot share customer names, project details, or internal specifications.

What we can share are the recurring force sensing challenges we encounter across applications, including integration constraints, sensor geometry, force distribution, and feasibility considerations. If you are facing a specific force sensing challenge, we are happy to discuss possible approaches and evaluate the next steps together.

Powering Innovation across Industries

Trusted by engineers developing tomorrow’s products

NanoSen’s Force Sensing Impedance (FSI) technology enables engineers to develop new force sensing solutions across a broad range of industries. From early-stage evaluation to custom sensor development, our technology supports innovation where precision, flexibility, and reliability are essential.

Robotics

Force sensing & Tactile Interaction

Automotive

Vehicle Development, HMI & Testing

Medical Technology

Medical Devices & Prosthetics

Industrial Automation

Smart Manufacturing & Process Monitoring

Consumer Electronics

Interactive Devices & Wearables

Aerospace

High-performance Sensing Systems

Application Areas

Robotics & Automation Medical Technology Industrial Testing & Measurement

In robotic systems, measuring total force is no longer sufficient.

Process reliability depends on understanding how force distributes across a contact surface – especially in dynamic gripping and automated handling tasks. Conventional thin-film sensors often struggle under real operating conditions.

NanoSen’s Force Sensing Impedance (FSI) technology combines polymer nanocomposite sensing elements with dedicated impedance-based readout electronics, enabling stable, high-resolution force distribution measurement in compact and scalable sensor architectures.

In medical applications, long-term reliability and subtle signal detection are critical.
Continuous pressure exposure, soft tissue interaction, and micro-movements require sensing technologies that remain stable under prolonged static load while maintaining high sensitivity.

Conventional thin-film sensors often struggle with drift and reproducibility in continuous monitoring scenarios. NanoSen’s impedance-based PNC force sensing technology addresses these challenges at both material and system level – enabling stable, high-resolution pressure and force measurement in thin, flexible, and body-near integrations.

In industrial testing environments, measurement reliability and repeatability are essential. Force and pressure sensors must deliver stable signals under defined load profiles, repeated stress cycles, and long-term operation.

Conventional thin-film sensing approaches can show drift, hysteresis, or reduced reproducibility when exposed to sustained mechanical stress. NanoSen’s impedance-based PNC force sensing technology addresses these challenges at both material and system level – enabling precise, repeatable force and pressure measurement in demanding testing and monitoring applications.

Robotics & Automation

Typical Challenges

  • Reliable force measurement during dynamic gripping
  • Detecting force distribution across the contact surface
  • Integration into compact and compliant gripper structures
  • Stable and repeatable measurements under changing loads

Why Force Sensing Impedance Technology Helps

• Stable and repeatable force measurements under dynamic conditions
• High-resolution force distribution measurement for contact analysis
• Ultra-thin sensing layers for integration into compact gripper structures
• Scalable sensor matrices for multi-point force and tactile sensing


Technology Collaboration with Sarcomere Dynamics

In robotic gripping applications, force matrices can provide spatial information about the contact area and detect changes in force distribution as an object moves or begins to slip. This enables the gripping system to respond to changing contact conditions in real time.

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Medical Technology

Typical Challenges

• Reliable force and pressure measurement over extended periods
• Detecting small changes in pressure and load distribution
• Integration into soft, flexible, or wearable structures
• Combining measurement performance with compact and comfortable designs


Why force sensing impedance technology helps

• Stable and repeatable measurements under sustained loading conditions
• High sensitivity to subtle force and pressure changes
• Thin and flexible sensing layers for integration into wearable and soft structures
• Multi-point sensor configurations for force and pressure distribution measurement

Industrial Testing & Measurement

Typical Challenges

• Reliable measurements across long-term test series
• Repeatable force measurement under cyclic loading
• Measurement under high or repeated mechanical stress
• Integration into test fixtures and application-specific measurement setups


Why force sensing impedance technology helps

• Stable and repeatable force measurements across repeated load cycles
• Robust sensing performance under repeated mechanical loading
• Proven durability of up to 20 million load cycles
• Scalable architectures for single-point and distributed force measurement


Working on a force sensing challenge and unsure which approach makes sense? Let’s discuss your application and explore possible next steps.

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