Forcen develops high-reliability force-torque sensing systems with edge-computing intelligence, designed for surgical, logistics, and frontier robotics applications. Their technology enhances surgical safety by providing super-human sensitivity and robust overload protection, ensuring precise manipulation in critical environments.
Funding
$7.8M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Robotic systems in surgery, logistics, and other advanced applications require precise force control and overload protection, but existing force-torque sensors often lack the necessary reliability, sensitivity, and robustness for demanding environments. Integrating these sensors and processing their data can also be complex and costly.
Solution
Forcen provides high-reliability force-torque sensing systems with integrated edge-computing intelligence, designed to enhance robotic manipulation in surgical, logistics, and frontier applications. Their sensors offer a combination of superhuman sensitivity and robust overload protection, ensuring precise and safe operation in critical environments. The systems feature full-range calibration, on-board compensation, and a modular design that simplifies integration and customization.
Target Audience
Forcen's primary customers are roboticists and engineers in the surgical, logistics, and frontier robotics industries who require reliable, high-performance force-torque sensing systems.
Features
- Synap™ technology for full-range calibration, on-board compensation, and edge-computing intelligence
- DedicatedOverload™ technology separating sensing range from overload for high sensitivity and robustness
- ForceFilm™ technology using scalable, digitally manufactured thin-film transducer arrays for 6+ degrees of freedom sensing
- Full force-moment calibration and traceability with on-board temperature and off-axis compensation
- Compatibility with standard USB, CAN, EtherNet, and EtherCAT bus
- Integrated system with on-board digital processing, eliminating the need for additional hardware
- Accuracy of less than 3% and overload capacity greater than 500%
- Operating temperature compensation from -20 to 70˚C