Industries

Automation & Robotics

Smart, contactless sensing for safer, more flexible automation

Market challenge

  • Collaborative robotics and mobile automation require real-time human-safe interaction, without physical barriers.
  • Precision manufacturing and high-speed motion systems demand reliable, drift-free position and vibration measurement.
  • Traditional sensors often lack compactness and flexibility for integration in modern robotic world.
  • Industries seek to increase productivity, reduce downtime and transition toward fence-free, modular workspaces.
  • Safety standards and operator ergonomics are increasingly prioritized alongside performance.

Our expertise

FOGALE Sensors offers high-performance capacitive technologies adapted to the next generation of industrial automation:

  • Smart Skin capacitive systems provide anti-collision capability with multi-directional proximity sensing
  • Embedded in robot arms or mobile bases to secure interaction with humans or equipment — invisible, real-time protection
  • Displacement and vibration sensors for tool positioning, shaft tracking, or high-speed feedback loops
  • Recalibration-free electronics, stable over time, resistant to vibration, EMI, temperature variations
  • Compatible with leading robot platforms — tested with major manufacturers in industrial and collaborative applications
  • Touchless HMI modules to eliminate contamination risks in sensitive or sterile production zones

Proven applications

  • Enable barrier-free collaborative robotics with embedded anti-collision
  • Increase productivity by minimizing safety stops and unplanned downtime
  • Improve operator safety and ergonomics with invisible, adaptive sensing
  • Monitor mechanical precision and vibration for predictive maintenance and fine process control
  • Integrate seamlessly into compact or moving machines thanks to miniature or OEM-adapted sensors
  • Future-proof your platforms with reliable, low-drift, non-contact technology

Key Benefits

  • SENSKIN : Smart Skin embedded capacitive sensing for cobots and mobile robotics including :
    • Touchless capacitive HMI modules for industrial control
    • Anti-collision kits adaptable to any kinds of robots (articulated arms, AGVs, SCARA, service robots, pick and place …..)
  • LYSENO : High-resolution capacitive displacement and vibration sensors

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