Industrial Robotics
Industrial robotics serves as the “engine” of the modern factory, replacing manual labor with programmable systems designed for endurance and extreme accuracy.
By integrating advanced sensors and high-torque motors, these robots perform tasks with a level of consistency that human operators cannot match..
ScioSense specializes in delivering high‑performance semiconductor chips that power advanced sensing technologies in industrial robotics.
Our products provide the essential processing foundation that enables robots to perceive their environment with precision, speed, and reliability.
By focusing exclusively on optimized chip solutions for sensor applications, we support manufacturers in developing smarter, safer, and more efficient robotic systems.
We power modern automation with sensor modules defined by robust performance, ultra-low latency, and sub-millimeter precision.
By putting our chips at the heart of their sensing architecture, our customers redefine the standard for industrial robotics.
Welding Automation
Environmental Monitoring: Use the Digital Metal-Oxide Multi-Gas Sensor Family to monitor air quality in real-time, detecting hazardous fumes or shielding gas leaks to ensure operator safety and weld integrity.
Precision Timing: Time to Digital Converters (TDCs) can be utilized in laser-based seam tracking systems, measuring the “time-of-flight” with picosecond accuracy to guide the welding torch along the exact joint path.
Thermal Control: Temperature and Humidity Sensors ensure that sensitive control electronics and robotic joints stay within optimal operating ranges, preventing overheating during continuous high-amperage cycles.
Assembly Line Operations
Fluid & Adhesive Monitoring: Capacitance to Digital Converters (CDCs) are ideal for non-contact level sensing of adhesives or lubricants, ensuring the line never runs dry and preventing assembly defects.
Force & Pressure Sensing: Incorporate Resistance to Digital Converters to interface with strain gauges or pressure mats, allowing robots to “feel” the assembly force and avoid damaging delicate components.
Asset Activation: Low Frequency Wake-up Receivers allow for ultra-low-power tracking of assembly jigs or pallets; the system “wakes up” and identifies the part only when it enters a specific workstation, drastically extending battery life.
Material Handling
Positioning & Ranging: Use Time to Digital Converters in ultrasonic or optical ranging sensors for Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to detect obstacles and navigate tight warehouse aisles with high resolution.
Load Analysis: Resistance to Digital Converters enable high-precision weighing scales on forklifts or conveyor belts, ensuring that material loads are measured accurately for inventory and safety limits.
Climate-Sensitive Storage: For material handling involving perishables or sensitive chemicals, Temperature and Humidity Sensors provide the localized data needed to trigger climate control systems or alerts if conditions deviate from the norm.
Design requirements / challenges
Products
Design requirements / challenges:
Sub-microsecond Synchronization: Achieving real-time coordination between high-speed robotic limbs and sensors to eliminate operational lag.
Environmental Hardening: Maintaining sensor integrity and “absolute fidelity” in volatile industrial conditions involving high heat, humidity, or chemical exposure.
Nanosecond Timing Precision: Utilizing Time-to-Digital Converters to ensure spatial measurements remain accurate even at maximum velocity.
Power-Efficient “Always-On” Safety: Implementing Low Frequency Wake-up triggers to reduce power consumption without sacrificing instant safety response.
Signal Noise Mitigation: Filtering out electromagnetic interference (EMI) to maintain high-resolution capacitive sensing in dense factory environments.
