Sensors & measurement in products
Product design & engineering
542 episodes across 31 shows cover sensors & measurement in products. The shows that cover it most are Robot Talk, Hackaday Podcast and Embedded.fm. The most recent, from 9 Oct 2026, is “Why humanoid robot demos still fail the generalization test” from The Robot Report Podcast.
Sensing the world: sensor choice, MEMS, sensor fusion, calibration of what a product measures.
542 episodes from 31 shows, most relevant and most recent first.
542 episodes
249. Harvard’s Smartwatch Makes You Run Faster & Safer
The hosts discuss research from Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, led by Connor Walsh, Daniel Lieberman, and Lauren Baker, which uses low-cost inertial measurement units (IMUs) to estimate ground reaction forces and…
Bonus Episode: Giving robots the power of human touch
Vladimir Ivan, Vice President of Robotics at Touchlab, explains how his company develops e-skins to give robots the sense of touch, moving beyond visual-only perception. He details their new product, Tacto, a generalizable tactile…
Sensing at the Control Level: Leveraging Data for Both Safety and Analytics
Kate Sokolnicki, Global Business Director for Rockwell Automation's Sensing & Safety business unit, explains the shift from simple on/off sensors to smart devices providing dual-channel process and health data. She details how IO-Link and…
Sensors Insights: Bridging Hardware Collection and Software Analysis
Nils Beckmann, Director of Engineering for Intelligent Automation at Emerson, discusses the convergence of hardware and software in industrial IoT. He explains that while sensors are the critical data source, the primary challenge is…
Industrial Sensors: The Building Blocks That Lead to Process Optimization
Salim Dabbous, Director of Consulting & Digital Solutions at SICK, discusses the practical implementation of industrial sensors for condition monitoring and digital transformation. He outlines the critical steps for automation engineers…
Perpetual Wearable Biosensing with Andy Kong
Andy Kong, founder of Chargerless, explains how his pre-seed wearable biosensing device achieves perpetual operation using just one minute of daily sunlight. He details the system architecture, which relies on a deliberately underpowered…
236. Cold-Chain Sensing, But Without E-Waste
The hosts discuss a biodegradable smart sensor developed by EPFL, EMPA, and CSEM to monitor cold-chain logistics without generating e-waste. They explain how the chipless, battery-free RFID tag uses printed zinc circuits and plant-based…
Ep. 17: Today's Humanoid Robots Have Toddler Hands, Not Adult Ones.
Jay Li, CEO and Founder of Proception, explains that current humanoid robots possess 'toddler-level' dexterity, lacking the tactile sensing required for useful work. He argues that while hardware and range of motion have improved, tactile…
The Forgotten 25%: How Project Canary Is Detecting Climate's Methane Impact
William Foiles, co-founder and CEO of Project Canary, explains how his company evolved from building custom methane sensors to providing a hardware-agnostic AI software platform for detecting industrial emissions. He details the physics of…
Ep. 20: The Future of Emotional Intelligence: A Conversation with Blueskeye Co-Founder Michael Valstar
Michael Valstar, Co-Founder and Scientific Officer at Blueskeye AI, discusses the integration of emotional intelligence into robotics, focusing on facial expression and voice analysis for healthcare and automotive applications. He explains…
The Future of AI-Powered Public Safety | Jabil's Yanshi Tao | Internet of Things Podcast
Yanshi Tao, VP of Public Safety & Vision Systems at Jabil, discusses the shift from traditional CCTV surveillance to 'physical AI' ecosystems that integrate drones, body cams, and UGVs for autonomous public safety responses. He explains…
Episode 161: Collaborative haptic systems - Allison Okamura
Allison Okamura, a professor at Stanford University and director of the CHARM lab, discusses collaborative haptic systems and soft robotics for medical and rehabilitation applications. She details projects including generative AI design…
Episode 159: Robot sensing and manipulation - Maria Koskinopoulou
Maria Koskinopoulou, an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University and co-leader of the ARM²Lab, discusses integrating perception and manipulation in robotics for medical and sustainability applications. She details autonomous…
Episode 151: Robots to study the ocean - Simona Aracri
Simona Aracri, a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy, discusses the design and deployment of robotic platforms for monitoring extreme environments like glaciers and polar oceans. She details specific projects including the…
Deep Dive into Arm’s Physical AI and Robotics Strategies with Drew Henry
Drew Henry, Executive Vice President of Arm’s Physical AI business unit, explains how Arm is shifting from component-level design to system-level architecture for robotics and autonomous vehicles. He details the critical engineering…
Live Insights from Sensors Converge: IoT Innovations with Industry Leaders
Ryan Prosser and Daniel Fudge of Very interview industry leaders at Sensors Converge 2024, including Andy from Embedded Works, TC from Ossia, Kelvin Finley from Control by Webb, Dan Steeler from Power Film, Eric from Zapata AI, Joey from…
S5E48 Kordel France | Olfactory AI
Kordel France, an AI architect currently working at Toyota, discusses the nascent field of machine olfaction, or teaching robots to smell. He explains that while applications in automotive HVAC, aerospace leak detection, and quality…
233. Reading a Fish’s Mind to Build Smarter Robots
Researchers from EPFL and Duke University reverse-engineered zebrafish navigation by using transparent larvae to map live neural activity, creating a simulation called SimZFish that matched real fish behavior. They validated this model by…
Insights Behind Kinisi’s Acquisition by Bear Robotics
Bren Pierce, founder and CEO of Kinisi, discusses his company's acquisition by Bear Robotics, explaining that the deal combines Kinisi’s humanoid robotics expertise and datasets with Bear’s mature fleet-management, cloud, and manufacturing…
223: The State of Automation Halfway Through the Decade, Live from the 2025 A3 Business Forum
Chris Luecke and Jake Hall interview five industry leaders at the 2025 A3 Business Forum, including Peter Zafiro of LinMot USA, Christelle Keefer of ABB, Juan Aparicio of Reshape Automation, David Dechow of Motion Automation Intelligence…
When AI Gets a Body: Physical AI, Humanoids and the Future of Silicon
Hezi Saar, Executive Director of Product Marketing at Synopsys, discusses the rise of Physical AI, focusing on the semiconductor demands of humanoid robots and autonomous systems. He explains the shift from cloud-only AI to hybrid…
Episode 108: Giving robots the sense of touch - Anuradha Ranasinghe
Anuradha Ranasinghe, a senior lecturer in robotics at Liverpool Hope University, discusses her research into haptic sensors for robotics and wearable technology. She explains the challenges of replicating human touch, focusing on material…
Episode 139: Advanced robot hearing - Christine Evers
Christine Evers, Director of the Centre for Robotics at the University of Southampton, discusses bio-inspired machine listening that enables robots to understand complex acoustic environments. She explains how embedding human auditory…
Episode 154: Visual navigation in insects and robots - Andrew Philippides
Andrew Philippides, a Professor of Biorobotics at the University of Sussex, explains how studying the visual navigation of ants and bees can improve robot navigation. He details a research pipeline involving biological observation of…
The Power of Time Series Data in IoT | InfluxData's Evan Kaplan | Internet of Things Podcast
Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, explains that time series data is the foundational language of IoT, representing timestamped telemetry from sensors that enables the transition from monitoring to autonomous systems. He details the specific…
225. Detecting Disease Using Menstrual Pads
Hosts Daniel and the narrator discuss Metro AI, a smart sanitary pad developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, which transforms period products into diagnostic tools. The device uses a test strip with reactive antibodies to detect biomarkers…
240: How AI Agents are Revolutionizing Safety and Operations in Manufacturing with Dunchadhn Lyons of Spot AI
Dunchadhn Lyons, Director of Engineering at Spot AI, explains how the company uses existing IP cameras and AI agents to monitor manufacturing safety and operations in real time. He details a case study where a safety manager reduced…
Digitizing Human Touch and Feel w/ Youssef Benmokhtar
Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO of GelSight, explains how his company is digitizing the human sense of touch using imaging-based tactile sensors to solve quality inspection challenges in manufacturing. He details the technology's origin at MIT…
Farmer-First Future: Agtonomy's Approach to Smart Agriculture
Tim Bucher, CEO and co-founder of Agtonomy, discusses the company's strategy to automate high-value crop farming by partnering with established equipment manufacturers like Bobcat and Kubota rather than building tractors themselves. He…
175. Is Your Drinking Water Safe? This Sensor Has The Answer
Daniel and Forbode discuss a new sensor developed by researchers at MIT and Nanyang Technological University that detects lead in drinking water at concentrations as low as one part per billion. The device uses a photonic chip with crown…
AI and IoT in the Mining Industry | Razor Labs' Michael Zolotov | Internet of Things Podcast
Michael Zolotov, CTO and co-founder of Razor Labs, explains how their flagship product DataMind AI uses sensor fusion to predict maintenance failures in heavy mining operations. He details the challenge of high-vibration environments…
Episode 132: Collaborating with industrial robots - Anthony Jules
Anthony Jules, CEO and co-founder of Robust.AI, discusses the design and deployment of Carter, an AI-driven collaborative mobile robot for warehouses. Jules explains how Carter uses cameras instead of LIDAR to achieve semantic…
Bonus Episode: Smart City Robotics Competition
Claire Asher interviews Duncan Russell of Smart City Consultancy about the Smart City Robotics Competition in Milton Keynes, which challenges teams with real-world tasks like coffee service, door opening, and pick-and-pack. Competitors…
217. Meet the World's Smallest Walking Robots
Hosts Daniel and the co-host discuss a breakthrough from Cornell University researchers who created the world's smallest walking robot, measuring 2 to 5 microns wide—40 times smaller than their previous record. The robot is entirely…
Rippling Signals May Provide Working Memory in the Brain
Dr. Terry Sejnowski of the Salk Institute discusses his 50-year career bridging neuroscience and AI, including his foundational work on the Boltzmann machine with Jeff Hinton. He proposes that traveling waves and Spike Timing Dependent…
The Future of Smart Cities: Lighting, Parking, and Much More
Host Ryan Prosser interviews several founders at the Smart Cities 2023 conference about their connected hardware products. Mike Brigsby of Ubiquity discusses smart street lighting controls for data collection and light pollution reduction…
The future of driving is autonomous with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo
Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo, recounts the company's decade-long journey from a secret Google project to the world's first fully autonomous ride-hailing service. He details the technical evolution from the early DARPA Challenge vehicles…
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Embedded Systems and IoT Connectivity: Lessons from Automate 2024
Ryan Prosser, CEO of Very Technology, reports from Automate 2024, interviewing leaders from Machine Metrics, Unit X, Sensory Robotics, On Logic, Light Guide, Elementary, Snowbottics, Acme Manufacturing, Happily, Kongitech, MyTech, Lincode…
178. Talk to The Hand: Meet The Robots With a Human Touch
Daniel and Forbode discuss a team from MIT, including lead author Sandra Lou, who developed the 'Gel Palm' robotic hand to address the lack of tactile feedback in current robotic designs. The system combines a semi-flexible endoskeleton…
Episode 14: The Wide World of Sensors
Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss the resurgence of the sensor market, driven by the transition from analog to digital and the falling costs of semiconductor manufacturing. They highlight how companies like Texas Instruments, NXP, and…
Episode 68: Bat-inspired robots - Rolf Mueller
Rolf Mueller, a professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, discusses his work on biomimetic flapping-wing robots and sonar systems designed to navigate complex natural environments. He explains how bats offload signal processing…
Bonus Episode: Drones in Challenging Environments (ERF 2026)
Claire Asher interviews Radika (Arya Advanced Research and Invention Agency), Francisco Perez (Aerospace Research Center, Spain), Karolina Johannesen (Oslo University Hospital), and Adam Norton (New England Robotics Validation…
IoT, the Secret Sauce to Make HVACs Smarter: Insights from AHR Expo 2024
Host Ryan Prosser interviews executives from Carell, Cambus, Fellows, April Air, League Defense, Control Bright, Residio, Antrim, Celo, Brayburn, Armstrong, Visola, 75F, and Erinet at the AHR Expo 2024. They discuss IoT applications in…
Episode 90: Robotically Augmented People - Robot Talk Live
Milia Hasbani of Imperial College London, Benjamin Metcalfe of the University of Bath, and Dani Clode of Cambridge University discuss robotic prosthetics and human augmentation. Hasbani explains her active prosthetic arm research using EMG…
How AI is changing weather forecasting
Peter Battaglia, senior director of research at Google DeepMind’s sustainability program, explains how AI models like transformers and graph neural networks are improving weather forecasting by capturing complex spatial dependencies that…
130. A Spy In The Belly
Daniel and Forbode discuss a non-invasive hydrogel patch developed by researchers at ETH Zurich and EMPA to detect leaks after abdominal surgery. The patch uses tantalum oxide to react with gastric fluids, creating CO2 bubbles detectable…
Powering the World: Unlocking Grid Capacity with Heimdall Power
Jorgen Festervoll, CEO of Heimdall Power, explains how his company uses dynamic line rating technology to unlock 30-40% more capacity on existing power grids by monitoring line temperature and sag in real-time. He details the deployment of…
Connecting Advanced Machining Strategies to Business Results Part 2
Nick Golner and Jason Zanger host Mike Payne of Hill and Caleb Mertz of Sly Tech to discuss advanced machining strategies for unattended production. They contrast part loading with pallet loading, advocate for mixed over fixed workholding…
The State of Healthcare IoT | Cognosos' Adrian Jennings | Internet of Things Podcast
Adrian Jennings, Chief Product Officer at Cognosos, explains how the company uses AI to transform cheap Bluetooth sensors into high-accuracy tracking solutions for healthcare and logistics. He details the shift from expensive…
Using IoT to Revolutionize the Fastener Industry: Insights from the International Fastener Expo
Host Ryan Prosser interviews executives from Rivet King, Crabo, Keyence, Plex, and Optimus at the International Fastener Expo about integrating IoT into the fastener industry. Stephen Sherman of Rivet King demonstrates smart riveting tools…