
where motion meets measurement.
physical ai is only as good as its sense of the physical world. a robot that can feel force, measure torque, and trust its own current draw can act safely alongside people — and improve every cycle.
load cells, transducers, and strain gages give actuators a calibrated sense of contact — down to grams across kilograms of payload.
ppm-stable foil resistors and current-sense components keep motor drives and analog front ends precise across temperature and time.
miniature data acquisition captures force, shock, and motion profiles from bench characterization through whole-robot validation.
four verticals. one sensing partner.
each robotics + physical ai vertical draws on the same four vpg divisions — applied to a different set of end-customer challenges.
humanoid robotics
humanoid platforms only work when every joint knows how hard it is pushing. vpg supplies the force, torque, and current sensing that lets a 30 kg arm register 50 grams of contact and act on it.

miniature load cells and joint-torque transducers that give actuators a true sense of contact force across the full range of motion.
vpgsensors.com →custom strain-gage patterns bonded into actuator flexures for compact, low-drift per-joint torque feedback.
micro-measurements.com →low-tcr current-sense resistors that keep motor-drive control loops stable to ppm-level precision.
vishayfoilresistors.com →compact multi-channel data acquisition for actuator characterization and whole-robot validation.
dtsweb.com →industrial automation
cobots, cnc, and smart factories run on tight feedback loops.
vpg sensing closes those loops — from end-effector force to spindle load to servo current.
force sensors for cobot end-effectors, press-fit monitoring, and collaborative-safety force limiting.
vpgsensors.com →strain-gage instrumentation for spindle load, fixture force, and machine-health monitoring.
micro-measurements.com →precision shunts and dividers for servo-drive current sensing and regenerative braking.
vishayfoilresistors.com →rugged data loggers for line commissioning and feedback-loop tuning.
dtsweb.com →surgical robotics
surgical robots translate a surgeon's intent into sub-millimeter motion. that demands force feedback measured in fractions of a newton, inside sterilizable assemblies.

sub-newton force transducers for haptic feedback in minimally invasive and orthopedic robotics.
vpgsensors.com →medical-grade strain gages for instrument-tip force sensing within sterilizable assemblies.
micro-measurements.com →ultra-stable resistors for low-noise analog front ends in surgical control electronics.
vishayfoilresistors.com →miniature daq for pre-clinical force-profile capture and device validation.
dtsweb.com →automotive ev assembly
ev lines weld, press, and stack battery modules at volume —
every step verified by force. vpg sensing brings aec-q200-grade
reliability to the assembly floor.
load cells for battery-module press, stack force, and end-of-line torque qc.
vpgsensors.com →strain gages qualified for aec-q200 production test and weld-force monitoring.
micro-measurements.com →aec-q200 current-sense resistors for pack-test and cell-formation equipment.
vishayfoilresistors.com →crash and impact daq carried from automotive safety into assembly validation.
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