Applications

Humanoid Robot FPC Solutions

A single humanoid robot uses 40-70 flexible circuits across joint drives, tactile dexterous hands and vision modules.

Humanoid robotics

Key points

Industrial delivery of humanoid robots has accelerated recently, and the market for dedicated high-reliability FPC is growing quickly with it. A single humanoid robot uses 40-70 flexible circuits across joint drives, tactile dexterous hands and vision modules. We concentrate on two of the most demanding categories, dexterous hand tactile sensing and coreless motor flex, with fast iteration support from prototype through to volume.

  • High-density tactile sensing

    Dense sensing nodes in a minimal footprint raise tactile resolution.

  • Very high dynamic flex life

    Dedicated knuckle bend design extends dexterous hand service life.

  • Fast iteration support

    Samples in 3-4 days to match the rapid design cycles of robotics customers.

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