Mobile Robotics
Mobile robotics extends automation beyond fixed factory environments, enabling autonomous operation in dynamic, real‑world settings.
Through advanced spatial sensing and efficient power management, mobile robots execute navigation and transport tasks safely and reliably alongside people and infrastructure.
Our optimized sensor chips enable precise environmental mapping, obstacle detection, and energy management with exceptional speed and accuracy.
By focusing exclusively on sensor‑driven semiconductor technologies, we help manufacturers build agile, dependable, and truly autonomous robotic systems.
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)
- High‑Speed Ranging: Time‑to‑Digital Converters (TDCs) deliver picosecond‑level timing accuracy for long‑range LiDAR and ultrasonic systems, enabling reliable obstacle detection and road condition mapping at high vehicle speeds.
- Cabin Air Quality: The Digital Metal‑Oxide Multi‑Gas Sensor family continuously monitors in‑cabin air quality, detecting CO₂ accumulation and external pollutants to automatically trigger ventilation systems for passenger safety and comfort.
- Infrastructure Interaction: Low‑Frequency Wake‑Up Receivers enable low‑power communication with smart infrastructure and tolling systems, activating full vehicle systems only upon receipt of a designated trigger signal.
Drones (UAVs)
Precision Altitude & Landing: Time to Digital Converters (TDCs) enable high-accuracy altitude measurement for downward facing LiDAR and ultrasonic sensors, ensuring smooth take-offs and controlled landings on uneven terrain.
Storm & Lightning Detection: The Franklin Lightning Sensor adds a critical safety layer for long-range autonomous flight, by detecting approaching storm activity and enabling timely rerouting or controlled landing.
Payload Stabilization: Resistance to Digital Converters interface with strain gauges in gimbal and winch systems to maintain balanced payloads and ensure weight distribution remains within flight safety limits.
Warehouse Robots
Proximity & Safety Bumpers: Capacitance to Digital Converters (CDCs) enable contactless proximity sensing for robotic skins and safety bumpers, allowing robots to immediately slow down or shutdown instantly when a person or obstacle enters their workspace.
Power Management: Low Frequency Wake-up Receivers maintain robots in an ultra-low-power standby at charging stations, and activate them instantly only when a new dispatch command is broadcast across the warehouse.
Cold-Chain & Humidity Control: Temperature and Humidity Sensors are vital for robots transporting sensitive pharmaceuticals or perishables, providing verifiable data logs to ensure compliance with required climate conditions during transit.
Design requirements / challenges
Products
Design requirements / challenges:
- High‑Resolution Spatial Sensing: Time‑to‑Digital Converters (TDCs) provide picosecond‑level timing accuracy for LiDAR and ultrasonic mapping, supporting safe navigation at higher operating speeds.
- Energy‑Efficient Operation: Nano‑amp sensing and wake‑up triggers optimize power consumption, extending battery life and enabling uninterrupted operation over long duty cycles.
- Environmental & Weather Safety: Franklin Lightning Sensors and gas sensors enable real‑time assessment of weather and air quality conditions, supporting autonomous go/no‑go decisions in hazardous environments.
- Low‑Latency Edge Navigation: High‑speed converters process proximity and ranging data locally, eliminating communication delays and enabling immediate obstacle avoidance.
- Cargo Integrity Monitoring: High‑precision temperature and humidity sensors maintain continuous condition tracking for sensitive payloads, ensuring end‑to‑end quality assurance.
