BeBop Sensors

Market context

BeBop Sensors makes smart fabric sensors and RoboSkin tactile reference designs for robots. Its robotics work focuses on soft, flexible sensing that can be integrated into fingers, limbs and curved robot surfaces to improve contact awareness during manipulation.

Facts

• Website: https://bebopsensors.com/
• HQ: Berkeley, California, United States
• Segment: robotics sensors

Events

• 2022-10-13 - Product Launch - BeBop Sensors ships RoboSkin Robo-Finger evaluation system - The Robo-Finger system uses fabric-based sensing for high-resolution tactile data. The article described 80 sensors on a 2 mm pitch within the robotic finger. BeBop framed the product around humanoid robots that need tactile interaction with human tools and e…
• 2022-05-13 - Product Launch - BeBop Sensors introduces RoboSkin tactile covering for robots - RoboSkin is less than 1 mm thick and can be shaped to robotic fingers, limbs, feet, heads, and torsos. BeBop positioned the product as a tactile-awareness layer for humanoid robots and prosthetics. The launch extended BeBop's smart-fabric sensor technology in…
• 2021-09-28 - Deployment - Team Aham selects BeBop Sensors Forte Glove for avatar robot - The glove was integrated into Asha, Team Aham's avatar robot for social tele-robotics. Forte Glove uses six actuators to provide haptic sensations when the avatar interacts with surroundings. BeBop's SDK supported integration with the team's other robot hardw…
• 2020-09-04 - Award - BeBop Sensors selected for AFWERX Base of the Future challenge - The challenge selected BeBop from a pool of more than 1,500 submissions. BeBop proposed using Forte Data Gloves for training, collaboration, data visualization, and remote control of robotics and UxVs. The selection gave BeBop a defense-market validation poin…
• 2019-12-16 - Regulatory - BeBop Sensors receives FCC filing for Forte Data Glove - The FCC record identifies BeBop Sensors as the applicant for the Forte Data Glove. The filing covered a 2.402-2.480 GHz wireless device. The documentation gave public regulatory evidence for BeBop's wearable haptic interface hardware.

Team

• Keith McMillen - Founder and President - Guides BeBop's fabric-based tactile sensing work, including RoboSkin and robot-finger sensor products.

Context tags

• Tactile sensing - Capability - BeBop Sensors sources describe tactile sensing for robotics or robot-adjacent manipulation systems.
• Robot skin - Stack Layer - BeBop Sensors sources describe robot skin for robotics or robot-adjacent manipulation systems.
• Dexterous manipulation - Capability - BeBop Sensors sources describe dexterous manipulation for robotics or robot-adjacent manipulation systems.

Customers and deployments

• Deployment Event - 1 source-backed deployment event - 2021-09-28 - Team Aham selects BeBop Sensors Forte Glove for avatar robot - source posture: Company Disclosed