In the future, machines will increasingly take over repetitive tasks to address the global labor shortage and give people the freedom they need.

Our F/T sensors give robots a sense of touch, enabling a new era of empathetic human-robot interaction while increasing performance, safety, and precision.

Agility meets Consistency

Resense is a joint venture between the measurement technology company WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG and the mechatronics group WITTENSTEIN SE. A young start-up backed by two German family-owned companies – that's what we are.

Resense benefits from professional structures, experienced colleagues and innovative technologies and production capacities on the part of the two shareholder companies. Together, the companies have been developing and manufacturing miniaturized force torque sensors at the WIKA site in Klingenberg, Germany, since the company was founded in April 2023 and are shaping the market for haptic sensors.

Press release

Press

medizin&technik, June 2025

Development & production together with WIKA

The article ‘Mini sensor for surgeons’ sensitivity in the operating room' not only explains how Resense's sensors could make operations even safer for patients and thus further drive the growth of surgical robotics, but also provides exciting insights into the joint development and production with their partner company WIKA.

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June 2025

Delicate sensitivity for robots

'The haptic sensors in the HEX product family from Resense are ideal for equipping medical, service and industrial robots with an extremely precise sense of touch. The hollow shaft design also allows easy cable and conductor feed-through.' Read more in the articles:

MaschinenMarkt: Special issue 'Robotik & Automation, May 2025

DeviceMed, June 2025

F/T Sensor Kit

Our miniaturized 6-axis F/T sensors measure forces and torques in the three spatial directions (6 degrees of freedom).

In addition to the F/T sensor, our sensor kit includes an electronics box for evaluating the voltage signals and a software application for displaying and recording measured values on a PC.

Plug & Play – the setup is ready for use within a few minutes.

F/T Sensor

World's smallest 6-axis F/T sensor

Small size (up to Ø 8 mm)
Hollow shaft option
Redundant measurement system (safety)
Custom drill hole pattern
Titanium deformation body
Cable options (Flex cable with FPC connector or round cable)

Electronics Box

Sensor specific Electronics Box

Embedded signal and filter options
1 kHz sample rate
UART and USB interface
Sensor matrix implemented
10 bit (true) precision

Application Software

Application Software F/T Sensor

View real-time sensor data
Record sensor readings
Export and import measurings in multiple formats

We Enable Cutting-Edge Technology

Thanks to their unique design and compact size, our force/torque sensors are used in a variety of areas such as medical, service and industrial robotics.

Above all, Resense sensors demonstrate their strengths when installed in end effectors of robotic systems for delicate manipulation and in haptic input devices for precise control, enabling the most innovative applications.

Haptic Feedback in Surgical Robotics

Resense force/torque sensors offer numerous advantages for robotic systems, surgeons and patients thanks to their small size, hollow shaft and the associated areas of application within surgical robotics.

The measurement of 6-axis data with maximum accuracy in and near the end effectors ensures the precise execution of operations and stronger safety mechanisms as well as haptic feedback for the surgeon.

Robot-assisted dental surgery

Adapter integration: HEX32 between tool and robot arm
Hollow shaft: cables can be easily routed through the sensor to meet space requirements
Hand-guided control: F/T data enables smooth guidance of the robot

Robot-assisted eye surgery

End effector integration: feed-through of tubes for liquid injection
Precision measurement: detection of the smallest interaction forces within the eye
Haptic feedback: Enabling force feedback on the input device

Abdominal surgery

Instrument Integration: Diameter of 8.4 mm and custom screw hole pattern and hollow shaft for cables & rods
Multi-Usage Instrument: Sterializability (under development)
Force Feedback: Closing the feedback loop with mesaurement at the tooltip

Customer Applications

Robot-assisted surgery @ Klinikum rechts der Isar / TU Munich

The medical robotics project ForNeRo analyzes possibilities for the integration of robotic support in clinical workflows.

Application

Robotic system for eye surgery

Advantages of Resense sensors

Force and torque measurement possible for the first time
Increased accuracy and system safety
Passing the tube through the hollow shaft to inject fluid into the human eye

Website

Industrial Gripping @ KI.FABRIK Bayern

The KI.Fabrik is a lighthouse project of the Hightech-Agenda Bayern, which looks at the factory of the future, among other things with regard to human-robot interaction.

Application

Industrial robotics in intralogistics and assembly

Advantages of Resense sensors

"Integration in gripper fingers thanks to small size: measurement at the point of action"
Sensitive manipulation through interaction force measurement
Increased safety (human-robot interaction)

Website

Publications

Customers and partners use our sensor technology to solve current research questions and demanding industrial applications. Below you will find an overview of recent publications:

Sandykbayeva et al. (2025): WaveTouch: Active Tactile Sensing Using Vibro-Feedback for Classification of Variable Stiffness and Infill Density Objects, RSS 2024 Workshop "Noosphere: Tactile Sensing for General Purpose Robot Learning". Publication
Pavlic et al. (2025): Scene Understanding Through Visual and Haptic Perception, 1st German Robotics Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 2025. Publication
Allison et al. (2023): HASHI: Highly Adaptable Seafood Handling Instrument for Manipulation in Industrial Setting. Website
Pavlic et al. (2023): RobotScale: A Framework for Adaptable Estimation of Static and Dynamic Object Properties with Object-dependent Sensitivity Tuning, IEEE ROMAN 2023. Publication
Markert et al. (2022): Comparing Human Haptic Perception and Robotic Force/Torque Sensing in a Simulated Surgical Palpation Task, IEEE IROS 2022. Publication
Schäfer et al. (2022): Measuring interaction forces in surgical telemanipulation using conventional instruments, Robotica 2023. Publication
Mayer et al. (2022): Hand-Held Device for Force Estimation during Tool-Tissue Interaction, ACTUATOR 2022. Publication
Sandykbayeva et al. (2022): VibroTouch: Active Tactile Sensor for Contact Detection and Force Sensing via Vibrations, MDPI Sensors 2022. Publication
Markert et al. (2021): Fingertip Force/Torque Sensing for Robotic Texture Fingertip 6-Axis Force/Torque Sensing for Texture Recognition in Robotic Manipulation, IEEE ETFA 2021. Publication

References

Technical data

	HEX 8	HEX 10	HEX 12	HEX 21	HEX 32
Data sheet
Dimension
Diameter ^a)	8.4 mm	10.0 mm	12.5 mm	21.0 mm	32.0 mm
Height	10.9 mm	10.9 mm	10.9 mm	10.9 mm	11.1 mm
Weight	1.4 g	2.0 g	3.3 g	9.9 g	50.0 g
Nominal measurement range
Fx, Fy, Fz	± 25 N	± 25 N	± 25 N	± 50 N	± 125 N
Mx, My, Mz	± 0.100 Nm	± 0.125 Nm	± 0.125 Nm	± 0.500 Nm	± 2.250 Nm
Technical specifications
Resolution	± 10 bit (true), 3 σ
Accuracy ^b)	1%
Crosstalk	3%
Overload capacity	300%
Product features
Material	Titanium grade 5
Protection class	IP20
Temperature range	0 – 50 °C
Technology	Silicon	Foil strain gauges
Cable	Flex cable with axial/radial cable outlet and Sub-D-HD connector			Round cable with radial cable outlet and Sub-D-HD connector
^a) The diameter excludes any connector or cable features. ^b)The accuracy is the difference between the applied and the actually measured load. The maximum measurement accuracy in percent refers to the full scale value of the sensor.

		Product feature
		Dimensions	54 x 25 x 12.6 mm
		Supply voltage	5 V
		Interfaces	USB, UART
		Sample rate	100 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz
		Resolution (ADC)	24 bit
		Temperature range	0 °C – 50 °C

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