Project
AXIOM-1000 — 6-Axis Force-Torque Sensor
My own venture. The AXIOM-1000 is a 6-axis force-torque sensor I designed from a blank sheet — 250 g, 70 mm × 40 mm, IP67-sealed, single-cable RS-485, no external interface box. It is the mid-range reference model of a four-variant product line I am building at X-Tech Studio in Zurich to challenge the incumbents on performance, size, and total cost of integration.
Monolithic Sensing Architecture
The sensing element is a monolithic aerospace-grade aluminium body engineered to minimise hysteresis and maximise repeatability. It measures ±1,000 N (Fx/Fy) and ±3,000 N (Fz) with 50 mN force resolution, ±50 Nm torque with 1 mNm resolution — all packed into a 250 g IP67 package with on-board calibration transforms, offset correction, and sub-100 µs force-to-data latency.
Product Line & Industrialisation
Beyond the AXIOM-1000, I architected a full product line spanning ±500 N to ±5,000 N in standard solid-body and hollow-shaft (AXIOM-HS) form factors with central through-bores for cable routing. Every variant shares a common electronics and firmware platform to keep NRE low. I am coordinating mechanical, electronics, and software workstreams while optimising each design for DFM, cost efficiency, and scalability toward high-volume robotic integration.
250 g
Sensor Mass
50 mN
Force Resolution
<100 µs
Latency
Challenges
- Building a sensor company from zero — defining the product, the architecture, the supply chain, and the go-to-market simultaneously as a solo founding engineer.
- Cramming sub-100 µs embedded signal processing into a 250 g single-cable package without an external interface box, while keeping BOM cost competitive with established players.
- Designing a common sensing architecture that scales across four force ranges and two form factors without compromising performance at any point in the range.
Outcomes
- Pre-production units in active pilot deployments for precision assembly, material processing, and humanoid robotics.
- Complete product line from ±500 N to ±5,000 N with RS-485, EtherCAT, CAN, and WiFi — ready for the protocols customers actually use.