Internet of Things

Numerous factors are driving the Industry 4.0 revolution. From big data to IoT communication capabilities, industrial and manufacturing facilities need efficient and cost-effective testing and sensor solutions designed for smart use cases. Interface load cells, torque transducers, DAQ and instrumentation systems are designed for advanced IoT applications.

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IoT Overview

Interface builds quality test and measurement products and OEM sensors designed for smart applications in all industries.

Robotics in the 4.0 Revolution

To facilitate the demand for robotics and automation, a variety of sensor and measurement components are necessary to ensure the highest quality and reliability of these machines. Many tasks carried out by robotic applications are ultra-precise and require more accuracy than what a human hand or eye can handle.

Sensor technologies embedded in the actual robotics instrument must also be used to constantly calibrate or monitor the robotics. If robots are used on automated manufacturing lines, any issues with the robotics can disrupt and compromise the entire process.

Robotics manufacturers, integrators using robotics, and system enabled robots utilize Interface solutions when they need quality sensors that can monitor the precision of the robotics and ensure that their accuracy and reliability is maintained during testing and live use.

Interface products are frequently used as a component within an IoT OEM device. The ConvexBT is designed for testing and for full integration into the robotic element to measure the force pressure during use. ConvexBT is available in multiple capacities, including our latest release of the 500lb and 1Klb models.

IoT Applications

Technology and communications are moving at 5G speed and IoT is ubiquitous in smart applications across all types of industries from aerospace to healthcare. The data from sensors in smart manufacturing, e-agriculture, autonomous vehicles and IoT medical devices (IoMT) enable continuous monitoring, predict failure fast, and increase durability and efficiencies.

These are the type of smart sensor technologies Interface has been designing and building for more than five decades. We understand it is imperative sensor solutions meet the needs of constant innovation and solve modern design and testing challenges. Whether it is miniature sensors, digital outputs, or wireless devices that provide intelligent information, Interface is a top provider IoT enabled measurement technologies used in through the entire product lifecycle, from R&D through production and to deployment.

IoT is in testing environments for machines, equipment and products. Engineers require smaller devices and the ability to analyze data in real-time while connecting to other devices and the cloud wirelessly. Our IoT force measurement solutions are embedded in consumer products to increase, increasing operability and reliability for users. Interface remains the leader in accuracy and quality with no plans to change our focus. What is changing is use cases and opportunities for using precision sensor technology of all sizes and capacities, whether that be for autonomous vehicle testing, robotics in manufacturing lines or in-home med devices. Interface is IoT ready!

Smart Farming

Like most industries, the agriculture industry is no stranger to technology. In fact, it’s among the most advanced industries in the world. With advancements in IoT, e-agriculture and smart farming are now core operations for most large producers and crop managers, while equipment and components look for more data to drive work efficiencies and improve production quality.

From heavy machinery used in working the fields to industrial weighing applications for livestock, manufacturers serving farmers and the supply chains that support agriculture use Interface sensor technologies. Interface’s wide range of IoT functioning load cells, torque transducers, and DAQ systems are ideal for all types of advanced and simple agricultural applications, like weigh checking, lifting equipment, electrical and motorized farm vehicles, even drones used during the production and inspection.

Wireless solutions have increased in popularity across all industries, but especially in farming where engineers and manufacturers are running tests in the field and don’t want to run long wires that can get in the way. Interface provides a wide range of wireless solutions for IoT, including our Wireless and Bluetooth® Telemetry Systems, which include sensor transmitters, receivers, and displays. These systems help our customers create a test network that is more convenient and just as accurate as its wired counterparts.

Advanced Analytics and AI

The demand for more data in test and measurement continues to grow. These essential values from load cells and multi-axis sensors are finding new use cases in product development, test evaluations, engineering design projects, and operations, where advanced analytics are being applied.

In a recent survey, 78% of Interface customers are evaluating or using predictive analytics, machine learning, and AI technologies. The integration of artificial intelligence into force measurement systems represents a significant leap forward in precision, responsiveness, and reliability in data use cases.

This transformation is pushing data into other tools for force measurement, including predictive modeling and artificial intelligence. The rapid pace of user adoption requires sensors capable of feeding high-powered output modules and data acquisition systems. Fundamental to the success of these analytical capabilities is the accuracy of the data. This is where Interface products prove instrumental to the quality and reliability of measurement data.

Interface Products Used for Advanced Analytics and AI-Enablement

LowProfile Load Cells
Miniature Load Cells
Load Washer Load Cells
Torque Transducers
Multi-Axis Sensors
Digital Instrumentation
Data Acquisition Systems
IO-Link Sensors
Wireless Telemetry Systems

Load cells provide raw data that controllers must interpret. Advanced analytics and AI-enhanced systems take this a step further by processing and analyzing measurements at the edge. This enables smarter, faster, and more accurate forces, sensing across a wide range of industrial applications.

Data Use Cases to Feed Analytic Engines and AI

Medical Device Design and Testing
Machine Learning
Industrial Automation
Robotics Design, Test, and Monitoring
Process Optimization
Production Line Monitoring
Product Maintenance
Consumer Product Engineering
Smart Product Designs and Integration
Calibration Modeling
Manufacturing Workflows
Aerospace and Aircraft Complex Testing
Energy Projects with Predictive Equipment Models

When paired with Interface sensor technology, AI can interpret, learn, predict, and respond. This combination delivers unparalleled accuracy, real-time insight, and operational intelligence across automation, device designs, robotics, manufacturing, and maintenance workflows.

Contact our Interface team members to discuss our products and how we can help you achieve your smart system objectives.

Wearable IoT Technology

Interface load cells, torque transducers, multi-axis sensors, DAQ, and instrumentation systems are designed for advanced IoT applications, including testing and development of wearable IoT devices.

Interface’s force sensors are used throughout the product lifecycle, from our everyday smartwatches to video game consoles, from early design through manufacturing equipment to consumer use monitoring. We are excited that our sensor technologies are enhancing the functionality and precision of the growing marketing of IoT wearables across diverse domains.

Load cells are becoming increasingly popular in designing, prototyping, testing, and using wearable IoT products. They offer a highly accurate and reliable way to measure force, pressure, and weight.

Our measurement devices are being designed into wearables such as smart clothing and augmented reality equipment, including headsets and fitness equipment for precision measurement during use.

Wearable Technology Applications Using Interface Products

Smart shoe gait analysis
Exoskeleton design and prototyping
Smartwatch manufacturing
Haptic feedback devices
VR Headset manufacturing
VR omni treadmill force testing
Prosthetics development and performance monitoring
Gaming hand-held devices
Wearable simulation garments
Sports equipment feedback
Gear used in professional sports, including helmets and pads

Whether you use Interface measurement products for prototype testing, usability studies, manufacturing equipment, or small-scale testing machines, we have solutions that improve the use and viability of IoT wearables. Benefits of using Interface solutions in wearables include:

Accuracy: Load cells are highly accurate and can measure force and pressure to a very high degree of precision.
Reliability: Sensors using strain gage technology are well-suited for use in wearable devices, as they are durable and can withstand repeated use.
Versatility: Devices can measure various forces and pressures, making them suitable for various applications.
Miniaturization:Interface Mini Load Cells are increasingly miniaturized, making them ideal for small, lightweight wearable devices.

Interface’s force measurement solutions capture data and analyze forces exerted during the testing and prototype phases, ensuring optimal performance before wearable products are introduced to the public.

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Industrial IoT

Industrial IoT (IIoT) integrates Internet of Things technologies into industrial sectors and environments. Industrial applications and equipment, such as machines, devices, and sensors, utilize data through the Internet, thus creating a more operational, productive, and safer working environment.

Data from measurement sensors, including our wireless load cells, when connected to cloud-enabled and Internet-connected wireless instrumentation increases the ability for products to adjust in real time.

Interface load cells, torque transducers, multi-axis sensors, DAQ, and other instrumentation systems are used in various industrial IoT applications, from smart factory machines to packaging quality control systems.

Our expanding line of Wireless and Bluetooth Telemetry System components aligns with the requirements of the 4.0 industry and now the 5.0 industry IIoT use cases. Interface’s wireless systems are autonomous and communicate accurate sensor output data in real time. Our measurement solutions are used in IIot for prototyping, research, manufacturing products, and testing industrial equipment.

Industrial IIoT Applications Using Interface Products

Warehouse Weighing and Inventory Management
Smart Floors
Platform Scales
Structural Testing
Surgical Robotics
Crane and Lifting Device Monitoring
Safety Alarm Systems
Medical Device Patient Monitoring
Kiosks
SmartAG Farming Equipment
Vertical Farming
Equipment Maintenance
Lifting and Weighing Devices
Pipeline and Silo Management

Regarding Industrial IoT, precision is key, especially in the industrial sector. This is particularly evident in applications used to lift or weigh heavy objects. The sensor’s feedback is swiftly transmitted to the data output module, enabling the information to be instantly accessed and viewed by Internet-connected devices in real-time, thanks to our cutting-edge Log100 software.

Sectors Benefitting from IIoT Interface Sensors

Manufacturing: IIoT is revolutionizing manufacturing with applications in smart factories, predictive maintenance, and process optimization based on data-driven insights from connected machines and sensors. Our load cells and torque transducers enable IIoT robotics and are used on conveyors and equipment across the factory for continuous monitoring and feedback.

Transportation and Logistics: IIoT transforms logistics with connected vehicles, smart warehouses, and real-time shipment tracking for improved efficiency, fleet management, and supply chain visibility. Our sensor data can be wirelessly transmitted during vehicle testing and used in logistics equipment for continuous feedback.

Healthcare: The healthcare sector is leveraging IIoT for remote patient monitoring, connected medical devices, and improved medication management, leading to better patient care and outcomes. Our sensors are used in IoT beds, in-home healthcare devices, surgical robotics, and more.

Retail: IIoT enhances the retail experience with smart inventory management, asset tracking, and personalized customer interactions through connected devices and Interface load cells within equipment like kiosks and stocking devices.

Agriculture: Precision agriculture is a major area of IIoT adoption. It utilizes connected sensors to monitor soil conditions and crop health and optimize irrigation and fertilizer use for increased yield and resource efficiency. Our load cells and torque transducers are integrated into farming equipment, vertical farms, and food production sensors that need connectivity via wireless or Bluetooth devices.

Construction: IIoT is improving construction site safety and efficiency with connected wearables for worker monitoring, asset tracking for equipment, and real-time data collection for better project management. Our wireless load shackles and tension load links are used in all types of construction equipment, such as cranes, lifts, pallet movers, and heavy-duty equipment.

Oil and Gas: The oil and gas industry utilize IIoT to remotely monitor pipelines, wellhead pressure, and equipment performance, improving safety, operational efficiency, and resource management. Our specialized wireless technologies designed for this market are ideal for these IIoT applications.

Smart Cities: IIoT is key in developing smart cities with connected infrastructure for traffic management, waste collection optimization, and real-time environmental monitoring for improved urban living. Interface load cells are designed for MRF facilities, waste management tech, and more.

Industrial IoT profoundly impacts various industries, improving efficiency and reducing costs. The interface’s load cells are not just used in designing, prototyping, and testing for different industrial IoT applications; they significantly enhance these processes.

Our load cells and wireless systems are highly accurate and reliable; they are versatile and come in different customizable sizes and capacities, providing a solution for every need. As the IoT sector continues to evolve in the industrial world, Interface expects to be involved in more innovative applications that can contribute to productivity.

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Virtual Reality

As adaptive technology and the IoT world continue to grow at an accelerated rate, sensor integration in virtual reality (VR) product designs and innovative applications is on the rise. IoT focuses on connected devices and data exchange, and VR centers on immersive experiences.

Interface’s force measurement solutions support the entire virtual reality life cycle, from prototype testing to optimizing production and manufacturing, ultimately improving the user experience (UX).

Interface’s force sensors enhance UX for virtual reality R&D. Sensors can detect responses such as torque or forces applied when users interact within VR environments and simulations. Regarding VR hardware, different devices using load cell force measurement solutions embedded in controllers, haptic feedback systems, and gloves provide feedback for the user, thus giving them a more realistic experience.

Interface is a leading supplier of high-accuracy force and torque measurement devices in VR. Our products can detect the slightest movements and forces when applied in R&D and real-time. This user feedback allows for a more realistic and accurate immersion.

Interface makes sensors commonly found in IoT solutions such as VR, providing data in real-time for VR developers and product engineers and end products like VR wearables like haptics suits and training and simulation equipment.

Virtual Reality Applications for Interface Force Measurement Products

Haptic Feedback and Touch Sensation Testing
Tracking and Interaction with Virtual Environments
Motion Tracking Devices
Industrial Training
Rehabilitation Equipment, Monitoring and Performance Evaluations
VR Treadmills and Motion Platforms
Medical Device and Surgical Simulations
Gaming Hardware Design
Sports and Physical Training Equipment and Assessments
Military Equipment Simulator Labs

Interface’s force sensor technologies are indispensable to the growth of virtual reality. Integrating Interface‘s products will help create more intuitive and responsive VR products in the future, bridging the gap between the digital and physical world—not just for gaming but also in training, education, and other authentic experiences.

Smart Factories

A smart factory consists of machines, sensors, and computer systems that constantly talk to each other through the Industrial Internet of Things. This creates a flood of real-time data that is then analyzed to make smarter decisions. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI) are powering the future of manufacturing. According to Rockwell Automation, 95% of manufacturers use or evaluate smart manufacturing technologies to implement in their factories.

Smart factories are transforming traditional manufacturing processes into dynamic, interconnected systems that are more efficient, adaptable, and data-driven than ever before. These modern manufacturing facilities are deploying wireless technologies, including Interface sensors for cobots, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and wearable IoT devices.

Sensor data are fuel for smart factories and working systems that analyze and collect measurement data from various equipment. Among the most critical components in this new era of smart factories are Interface load cells and wireless force sensor technologies, which enable precise monitoring and control of industrial processes.

Smart Factory Applications Using Interface Products:

Robot and Cobot Testing and Monitoring
Manufacturing Quality Control
Automated Machines and Systems
Pick and Place Robotics
Lifting and Weighing Equipment
Movement Systems, Conveyors and Trackers
Scales and Weighing of Products
Packaging and Filling Systems
Inventory Management
Sorting and Storage Systems
Human-Machine Interaction (HMI)
Machine Performance and Maintenance Monitoring

Interface’s products hold significant potential applications in these settings as wireless and Bluetooth digital protocols are incorporated into smart factories. From automating quality assurance checks to monitoring the structural integrity of machinery such as robotics, these sensors are becoming essential for creating more intelligent, more efficient factories adopting IIoT.

Wireless load cells are revolutionizing data collection and transmission in smart factories. Traditional wired sensors often require complex installations and maintenance, but with wireless load cells, manufacturers can easily monitor multiple areas without requiring extensive wiring systems.

A smart factory is faster, more flexible, and more efficient. It can adapt quickly to changing customer needs, customize products more easily, and even create a virtual copy – a digital twin – to test improvements before they’re implemented in the real world. The integration of IoT technology in smart factories has brought their capabilities to the next level. By embedding Interface’s load cells and force sensors into machinery and equipment, manufacturers can continuously monitor their equipment’s performance. Interface’s sensors can generate real-time data, helping manufacturers detect potential issues before they escalate into costly failures.

Ultimately, a smart factory aims to be self-aware and self-optimizing, leading to higher quality products, lower costs, and a more sustainable manufacturing process. It’s where the physical world of production meets the intelligent power of the digital age.

Smart Floors

Smart floors represent a revolutionary leap in flooring technology, transforming passive surfaces into active, data-gathering platforms. Interface provides high-precision sensor technologies, including load cells, wireless telemetry systems, and instrumentation, that integrate seamlessly into these advanced flooring systems, offering invaluable insights for various IoT applications.

Smart floors are high-tech flooring systems embedded with sensors that detect and analyze real-time movement, weight, and pressure, turning the floor into an “Internet of Things” (IoT) device for gathering spatial intelligence. These systems utilize strain gage technologies to measure force and weight, integrating smoothly with advanced data analytics platforms and wirelessly communicating with other smart devices and building management systems.

Interface’s force sensors are critical in researching, designing, and testing these innovative floor systems, providing essential feedback on real-time activity and precise data on weight, patterns, and pressure distribution. This information enables smart floors to adjust or trigger actions dynamically, informing decisions and facilitating long-term behavioral analysis for diverse applications, from enhancing safety and health monitoring to optimizing energy use and traffic flow.

Applications for Smart Floors Using Force Sensors

Motion and occupancy detection
Fall detection and safety alerts
Gait analysis and health monitoring
Customer traffic mapping and flow analysis
Energy efficiency
Security and access control
Predictive maintenance of flooring
Interactive surfaces
Behavioral analysis for health monitoring

Interface Products for Smart Floor Solutions

Interface specializes in high-precision force measurement solutions, making its products highly relevant for integration into advanced smart floor systems. Our miniature, low-profile, and multi-axis sensors, alongside wireless telemetry systems, are well-suited for the demanding requirements of smart floor design, testing, and real-world deployment, meeting critical needs for varying measurement capacity, accuracy, durability, and compact size.

Mini Load Cells
Load Button Load Cells
S-Type Load Cells
LowProfile Load Cells
Multi-Axis Load Cells
Wireless Telemetry Systems for Load Cells
Instrumentation and Amplifiers for Sensor Data
Data Acquisition Systems

Smart Floor Applications Using Interface Solutions

Interface’s force and wireless telemetry systems are revolutionizing various applications within smart floor technology. For instance, in elderly care, miniature load cells strategically placed under flooring tiles continuously monitor pressure distribution. A sudden, significant change indicative of a fall triggers immediate alerts to caregivers, drastically improving response times and patient safety. Similarly, commercial buildings benefit from embedded load cell arrays that provide real-time occupancy and traffic pattern data, enabling dynamic adjustments to HVAC and lighting for significant energy savings and optimizing space utilization for greater efficiency and cost reduction.

In retail environments, smart floors with force sensors map customer traffic and analyze dwell times in specific areas. This empowers businesses to optimize product placement, staff allocation, and store layouts, ultimately enhancing customer experience and sales. Beyond these, Interface’s high-accuracy load cells are invaluable in sports training and rehabilitation, performing detailed gait analysis to provide trainers and physical therapists with critical insights into biomechanics, optimizing performance, identifying imbalances, and preventing injuries. The versatility and precision of Interface’s solutions ensure reliable data acquisition across these diverse and expanding applications.

Why Interface is Suited for Smart Floors

Interface is exceptionally well-suited to contribute to this burgeoning market due to its core precision force and torque measurement expertise. The global smart flooring market was valued at $354M last year and is projected to grow to $9.3M by 2032, exhibiting an exceptional CAGR of 49.9% during the forecast period.

Interface’s load cells’ reliability, accuracy, and compact size, coupled with our robust wireless telemetry systems, perfectly align with the fundamental requirements of smart floor systems.

Our solutions enable the granular data collection necessary for sophisticated analytics, ensuring that these “intelligent surfaces” can perform varied functions with the highest confidence and effectiveness. As the demand for spatial intelligence grows, Interface’s proven technology will remain a crucial enabler for the next generation of smart floor innovations.

Digital Twin Technology

A digital twin is a dynamic virtual model that mirrors a physical asset’s real-time state and behavior through continuous telemetry. For high-fidelity accuracy, engineers it can’t rely on historical averages or equations; it needs direct, low-latency sensor inputs from physical forces.

Interface load cells and torque transducers act as vital sensors, converting mechanical stress, vibration, and torque into digital data for simulations. By linking the virtual twin to physical evidence, engineers can monitor structural wear, troubleshoot remotely, and run predictive maintenance to prevent failures.

A digital twin is only as practical as the physical data that feeds it. When a virtual model relies on assumed variables or low-fidelity sensor telemetry, the simulation drifts from reality, leading to incorrect wear predictions and unsafe operational limits.

Precision force measurement anchors digital twins, transforming static models into dynamic ones within IoT and IIoT. By streaming high-resolution load, torque, and multi-axis stress data, sensors capture the physical toll of each cycle. This real-time sync enables digital twins to identify structural fatigue, improve performance, and accurately predict failures.

Interface Digital Twinning Solutions

Interface provides load cells, torque transducers, and data acquisition hardware to capture precise mechanical stresses, translating physical forces into digital inputs that mirror real-world performance in virtual space.

Digital Twin Sensor Applications

Aerospace Structural Frame Lifecycle Simulation
Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamic Load Mapping
Heavy Industrial Drivetrain Torque Synchronization
Civil Infrastructure and Bridge Strain Monitoring
Robotic Arm Structural Fatigue Tracking
Marine Vessel Hull Hydrodynamic Stress Modeling
Automotive Chassis Road-Vibration Replication
Crane and Hoist Lifting Mechanism Wear Prediction
Manufacturing Press Component Degradation Tracking
High-Speed Rail Track Interaction Modeling
Subsea Pipeline Pressure and Tension Mapping
Material Handling Conveyor Health Simulation

Digital twinning relies on continuous, real-time data streaming to map a physical asset to its virtual counterpart across an IoT network. As industries adopt virtual modeling to monitor infrastructure, aerospace components, and heavy manufacturing equipment, the demand for stable, high-fidelity physical sensors at every connected network endpoint becomes critical.

Interface Products Used in Digital Twinning

Fatigue-Rated Load Cells
LowProfile Load Cells
Smart Sensor Technologies
Mini Load Cells
Torque Transducers
Multi-Axis Sensors
Force and Torque Sensors
Digital Instrumentation
Signal Conditioners
Wireless Telemetry System (WTS) Transmitters
Data Acquisition (DAQ) Systems
Interface Bluetooth® and Wireless Devices
Custom Sensors

Many structures lack built-in tools, so retrofitting legacy systems requires modular, smart sensors that don’t disrupt existing infrastructure. Interface solves these issues with high-quality load cells, multi-axis sensors, and digital instruments that accurately capture forces and integrate seamlessly into connected industrial environments without changing the infrastructure.

Why Precision Telemetry Matters in Digital Twins

Without precise force telemetry, a digital twin is just a theoretical model based on averages. If it can’t mirror real loads, torque, weight, or fatigue cycles across the IIoT network, predictive maintenance fails. High-fidelity force data lets the twin assess actual stress, calculate true remaining life, and enable operators to push equipment safely and schedule maintenance only when needed.

Interface delivers the measurement stability and high-sampling resolution required to keep digital twins perfectly synchronized with physical reality. Our sensors are industry-renowned for their minimal non-linearity and exceptional resistance to thermal drift, ensuring that the strain gage output data fed into virtual cloud models and automation loops remains stable over millions of operating cycles and across varied environmental conditions.

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Internet of Things Solutions from the IQ Blog

Digital Twins Bridge Physical Stresses and Virtual Models in Test and Measurement

July 28, 2026/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Interface sensor technologies are used in digital twins for structural testing, fatigue monitoring, and model validation. A digital twin uses force or torque inputs of load, torque, and weight to bind virtual simulations to actual mechanical behavior. By integrating Interface load cells, torque transducers, wireless telemetry systems, and digital instrumentation into your digital twin framework, you eliminate simulation drift and ground your virtual assets in real physical evidence.

Intelligent Metrology Adopts Smart Load Cell Technologies

May 19, 2026/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Interface smart load cell technologies integrate internal or in-line digitizers, smart instrumentation, and IO-Link capabilities to transform sensors into active, digital devices. The shift toward intelligent force measurement highlights the fact that digitizers and IO-Link communication protocols provide the pipeline for modern data transmission, and accuracy depends on the physical integrity of the primary transducer. Interface load cells are designed for intelligent metrology and smart systems.

Raw Signals to Intelligent Force Sensing

January 15, 2026/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Interface load cells, multi-axis sensors, and data acquisition systems are providing data for integrating artificial intelligence into force measurement systems. This represents a significant leap forward in precision, responsiveness, and reliability for these data use cases. The rise in use of strain gage outputs for AI is on the rise. The quality of the sensor is critical for these applications, and this is why Interface products are valuable for advanced analytics.

Why is Metrology Fundamental to Test and Measurement?

December 2, 2025/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Metrology, the science of measurement, is the foundational pillar of the test and measurement industry. Metrology is critical for quality control, regulatory compliance, and the development of new products and processes across a wide range of industries. Interface LowProfile Load Cells and Gold Standard Calibration Solutions are standards of measurement excellence required in metrology.

Integrating Sensors in Virtual Reality for a Superior UX

August 7, 2025/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Virtual reality’s success is now contingent upon its ability to replicate the physical world flawlessly, making the integration of force measurement sensor technologies a universal necessity throughout the entire VR hardware lifecycle. From the initial design and prototyping stages to rigorous testing and final manufacturing, these sensors are no longer optional. They are the critical components that provide the precision data essential for creating compelling haptic applications and delivering a truly authentic user experience, whether the end product is a device for gaming and entertainment or a highly specialized tool for complex surgical simulations.

Smart Floors Gain Intelligent Data Using Interface Sensor Technologies

June 24, 2025/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Interface provides sensor technologies, including load cells, wireless telemetry system devices, and instrumentation that integrate easily into smart floor systems, offering invaluable insights for various IoT applications for healthcare, energy savings, building management, retail traffic monitoring and safety.

Interface Top Industry and Application Insights of 2024

January 8, 2025/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Explore Interface’s top industry solutions and applications using force measurement products. Discover medical, aerospace, automation, automotive, energy, and other industry test and measurement applications. Find inspiration and answers for your specific needs using Interface load cells, torque transducers, and instrumentation.

The Year of High-Performance Force Measurement

January 2, 2025/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Let’s explore the top five 2025 trends in high-performance force measurement. Precise, reliable measurement data drives innovation and efficiency. The increasing complexity of product design, stringent testing requirements, and the growing need for real-time performance monitoring are fueling requirements for precision test and measurement data.

Transformational Warehouse Automation Relies on Precision Measurement

December 3, 2024/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Interface force and torque sensors are advancing warehouse automation and optimization by providing critical measurement data for tasks ranging from robotic arm control to preventing overload in material handling equipment. Whether designing a humanoid package handler or establishing weight restrictions in mobility machines, accurate measurement is crucial for safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Learn more about Interface warehouse automation measurement solutions including load cells, torque transducers, load pins, multi-axis sensors and wireless instrumentation.

The Rise of Intelligent Measurement in Lifting Equipment

November 29, 2024/in Blog /by Jamie Glass

Interface provides integrated lifting measurement solutions including load cells, load pins, shackles, tension links and wireless instruments that are flexible and adaptable to diverse needs. Our sensor technologies and instrumentation provide robust, accurate measurements for testing and continuous performance monitoring across various industries, from construction and manufacturing to healthcare and aerospace.

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Company Overview

Internet of Things

IoT Overview

Robotics in the 4.0 Revolution

IoT Applications

Smart Farming

Advanced Analytics and AI

Wearable IoT Technology

Industrial IoT

Virtual Reality

Smart Factories

Smart Floors

Digital Twin Technology

Internet of Things Applications

Additional Resources

Internet of Things Solutions from the IQ Blog

Digital Twins Bridge Physical Stresses and Virtual Models in Test and Measurement

Intelligent Metrology Adopts Smart Load Cell Technologies

Raw Signals to Intelligent Force Sensing

Why is Metrology Fundamental to Test and Measurement?

Integrating Sensors in Virtual Reality for a Superior UX

Smart Floors Gain Intelligent Data Using Interface Sensor Technologies

Interface Top Industry and Application Insights of 2024

Transformational Warehouse Automation Relies on Precision Measurement

The Rise of Intelligent Measurement in Lifting Equipment

Industry Solutions

Product Applications

Interface Guides

Custom Solutions

Company Overview

Internet of Things

IoT Overview

Robotics in the 4.0 Revolution

IoT Applications

Smart Farming

Internet of Things Applications

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Internet of Things Solutions from the IQ Blog

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