About evalu

Building the Sense of Touch for Robotics

Robots have mastered vision and motion.
The next frontier is touch.

At evalu, we build the tactile sensing technology that allows robots to feel, adapt, and interact safely with the physical world. Our mission is to establish the industrial standard for soft capacitive 3D force sensing in robotic hands and grippers.

We believe that true robotic intelligence requires not only seeing and moving, but feeling.

Our Origin

evalu is a spin-out from novel GmbH, a global leader in capacitive force and pressure measurement systems with more than 40 years of experience in high-precision sensing.

For decades, novel has pioneered capacitive force sensors, calibration systems, and industrial-grade measurement electronics used worldwide in biomechanics, medicine, sports science, and industrial applications.

evalu was founded to transfer this deep sensor expertise into a new domain: robotic tactile intelligence.

Why We Exist

Today’s robots operate largely without tactile feedback.

This limits dexterity, safety in human-robot interaction, and the ability to handle fragile or variable objects. As robots move from structured factory environments into human spaces, the lack of touch becomes a fundamental bottleneck.

We founded evalu to remove this bottleneck.

Our Technology

evalu develops soft capacitive 3D force sensors for robotic fingertips.

Our sensors measure normal and shear forces and reconstruct multi-axis force vectors in real time.

Our technology is based on:

Capacitive sensing for highest precision and long-term stability
Soft, compliant sensing surfaces
Textile-based and polymer-based skins
Industrial-grade electronics
OEM-ready hardware and software interfaces

Unlike many research-driven tactile skins, our sensors are designed from the start for series production, calibration, reliability, and integration into commercial robot platforms.

What Makes evalu Different

Deep sensor heritage from decades of capacitive measurement expertise
Industrial focus on reliability, manufacturability, and long lifetime
Combination of soft materials with high-precision sensing
OEM-first design with modular hardware and professional SDKs

We build products for real robots, not only for laboratories.

Our Market Vision

We believe that within the next decade tactile sensing will become standard in robotic hands.

As robots enter logistics, healthcare, service robotics, and humanoids, multi-axis force feedback at the fingertip will become essential.

evalu’s ambition is to become the reference supplier for tactile sensing in advanced robotics.

Our Philosophy

We build evalu with three principles:

Technology first: performance, stability, and precision
High-value products: critical components with sustainable margins
Long-term partnerships: deep integration into customer platforms

We are building a long-term technology company.

Team & Culture

evalu is built by engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs with backgrounds in sensor physics, embedded electronics, robotics, and industrial product development.

Our culture combines scientific rigor, industrial pragmatism, and entrepreneurial speed.

We value precision, reliability, and long-term thinking.

Road Ahead

2026: Customer-ready prototypes
2027: First industrial products
2028 and beyond: Scaling as a platform supplier for tactile robotics

We are building not just a product, but a technology platform for robotic touch.

Working With evalu

We work with robot manufacturers, gripper developers, integrators, and research partners.

If you are building robots that need to feel, we would like to work with you.