From comfort on the skin to safe battery temperatures and realistic haptics, the next generation of wearables and AI robots depends on getting material performance right.
In this webinar, we explore how advanced material testing supports better design decisions for smart watches, smart rings, AR and VR headsets, and AI home robots. We will focus on practical ways to characterize thermal conductivity, effusivity, thermal expansion, and moisture behaviour in key materials such as silicones, elastomers, textiles, composites, thermal interface materials, and battery pack components. You will see how techniques like DMA and thermal analysis help engineers understand fatigue, glass transition temperature, and long term durability in thin films, flexible components, and electronic assemblies.
Using real application examples, we will demonstrate which material tests you can use to generate the data needed to:
- Optimize touch and feel by measuring effusivity and thermal conductivity in skin-contact materials.
- Improve battery pack reliability by characterizing thermal interface materials and other pack components.
- Manage heat in compact electronic assemblies by quantifying thermal pathways from sensors to processors.
- Support more realistic and reliable haptic interfaces with better understanding of material fatigue and damping.
- Evaluate fatigue behavior and glass transition temperature in flexible components using DMA, TMA, STA and DSC.
- Assess the impact of moisture on performance in textiles, soft robotics skins, and wearable electronics through controlled conditioning and testing.
Whether you are developing consumer wearables, battery packs, or soft robotics and electronic assemblies for AI driven systems, this session will give you a practical roadmap for integrating material testing into your design workflow so you can move faster from prototype to reliable, field-ready products.
This webinar will air on February 12, 2026 2:00 pm GMT-4.
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