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MicroStrain® message from the President
Steve Arms - President and CEO
Welcome to MicroStrain, Inc. We make tiny sensors that are used in a wide
range of applications, including knee implants, civil structures, advanced
manufacturing, unmanned military vehicles, and automobile engines. Our
sensors have won numerous awards and we pride ourselves on being both
innovative and responsive to our customer's unique requirements.
MicroStrain® is based in Williston, Vermont and is a privately held
corporation. Founded in 1987, our early development focused on
producing micro-displacement sensors for strain measurement in
biomechanics research applications. Our first sensors were
designed for arthroscopic implantation on human knee ligaments;
since then, we expanded our product line through continual product
improvement.
We introduced a broader line of micro-displacement sensors that
could withstand extreme temperatures, hundreds of millions of cycles,
and complete submersion in saline. The aerospace and automotive
industry found our sensors met their requirements, and we've
worked on many groundbreaking projects.
As our customer base expanded, we continued to innovate by combining
multiple sensors along with advanced micro controllers to enhance
system performance. We were one of the first sensor companies to
add wireless capability so that low power, miniature digital sensors
could communicate easily with personal computers and send data to the
internet.
Our inclinometer product line was initially developed to measure
angles of limbs to help re-animate the limbs of paralyzed individuals.
The tiny, lightweight gyro-enhanced orientation modules that resulted
from this effort found immediate acceptance for navigation and control
of unmanned systems in military and exploratory robotics applications.
Sensors are literally changing our world; we're inspired to work with
our customers to introduce advanced sensing technology that will
enable the next generation of smarter and safer machines, civil
structures, and implanted devices.
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