Applications & Partnerships

Shape Sensing

Luna's exclusive shape sensing technology can track the position (location) of an optical fiber to a high degree of accuracy along its entire length. This enabling technology for determining the dynamic shape of an object, including long, flexible bodies has application in:

• the medical field enabling localization of minimally invasive surgical (MIS) devices and instruments inserted inside the human body for navigation in surgical procedures
• ocean surveillance situations such as military security using static and towed sonar, or for tracking of search and rescue robots
• the industrial environment for direct position monitoring in manufacturing and assembly
• the sports and gaming industry for motion capture and virtual reality
• aerospace for deployable structures such as large antennas, sunshields, and solar sails and morphing wings for shape modification of aircraft wings during flight
• energy, to measure such parameters as temperature inside gas turbines that create power, as well as measure the shape of the blade on wind turbines for real-time to control