Tactile sensing specialist PPS will host its first live webinar series on 18 and 19 March 2026, focusing on ergonomics applications of tactile pressure measurement. The one-hour online sessions will be hosted on Zoom by founder Dr Jae Son and presented by Charles MacLeod, with Dr Denny Yu from Purdue University joining the 18 March session as guest speaker. Both webinars will include a live demonstration of TactileGlove II. The sessions are free to attend, and registration is available on the PPS website.
The sessions are scheduled for 18 March, 9AM PDT (12PM EDT / 5PM GMT) and 19 March, 6AM PDT (8AM EDT / 1PM GMT), allowing participation across European and North American time zones. Both webinars will focus on practical applications of tactile sensing in ergonomics research and product development.
During the 18 March session, Dr Yu will present findings from multiple published studies using PPS’s TactileGloves. He will explain how the systems were configured in academic trials and how the resulting pressure data was analysed within peer-reviewed ergonomics research. His contribution will provide independent perspective on how distributed pressure measurement strengthens experimental confidence.
Attendees will also see TactileGlove II in action during a live demonstration. The system integrates 65 capacitive sensing elements per glove to measure pressure distribution and derived force across the hand during dynamic tasks. The demonstration will show how tactile data is streamed in real time and how force patterns can be examined during live activity.
“Engineers often rely on observation when assessing hand effort or tool interaction, because distributed pressure is difficult to quantify in real tasks,” said Dr Jae Son, founder and CEO of PPS. “This webinar will show how tactile measurement changes that. When you can see how force moves across the hand during motion, you begin to understand strain, compensation and imbalance in a much clearer way.
“For researchers, that means stronger experimental evidence. For development teams, it means earlier design decisions based on data rather than assumption. Hearing directly from an academic who has published repeatedly using the system gives practical insight into how tactile sensing performs outside a controlled demo environment.”
The webinar series forms part of PPS’s wider focus on supporting academic and industrial research communities with application-led insight into tactile measurement. By creating an open technical forum, the company aims to encourage informed discussion around how pressure data can be used to strengthen ergonomics studies and product development workflows.
Registration details are available via the PPS website. A recording of each session will be shared with registered participants following the live events.
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