HempireLive™
The acoustic panel as a live bio-surface node — the sensing research track. In development.
About HempireLive →Use case · Robotics labs · R&D track
Smart hemp surfaces for robotics labs.
HempireLive™ turns acoustic room surfaces into live material nodes for Physical AI spaces — designed to help robotics teams observe impact, vibration, loud sound events, humidity, temperature, and panel health through a local dashboard and live material passport.
Built for non-safety-critical room awareness. Not a robot safety system.
Non-safety awareness · not a robot control system
The gap
Robotics rooms are physically active — but digitally blind.
Arms move, payloads drop, motors hum, humidity drifts. The room surfaces absorb all of it and report none of it. HempireLive explores turning those surfaces into a quiet, room-local signal — without wiring a single new safety system.
The approach
HempireLive™ panels, in a HempireCell™ room.
HempireCell™
Several panels brought together into one room, with a local dashboard, live passports, and a 30-day report.
About HempireCell →What we're exploring
Room awareness the surface can carry.
Research directions for the sensing track — each in active development, none a finished feature.
Impact
ExploringExploring detection of knocks and impacts on the panel.
Vibration
ExploringExploring low-level vibration sensing.
Sound events
ExploringExploring on-panel sound-event detection.
Humidity
ExploringExploring ambient humidity sensing.
Temperature
ExploringExploring ambient temperature sensing.
Material OS
Every panel carries a live passport.
Batch, recipe, install context, and current test status — the record that makes a room auditable, not just instrumented.
Sensing concept · in development
A note on robot events
Any robot-response behavior shown in a deployment — such as a simulated slow-down view — is an illustrative concept for room awareness, not a control signal. HempireLive™ does not start, stop, or govern machinery, and is not a robot safety system.
Deployment pricing
Start with a scoped lab deployment.
Not sure which configuration fits your room? Most first customers start with the 4-panel configuration, then configure a wall in the Studio.
Starter Wall
From $4,500
Best for a first room, studio, or internal demo.
- 4 HempireLive™ smart panels · 24″×48″ each (≈32 sq ft / one wall)
- QR live material passports
- Local dashboard preview (in development)
- Impact, vibration, sound, humidity & temperature monitoring (in development)
- Installation map
- Calibration session
- 30-day report
Most chosen Pro Workcell
From $12,000
Best for robotics rooms, manufacturing cells, and technical demo spaces.
- 8–12 HempireLive™ smart panels · 24″×48″ each (≈64–96 sq ft)
- Multi-panel room map
- Workcell dashboard (in development)
- Event feed & sensor history (in development)
- Live material passports
- Impact/vibration/sound/humidity/temp monitoring (in development)
- Calibration & threshold tuning
- 30-day report
- Simulated robot slow-down view (concept)
Custom Physical AI Room
Scope-based
Best for mobile labs, showrooms, executive rooms, or multi-zone installations.
- Custom panel count
- Room-specific layout
- Dashboard configuration
- Material passport setup
- Installation planning
- Custom calibration
- Deployment report
- Roadmap for future sensing features
Indicative pricing only. Final pricing depends on panel count, installation scope, dashboard configuration, material finish, location, and calibration requirements.
Discipline, not certification
Designed with regulated-system discipline.
Our background includes medical-device software environments, 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, CSV, audit trails, validation-aware workflows, and data-integrity practices. HempireLive™ deployments are not marketed as validated GxP systems unless separately scoped, tested, documented, and contracted.
Bring it to your lab.
Tell us about the room and the robots in it. We'll scope a deployment and share what's ready today.
Configure Your Wall- Interior use
- Non-structural
- Non-safety monitoring
- Live passport enabled
- Testing in progress
HempireLive™ is intended for non-safety-critical monitoring and interior acoustic/surface intelligence. It is not a certified safety system, robot-control device, fire-rated assembly, or soundproofing system unless separately tested and specified.
Room fit at a glance
The right path, the real limits.
Robotics rooms are loud, busy, and instrumented — but adding awareness must never interfere with the robots or safety systems.
Recommended path
Benefits that fit
- 20Deployment
Material transparency & traceability
Know exactly what's on your wall.
- 22Design
Premium differentiation
A story guests can see and feel.
- 19Design
Removable, repairable, replaceable
Serviceable by design.
- 01Tested per product
Acoustic absorption
Rooms that sound as good as they look.
- 11Deployment
Durability & longevity
Made to stay beautiful.
Boundaries this room keeps
- No robot control
- No PLC replacement
- No safety function
- Observation only
Observation only. No robot control, PLC replacement, or safety function.
Material OS records
- Wall ID
- Panel map
- Sensor coverage
- Calibration summary
- Non-control boundary
- Sample events