The Intelligent Dynamic Sensing Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bruce Malkinson
XSENSOR’s Intelligent Dynamic Sensing platform enables precision measurements, highest quality visualizations, and rich data with AI-powered analysis.In each episode, you will learn from industry experts who share their insights and strategies on how to reveal hidden surface data to optimize the performance, comfort, and safety of surfaces.We discuss and present solutions that have worked for real-world applications across fields like Continuous Skin Monitoring, Human Performance, Sleep Improvement, and Product Design and Safety Testing.Hosted by Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer for XSENSOR Technology.
In this episode, XSENSOR’s Chief Operating Officer, Bruce Malkinson, continues his conversation with performance scientist and sports technologist Antonio Robustelli to explore how data-driven insights are reshaping the footwear design process. They discuss how elite brands and research teams are leveraging plantar pressure data to bridge the gap between laboratory precision and on-field performance. From prototype testing to athlete feedback integration, this episode highlights how technology enables designers to make evidence-based decisions that improve comfort, performance, and injury prevention.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn how integrating objective data—like pressure distribution and timing—into the design process accelerates innovation and shortens development cycles.
- Understand how real-world testing and athlete feedback combine with pressure data to validate comfort and performance across diverse sports environments.
- Explore how data visualization and analytics are transforming the conversation between engineers, designers, and sports scientists—resulting in more personalized and high-performing footwear solutions.
Speakers:
Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
In this episode, XSENSOR's Chief Operating Officer, Bruce Malkinson, sits down with Antonio Robustelli to explore how plantar pressure mapping is revolutionizing sports footwear design. From sensor resolution to real-world testing, they discuss what it takes to validate performance from the ground up.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Understand the science behind plantar pressure mapping and why it's essential for capturing accurate, real-time data during athletic movement.
- Learn how sensor design—like spatial resolution and sampling rate—impacts the reliability of footwear performance insights.
- Discover how biomechanical variables like surface type, speed, and sport-specific demands influence testing protocols and data interpretation.
Speakers:
Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to explore the powerful integration of plantar pressure mapping and motion capture, showcasing how this combination transforms athlete movement assessment, performance optimization, and injury prevention strategies.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – Why synchronizing plantar pressure mapping and 3D motion capture data can dramatically improve the quality of athlete movement and biomechanical assessments.
- Understand – How this combination empowers sports performance practitioners to obtain detailed insights into athletic performance.
- Experience – Practical applications of plantar pressure mapping insoles and 3D motion capture systems, including integrating, measuring, and analyzing kinetic and kinematic data.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss the synergy between plantar pressure mapping and motion capture to elevate athlete assessment and performance profiling.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – Why integrating kinetic data from plantar pressure mapping insoles with kinematic data from 3D motion capture systems can create a more holistic and actionable biomechanical profile.
- Understand – How this integration empowers sports biomechanists, coaches, and practitioners to better understand athlete movement and mechanics.
- Experience – Practical applications of plantar pressure insoles and 3D motion capture systems, including integrating, measuring, and analyzing data for enhanced biomechanical insights.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Dr. Ricky Pickett joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss the value of using in-shoe plantar pressure mapping insoles as a powerful tool for performance coaches and physiotherapists to analyze and treat golf swing mechanics.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – The mechanics of the golf swing, from the initial musculoskeletal screen to the full swing analysis, including a review of an effective treatment plan.
- Understand – The role of plantar pressure mapping insoles in various sports and athletics, focusing on weight distribution and power generation, and how these concepts apply to analyzing and improving the golf swing.
- Experience – A video demonstration of how plantar pressure mapping is utilized in golf swing analysis, highlighting expected weight shifts, power distribution, and the benefits of using this technology as an analysis tool and biofeedback mechanism.easure, analyze, and interpret pressure and muscle activity data.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationRicky Pickett, Doctor of Physical Therapy
Precision Motion Physical Therapy
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss practical applications where combining plantar pressure mapping insoles with surface electromyography (sEMG) offers unmatched analytical insights.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – How to apply evidence-based practices to customize measurement protocols using plantar pressure mapping and sEMG for targeted applications.
- Understand – The role of plantar pressure mapping and sEMG in enhancing data quality and providing practitioners with more reliable insights.
- Experience – Hands-on use of plantar pressure mapping and sEMG hardware and software to measure, analyze, and interpret pressure and muscle activity data.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, and complementing it with Surface Electromyography (sEMG) to enhance athlete assessment and profiling.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – The rationale for pairing plantar pressure mapping and sEMG and how this can improve the evaluation of movement mechanics and injury risk assessment.
- Understand – The role of plantar pressure mapping, when used in tandem with sEMG, in augmenting the neuromuscular profile, providing invaluable human performance data.
- Experience – Practically using plantar pressure mapping and sEMG hardware and software to measure and analyze pressure and muscle activity data.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, to assess and profile rugby, ice hockey, and American football players.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – Gain insights into the characteristics of rugby, ice hockey, and American football and the diverse abilities and actions crucial for achieving optimal performance and skills in these sports.
- Understand – Explore the role of plantar pressure mapping in evaluating and monitoring players in these sports during the preseason and regular season.
- Experience – Acquire practical knowledge using XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles to capture, measure, and analyze plantar pressure data for rugby, ice hockey, and American football players.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, to assess and profile basketball players.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – Gain insights into the characteristics of basketball and the diverse set of abilities and actions crucial for achieving optimal performance and skill in the sport.
- Understand – Explore the role of plantar pressure mapping in evaluating and monitoring basketball players. Understand how this technology contributes to assessing running biomechanics and foot function during sport-specific skills.
- Experience – Acquire practical knowledge on using XSENSOR’s Intelligent Insoles to capture, measure, and analyze plantar pressure data for each player on a basketball team. The online seminar offers a firsthand understanding of applying this technology to enhance performance and manage injury risk in basketball players.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, to assess and profile football players.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – The characteristics of football and the different abilities and actions required to develop optimal performance and skill.
- Understand – How plantar pressure mapping technology can assist sports biomechanists and coaches in evaluating and monitoring football players.
- Experience – How to use XSENSOR’s Intelligent Insoles to capture, measure, and analyze plantar pressure data for each player on a football team.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Paul Graham joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using protocols for the practical implementation of plantar pressure measurement technologies, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles | Clinical, into clinical practices.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn – How to capture baseline barefoot plantar pressure data using the proposed recording protocol with XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles.
- Understand – The key areas of analysis using XSENSOR's Clinical Foot & Gait software to provide clear direction for further physical examination and achieve the correct diagnosis.
- Experience – The process of sharing plantar pressure data with a global community of clinicians to gain insights into our understanding of managing complex conditions.
Speakers
Host: Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer (XSENSOR Technology Corporation)
Guest: Paul Graham, Founder of Stepforce, Musculoskeletal Podiatrist & Clinical Educator in Plantar Pressure Analysis (Stepforce)
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, to assess and profile players in team-based sports.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – The characteristics of team-based sports and why they need fast and reliable data to support player performance and monitor the risk of injury.
- Understand – How plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, can assist sports biomechanists and coaches in evaluating the biomechanical efficiency of players during movement patterns.
- Experience – How to use a plantar pressure mapping system to create individual baseline pressure profiles for each player during the preseason.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, to assess different footwear types and choose the right shoe for sports applications.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – The different characteristics of shoe types and how they relate to specific sporting activities.
- Understand – How plantar pressure mapping can assist coaches and biomechanics professionals in evaluating the efficacy of a specific shoe.
- Experience – How to use plantar pressure mapping to improve the shoe-fitting process for athletes.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, to measure and assess maximum speed in power and strength-based sports.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – What maximum speed characteristics are regarding kinetics and kinematics and how they relate to sports performance.
- Understand – How plantar pressure mapping can assist coaches and biomechanics professionals in evaluating the efficacy of the maximum speed phase in individual and team-based athletes.
- Experience – Using plantar pressure mapping on the field to assess maximum speed through different tests.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR’s Intelligent Insoles, to measure and assess power and strength-based sports acceleration.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – What acceleration characteristics are in linear and multi-directional speed and how they relate to sports performance.
- Understand – How plantar pressure mapping can assist coaches and biomechanics professionals in testing the efficacy of acceleration training and drills.
- Experience – Using plantar pressure mapping on the field through different tests based on the type of athlete.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Bruce Malkinson is joined by Paul Graham to discuss how to use plantar pressure analysis to help clinicians make informed decisions when developing treatment strategies by predicting patient outcomess.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn – How to use XSENSOR’s Intelligent Insoles to see the outcomes of mechanical treatment strategies.
- Understand – The software and analysis tools that can inform you of how the treatment may affect the patient.
- Experience – Case studies showing the effect of functional taping, offloading padding, and in-shoe wedging and adjustment.
Speakers
Host: Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer (XSENSOR Technology Corporation)
Guest: Paul Graham, Founder of Stepforce, Musculoskeletal Podiatrist & Clinical Educator in Plantar Pressure Analysis (Stepforce)
Bruce Malkinson is joined by Antonio Robustelli to discuss how to use plantar pressure mapping to measure and test running biomechanics in distance runners.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – The characteristics of running at different speeds, how they relate to skill development, and the ability for distance runners to switch from jogging to sprinting.
- Understand – How plantar pressure assessments can help coaches and trainers monitor running skill development of an athlete.
- Experience – How to use plantar pressure mapping on the field to measure and analyze the data of a distance runner.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Bruce Malkinson is joined by Paul Graham to discuss the current protocol to record plantar pressure data to ensure effective analysis.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn the current protocol for recording and averaging plantar pressure data to get consistent results for analysis.
- Understand the key analysis tools that XSENSOR’s software provides to help you analyze data, including center of pressure, force vs. time graphs, and gait statistics.
- Experience actual case studies to better help you understand the components of conditions and how to develop successful treatment strategies.
Speakers
Host: Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer (XSENSOR Technology Corporation)
Guest: Paul Graham, Founder of Stepforce, Musculoskeletal Podiatrist & Clinical Educator in Plantar Pressure Analysis (Stepforce)
Bruce Malkinson is joined by Antonio Robustelli to discuss how to optimize sport rehabilitation outcomes using plantar pressure mapping technology.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – What the role of a team of professionals is in the rehabilitation of an athlete, as well as the decision-making process for a return to sport.
- Understand – How plantar pressure data can help athletic trainers, physiotherapists, and other specialists with the optimization of rehabilitation monitoring.
- Experience – How to use plantar pressure mapping technology to assist in the rehabilitation monitoring of the most common lower extremity injuries.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology CorporationAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete Performance Science
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss optimizing running technique using plantar pressure mapping technology and inertial measurement unit sensors.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – What the role of the foot is in running and sprinting and how the dynamics of the foot strike can be assessed with plantar pressure insoles.
- Understand – How plantar pressure data can help coaches and sports scientists with optimizing running technique.
- Experience – How to analyze and interpret plantar pressure data as it relates to running and sprinting technique.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Paul Graham (Stepforce) to discuss how forces affect humans in our daily lives.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what forces affect our bodies, including those that affect our feet like gravity or ground reaction force.
- Understand the different asymmetries that can affect foot function and plantar pressure.
- Experience how our body’s systems for dealing with these forces can change over time.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyPaul Graham, Founder of Stepforce, Musculoskeletal Podiatrist, & Clinical Educator in Plantar Pressure Analysis
Stepforce
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss optimizing strength training programming in sport using plantar pressure mapping technology.
Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:
- Learn – What the role of the foot is in the process of force and power application for sport and how poor foot function can negatively affect strength development.
- Understand – How plantar pressure data can help coaches and sports professionals develop strength training programming.
- Experience – How to interpret the force-time and pressure-time curves of plantar pressure analysis as it relates to strength.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Paul Graham (Stepforce) to discuss clinical gait assessments and how the analysis of plantar pressure data has become crucial in understanding dynamic weight bearing function.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what gait analysis methods exist for clinicians to perform assessment protocols and how they compare to one another, including their areas of analysis and pros and cons.
- Understand the different types of plantar pressure analysis tools including walkway sensors, insole sensors, and treadmills and how these can be used in daily clinical practices.
- Experience an overview of human gait analysis from its earliest uses and how these methods paved the way for modern plantar pressure measurement technology.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyPaul Graham, Founder of Stepforce, Musculoskeletal Podiatrist, & Clinical Educator in Plantar Pressure Analysis
Stepforce
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss using plantar pressure mapping technology to optimize speed training and development in sport.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what the role of the foot is in the process of speed development and how the dynamics of a foot strike can be assessed using plantar pressure measurement insoles.
- Understand how to analyze and interpret the most relevant parameters of plantar pressure mapping as it relates to speed development.
- Experience how plantar pressure data can help coaches and sport professionals in the assessment of speed mechanics.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss using plantar pressure mapping technology to create a lower body testing protocol for athletes.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what the role of lower body testing is in sport and how you can integrate plantar pressure mapping with other complementary tests.
- Understand the integration between plantar pressure data, range of motion, and other manual sport-specific tests.
- Experience how to design a lower body testing protocol based on your type of sport and required specificity.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss using plantar pressure mapping technology to evaluate weight shift movements in sports applications.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what weight shift is and how it relates to performance in sports such as baseball, golf, and tennis.
- Understand the biomechanical characteristics of an efficient weight shift movement.
- Experience how to use plantar pressure mapping technology to evaluate weight shift and train motor patterns with biofeedback.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson, COO with XSENSOR Technology Corporation, is joined by Boulevard Home Furnishings' Jerry Thomas (Director of Sales) to discuss the latest developments and trends in mattress retail and how they can affect store performance. Tune in to get a sense of the current mattress retail landscape, what retailers face, how consumers are shopping, and how you can better equip your store to improve the customer experience with a mattress recommendation system.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what developments and trends are impacting consumers and retailers in today’s mattress retail landscape.
- Understand what these developments and trends have on in-store traffic and the customer experience.
- Experience how the new customer journey for in-store mattress shopping can improve your store’s performance.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology Jerry Thomas, Director of SalesBoulevard Home Furnishings
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss the concepts of baseline profiling for athletes using plantar pressure measurements.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how to use baseline profiling and measurement of deviations to monitor injury risk and support return to play.
- Understand the importance of creating an individual baseline profile for each athlete.
- Experience how to practically perform a baseline measurement and how to standardize it.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss the concept of ‘biofeedback training’ and how this methodology can be applied to plantar pressure measurement technology.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what biofeedback and its purpose is in the context of plantar pressure mapping.
- Understand the potential of biofeedback for real-time adjustments of movement patterns and biomechanics.
- Experience how different plantar pressure mapping and biofeedback applications can enhance rehabilitation and training.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss how leading-edge pressure mapping technology, like XSENSOR’s Intelligent Insoles | Pro system, Stance Pad Sensor, and Walkway Sensor, can help you design measurement protocols including benchmarks for performance and rehabilitation testing and training.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the different purposes and goals of testing with insoles, stance pads, and walkway sensors.
- Learn how to correctly perform and standardize your testing and training using plantar pressure measurement and gait analysis devices.
- Experience practical guidelines and measurement protocols for different sports applications.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson, COO with XSENSOR Technology Corporation, is joined by Ashley HomeStore Amsterdam's Tekeilla Perpall (Store Manager) to discuss the latest developments and trends in mattress retail and how they can affect store performance. Tune in to get a sense of the current mattress retail landscape, what retailers face, how consumers are shopping, and how you can better equip your store to improve the customer experience with a mattress recommendation system.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what developments and trends are impacting consumers and retailers in today’s mattress retail landscape.
- Understand what these developments and trends have on in-store traffic and the customer experience.
- Experience how the new customer journey for in-store mattress shopping can improve your store’s performance.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology Tekeilla Perpall, Store ManagerAshley HomeStore
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss how using gait and plantar pressure mapping systems, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles | Pro system, can improve human performance for return to play.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand how gait and plantar pressure measurement systems provide more than simply pressure data.
- Learn how some of the key plantar pressure measurement data outputs, like peak pressure images, can be used to inform analysis.
- Experience how gait measurement and plantar pressure data analysis can provide unique insights into baseline and improvement for return to play.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss how plantar pressure mapping systems, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles | Pro system, can be used to create and implement assessment protocols that improve athletic performance.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand what goes into designing an assessment protocol and how to verify the assessment will yield expected results.
- Learn how plantar pressure measurement systems and technology can facilitate assessment protocols.
- Experience why performing a baseline measurement is foundational to athlete assessments.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson, COO with XSENSOR Technology Corporation, is joined by Kloss Furniture’s Jim Clutts (General Manager) to discuss the latest developments and trends in mattress retail. Tune in to get a sense of the current mattress retail landscape, what retailers face, and how you can better equip your store to improve the customer experience.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn what developments and trends are impacting consumers and retailers in today’s mattress retail landscape.
- Understand what these developments and trends have on in-store traffic and the customer experience.
- Experience how the new customer journey for in-store mattress shopping can improve your store’s performance.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyJim Clutts, General Manager
Kloss Furniture
Murray Vince is joined by technology industry pioneer Ian Main to discuss how XSENSOR’s Intelligent Dynamic Sensing (IDS) platform can enable precision measurements, high-quality visualizations, rich data, and AI-powered analysis for continuous skin monitoring applications.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how the IDS platform can be used to augment and enhance clinical workflow management and improve productivity.
- Understand how IDS can result in optimized product performance, comfort, and safety for continuous skin monitoring applications.
- Experience what some of the limitations and safety concerns are relating to AI/ML in MedTech.
Speakers:Ian Main, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyMurray Vince, Chief Revenue Officer
XSENSOR Technology
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by world-renowned Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete Performance Concept) to discuss how the fundamentals of biomechanics research use state-of-the-art pressure mapping technology such as intelligent insole sensors, walkway mats, and stance pads for injury prevention, athletic assessments, and improving human and sports performance in athletic applications.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand what key problems athletes and performance coaches face and how technology will assist them.
- Learn the difference between ‘Injury Reduction’ and ‘Injury Prevention’.
- Experience key insights that only plantar pressure measurement can provide.
Speakers:Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR TechnologyAntonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist
OmniAthlete
Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Carla Robbins (Vital Strength & Physiology) to discuss how XSENSOR’s Intelligent Insoles | Pro system was used to track each stride of Dave Proctor’s (Performance Ultra-Marathon Runner) 100 km training run.
Key Takeaways:
- Get a better understanding of some of the more challenging injuries and obstacles that runners face when doing long-distance runs.
- Understand what is possible with this new pressure mapping technology and how it differs from other available plantar pressure and gait measurement systems.
- Learn how the data captured allows for new insights that result in better strength training and interventions.
SpeakersBruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology
Carla Robbins, Founder, Owner, & Strength & Conditioning CoachVital Strength & Physiology
Murray Vince (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Steve Sklepowich to provide an overview of what Intelligent Dynamic Sensing is and how it reveals hidden surface data to optimize the performance, comfort, and safety of surfaces.
We provide an overview of the pressure injury problem across the care continuum and discuss some of the new technology available that is being used to aid in the prevention of these injuries.
Key Takeaways:
- Describe the continuum and how risk factors and prevention initiatives vary across it.
- Identify the unique situation created for injury prevention in COVID-19 patients.
- Identify the tools that clinicians need to ensure avoidable pressure injuries do not occur.
Speakers:
Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer
XSENSOR Technology
Cathy Harley, Chief Executive Officer
NSWOCC (Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada)
Opportunities in Footwear Design with Creation & Adoption of New Technologies
Featuring Alyssa Weitzman and Murray VinceSmart technologists can provide better data and tools for footwear designers. We’re on the cusp of seeing new levels of resources for footwear design and development.
Alyssa Weitzman: Alyssa is a Lead Designer/Director and has worked at some of the most well-respected footwear companies in the industry such as Timberland, The North Face and Saucony. Most recently at Timberland, she headed up the team for influencer collaborations and special make ups. She volunteers her time locally in the Greater Boston area.
Murray Vince: Murray is Chief Strategy Officer at XSENSOR, the world’s leader in Intelligent Dynamic Sensing. He has also worked in strategic business development, intellectual property and executive leadership roles at Microsoft, Apple, Silicon Graphics and several startups (including one IPO). He is also active on the board of the Pink Boat Regatta, a 501(C)(3) organization that raises funds for breast cancer research.