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RTD and thermocouple signal conditioners with 4-20mA or 0-10VDC output are available from OmegaEngineering.com for about $200. http://www.omega.com/DAS/pdf/DRF-TC.pdf   If you have the ability to program your own lookup table or equation with the proper mV-to-temperature conversion , you can get...

Current doughnuts are cheap and easy to monitor. (http://www.omega.com/pptst/MFO_RCT.html)

  Encoders http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/sensors-transducers/encoders/1966131?k=rotary%20encoder   Thru-Shaft Position Sensor http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/640ES103A06NAAY/480-3280-ND/1956410   SoftPot rotartypotentiometer (if your robot pushes on this as it rotates, it's...

Not sure of your particular reqirements but,   Pressure transdcuers http://www.omega.com/toc_asp/sectionSC.asp?section=B&book=pressure   Flow meters http://www.omega.com/toc_asp/sectionSC.asp?section=B&book=green

I've used Hanbay actuators with Swagelok ball valves (http://www.hanbayinc.com/index.html?language=en).

LM35/LM45 $4.76 ea (http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/LM35CZ%2FNOPB/LM35CZ%2FNOPB-ND/20744) TMP35 $1.42 ea (http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?WT.z_header=search_go&lang=en&keywords=TMP36GT9Z-ND&x=0&y=0&cur=USD)   I use the TMP35 with my Arduino Uno.   "The TMP35 is...

A Las Vegas local, mechanical engineer, working on Arduino-related projects.

yeah, scientific scale probably most practical solution...but there are force sensitive resistors with about the same footprint that you need and with huge dynamic ranges (http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/30-81794/1027-1001-ND/2476468)

RTD and thermocouple signal conditioners with 4-20mA or 0-10VDC output are available from OmegaEngineering.com for about $200. http://www.omega.com/DAS/pdf/DRF-TC.pdf   If you have the ability to program your own lookup table or equation with the proper mV-to-temperature conversion , you can get...