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Built to move
exactly as commanded.

Founded on the principle that precision is not a feature — it is a foundation. Sentient Robotics engineers actuation systems that push the boundary between the physically possible and the commercially viable.

"We do not build actuators. We build the intelligence of motion — the invisible layer between a system's intent and its physical reality."

— Founding Charter, Sentient Robotics

Our multidisciplinary team of mechanical engineers, embedded systems architects, and materials scientists work from a single shared goal: produce actuators that move exactly as commanded, every single time, under any load condition.

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02 — Timeline

Six years. One obsession.

2019
First winding, first prototype
Founded in a small lab with a single CNC winder. The first hand-wound BLDC prototype turns its first commanded revolution.
2021
SR-A100 clears 1M cycles
Our flagship servo module passes its first million-cycle endurance run without degradation — the design baseline for every product since.
2022
In-house winding line commissioned
Custom CNC coil-winding equipment goes live, enabling application-specific geometries at production volume.
2024
SR-E700 certified SIL 2 / PLd
Our EtherCAT-integrated module clears functional safety certification, opening the door to industrial AMR fleets.
2026
Full six-family line in production
Kestrel completes 40km of field validation; Orbit, our dexterous hand research platform, is adopted by six university labs.
03 — What We Believe

Four principles, no exceptions.

SR·01

Sub-ms Control

Closed-loop feedback architectures that react before a human eye can register the command.

SR·02

Field-proven

Every product validated beyond 10 million cycles across temperature extremes before it ships.

SR·03

Open Protocol

CAN-FD, EtherCAT, and SPI interfaces as standard — integrate with any control stack you already run.

SR·04

Full-stack

From silicon to shaft: hardware, firmware, and SDK are designed and owned in-house.

04 — Capabilities

Designed, wound, and validated in-house.

Magnetic FEA Design

Finite element analysis of every winding geometry to minimise cogging torque before a single prototype is wound.

Real-time Telemetry

On-device logging of position, current, temperature, and vibration at 10 kHz over CAN-FD.

Custom Winding

In-house CNC winding machines produce application-specific coil geometries for peak power density.

Endurance Validation

Life-test rigs run continuously at rated + 20% load from −40°C to +85°C until failure or 10M cycles.

Embedded Firmware

Field-oriented control and auto-tuning on ESP32-S3 and STM32 targets, with C, Python, and ROS 2 SDKs.

Thermal Engineering

Copper heat spreaders and optional liquid jacketing extend continuous-duty torque well past air-cooled limits.

High-res Sensing

Multi-turn absolute encoders at 19-bit resolution — no limit switches, no homing routine required.

Safety & Compliance

Safe Torque Off to SIL 2 / PLd, CE marking, and RoHS 3 compliance across every product family.

See the principles applied — browse the products.