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Robotics engineered for real environments, not laboratory floors

Our robotics research extends intelligence into the physical world, engineered for real environments rather than laboratory floors.

Discuss a robotics & physical intelligence project

Intelligence that leaves the screen.

Physical intelligence is the third dimension of the NETICS platform and the longest-horizon work in the company. It is where an intelligent system stops describing the world and starts acting in it, through perception, manipulation, wearables and humanoid systems.

Lognetics has publicly set out its intention to unveil a humanoid AI robot under the NETICS name, positioned around cognitive capability with applications in education, household assistance and healthcare. We would rather describe that programme accurately than promise a date we cannot hold.

We also think building this here is an advantage rather than a disadvantage. A machine engineered from the outset for intermittent power, variable connectivity and improvised environments is solving the harder version of the problem, and systems built for the harder version tend to work in the easier one.

What we build

  • Humanoid robotics research
  • Embodied AI systems
  • Computer vision for physical environments
  • Perception and sensor fusion
  • Manipulation and grasping
  • Human-robot interaction
  • Wearables and ambient devices
  • Edge inference
  • Robotics simulation
  • Autonomous systems
  • Safety and reliability engineering
  • Hardware and software integration

How we work

  1. 01

    Perception in real conditions

    Vision and sensor fusion for environments that are cluttered, badly lit and rearranged constantly by the people living and working in them.

  2. 02

    Manipulation

    Handling unfamiliar objects of unknown weight without crushing or dropping them, which remains one of the genuinely open problems in the field.

  3. 03

    Power, thermals and edge inference

    Operating across a working day rather than a demonstration, with as much intelligence as possible running on the device rather than depending on a connection.

  4. 04

    Safety and human interaction

    Failing safely every time, and behaving predictably enough that the people sharing a space with the machine can anticipate what it will do.

What changes

  • Research and prototypes evaluated against real environments, not staged ones
  • Computer vision and autonomy applicable to industrial and commercial settings today
  • A physical intelligence roadmap connected to the NETICS platform rather than separate from it
  • Engineering capability on the continent rather than imported wholesale

Questions we are asked

Is the NETICS humanoid robot available now?
No. It is a research and engineering programme. Lognetics has publicly announced its intention to unveil a humanoid AI robot under the NETICS name, and we describe it as in development rather than available, because hardware timelines deserve honesty.
Can we commission robotics work today?
Applied work, yes. Computer vision, perception, autonomous systems and edge inference are available as engineering engagements now. Humanoid systems remain a research programme rather than a product you can order.
Why build robotics in Africa?
Because the constraints are instructive and the needs are different. A robot conceived as an educational aid, household helper and healthcare assistant for this continent will be shaped by requirements that are not currently at the centre of the field, which is usually where genuinely new engineering begins.

Tell us what you are building.

We will tell you honestly whether this capability belongs in it, and what it would take.

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