THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AGENT & BODY

Intelligence.
In motion.●

Bring AI into the physical world. Somato connects reasoning, perception, and robot control—turning an objective into a path to action.

Explore applications

+Rooted in neuroscience.
Built for the world beyond the screen.

Technical line drawing based on our original dual-arm reBot photograph, showing the robot arms, blade and empty gripper — Drawn from our reference hardware.reBot / Dual-arm

01 / APPLICATIONS & OPPORTUNITY

Precision work.
Across industries.

Some work changes with every object. Somato focuses on stationary tasks where an agent must interpret the scene, choose an operation, and adjust as conditions change.

Hands positioning a salmon fillet beside a preparation knife

FOOD PROCESSING

Fish & meat

Explore adaptive cutting, portioning, and handling of soft objects with changing shapes.

Potential pilot workflows

$1.7TSupply chain to kitchen table

Close-up of a soldering tool and copper braid working on a circuit board

ELECTRONICS

Repair & rework

Explore inspection, precise tool positioning, and repair sequences that respond to each component.

Potential pilot workflows

$146BElectronics repair industry

Gloved hands holding a dental mirror and a fine examination instrument

DENTISTRY

Fine manipulation

Investigate how perception and precise tool control could support work in small, variable spaces.

Longer-term research direction

$520BDentistry industry

Articulated surgical microscope and lighting in an operating room

ROBOTIC SURGERY

Adaptive assistance

Research the connection between scene understanding and controlled tool motion in complex environments.

Longer-term research direction

$14BRobotic surgery industry

02 / PLATFORM & HARDWARE

One connected platform.
From agent to action.

Reasoning, perception, and robot control work together in a continuous loop. Our dual-arm reference system brings that architecture into the physical world.

INTERACTIVE OVERVIEW

AN OBJECTIVE BECOMES PHYSICAL WORK01—04

✳“Place the part in the tray.”

PERCEPTION & SHARED STATE

A shared view of the world.

RGB-D sensing, object understanding, and spatial tracking give the agent context tied to the scene in front of it.

RGB-D sensingObject posesSpatial context

FROM THE WORKBENCH

The actual dual-arm reBot workcell photographed in the lab, with a gripper, custom blade holder, and shared tabletop

DUAL-ARM REFERENCE PLATFORMIN DEVELOPMENT

THE REFERENCE SYSTEM

Real hardware.
A shared foundation.

Somato is developed on a tabletop workcell where perception, reasoning, and manipulation meet. It is the starting point for exploring new workflows and hardware integrations.

02: Robot armsreBot reference hardware with replaceable effectors.
RGB-D: Spatial perceptionDepth, color, object poses, and a shared view of the scene.
Local + AI: A flexible compute stackLocal perception models paired with configurable hosted reasoning.

An experimental platform under active development.

INSPIRED BY HOW WE MOVE

Different timescales.
One coordinated system.

A thoughtful decision and a precise movement happen at different speeds. Our architecture gives each its own place.

AGENT CONVERSATION

01 / EXECUTIVE

Reason with intent.

Language and vision models interpret the objective, consider the scene, and decide what to do next.

The agent

WORKFLOW GRAPH

Main workflow and parallel arm tasks from the actual development interface

02 / OPERATIVE

Compose the work.

Reusable skills and workflow graphs connect perception, planning, and manipulation into finite operations.

Skills & graphs

3D MOTION VIEW

Robot point cloud, coordinate frames, and measured tool poses from the actual development interface

03 / PHYSICAL

Control the motion.

Geometry and dedicated hardware controllers translate targets into movement, with feedback from the robot.

The control layer

Actual development interface · Select a view to explore.

03 / BUILD WITH SOMATO

Your hardware.
New possibilities.

Start with a real task and a shared question: what could your robot do with an agent in the loop?

Robot manufacturers

Add an agent-directed workflow to your existing hardware. Explore integration through a defined interface, a focused task, and a jointly scoped pilot.

Automation partners

Develop workflows for visually guided handling and workpiece manipulation. Bring the task and process knowledge; explore the agent, perception, and control layers with us.

Robotics & research teams

Explore how your agent, model, or hardware could work with Somato. Define a research question, a focused integration, and the evidence needed to evaluate it.

FROM A SHARED OBJECTIVE TO A FOCUSED PILOT

Illustrative photograph of precision tool work on an electronic circuit board

Build the connection.
Define what comes next.

One task. Your hardware. A practical path from integration to evaluation.

1 Scope2 Integrate3 Evaluate

04 / OUR POINT OF VIEW

Intelligence belongs
in the world.

Our starting point is a connection familiar to neuroscience: reasoning and movement are different parts of one system. The world supplies feedback. The next action responds.

Somato brings that perspective to robotics, connecting modern AI with the practical demands of perception and physical control.

Yuan-Ting Wu, PhDFounder · Neuroscience, neuroimaging & mechanical engineering

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A FEW GOOD QUESTIONS

A little more
context.

Is Somato hardware or software?

Somato is a software platform connecting AI agents, perception, and robot control. Our dual-arm reference workcell is where we develop and evaluate those connections. Hardware integration is part of a scoped partner project.

Which robots does it support?

The current reference system uses reBot B601-DM arms and an Orbbec Femto Bolt camera. The architecture separates hardware interfaces from agent logic. Supporting a new arm family requires integration and qualification; universal hardware compatibility is not yet established.

Can we choose our own AI model?

Model choice is separate from robot interfaces. The reference agent supports configurable hosted OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic models, alongside local perception models. Additional agents and models can be explored through the platform’s interfaces.

How would a pilot begin?

We start with your hardware, a specific task, and clear evaluation criteria. Together we scope the integration and the evidence needed to assess it.

LET’S CONNECT THE POSSIBILITIES

What could your robot
do next?

Bring a task, a platform, or an idea.
Let’s explore the connection.

FOR ROBOTICS TEAMS & AUTOMATION PARTNERSFROM OBJECTIVE TO ACTION ↗

Intelligence.
In motion.●