Sylica Robots

Actuators for Physical AI

Humanoid concept with its shell made see-through, showing the Sylica Robots actuator at each joint

Select any joint to see which Sylica Robots actuator it uses.

Backed by Y Combinator, Founders Inc. and UP.Partners. Founding team from Apple.

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Today's robots are numb.

Their software is smart, but most of their bodies can't feel what they touch, so developers write more and more code to work around it.

Sylica Robots builds a nervous system into the hardware, so every joint feels the world around it.

Today's actuators can feel things as light as a tennis ball. Sylica Robots’ actuators can feel things as light as a paperclip.

Most robots estimate force from the current in their motors. Sylica Robots joints measure torque at the output, where the joint meets the load, so every demonstration, rollout and contact is recorded as real force.

  • Applied force0 g
  • Sylica Robots, measured at the joint0 g
  • Motor-current estimate0 g

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Use cases

Manufacturing line

Lab automation

Training

Toy biped

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Q Series

Pre-orders open. Production starts January 2027.

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The Q Series: Q-01, Q-3, Q-9 and Q-13 actuators

Pre-order Q-3