acontis technologies is a world-leading OEM software provider that provides the deterministic backbone for high-performance humanoid motion. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Weingarten, Germany, acontis has grown from a start-up into a dedicated hub of more than 30 EtherCAT and real-time software experts, recognized worldwide for its “Made in Germany” engineering quality. An active member of the EtherCAT Technology Group since 2004, the company supports customers globally through specially trained distributors and its own office near Boston.
For humanoid developers, acontis solves the hardest control problems: coordinating a large number of synchronized servo axes with sub-millisecond precision, fusing IMU, torque, and encoder data within a single control network and maintaining hard real-time balance and safety.
The acontis EC-Master software is a leading EtherCAT MainDevice stack used in millions of devices, combining microsecond-level determinism with complete functionality while preserving nearly all CPU capabilities for AI and perception workloads. EC-Master is optimized for embedded platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson and Qualcomm Dragonwing, and is available with ROS 2 integration as well as a lightweight motion library, leading redundancy and high-availability features, making it the perfect basis for safety systems using FSoE. Complemented by acontis powerful EtherCAT configuration and analysis tools, acontis gives robot builders a complete, field-proven toolchain to move fluidly, sense in real time, and scale from prototype to production.
