acontis EC-Master | The Nervous System for Any Humanoid Robot
A humanoid coordinates dozens of joints, drives, and sensors that must all update in lockstep, every cycle, without fail. EtherCAT is the network built for exactly that, and the acontis EC-Master is the high-performance MainDevice (Master) stack that drives it, the real-time nervous system connecting your control software to every actuator in the robot.
Efficient Code, Peak Performance on AI Silicon
EC-Master is engineered for high update rates at low CPU load, and runs ready-to-run on the compute platforms powering today’s humanoids, NVIDIA Jetson and Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-9 AI chips, on real-time Linux, Windows, QNX, VxWorks and more, across x86, ARM, and RISC-V.
Built For the Way Roboticists Work
A proven API spans C, C++, Rust, and Python, with direct ROS 2 and NVIDIA Isaac ROS integration, so motion control and AI pipelines share one deterministic bus without glue code.
Flexible, Reliable, and Future-Ready
Maximum flexibility and reliability come with built-in robustness: cable redundancy keeps the robot operational through a cable break, and MainDevice redundancy guards against controller failure. Layer an FSoE (Safety over EtherCAT) stack on top and the system is already prepared for the functional-safety requirements and legislation coming to humanoid robotics.
Leading Diagnosis Built In
EC-Master pairs with acontis’ diagnosis tools, including browser-based EC-Engineer Web, for live network monitoring, error counters, and mismatch analysis, even remotely on a mobile humanoid. Proven in demanding robotics and automation controllers worldwide, EC-Master delivers the performance, robustness, and safety a humanoid’s nervous system demands.
