Facts

• Company: Synapticon
• Product type: Component Family
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Servo Drive Module
• Website: https://www.synapticon.com/en/products/somanet-circulo

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Record / Articles
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

SOMANET Circulo is Synapticon all-in-one servo drive for integrated robot joints. Its round form factor and hollow-shaft design are built for compact axes in cobots, robot arms and machines that need decentralized motion control inside the actuator.

Overview

SOMANET Circulo is Synapticon all-in-one servo drive for integrated robot joints. Its round form factor and hollow-shaft design are built for compact axes in cobots, robot arms and machines that need decentralized motion control inside the actuator.

Market context

SOMANET Circulo is Synapticon's round integrated servo-drive module for compact robot joints, cobot axes, and smart actuators.

• Target environment: Cobot joints, smart actuators, humanoid joints, compact robot axes, and motion-control modules with hollow-shaft or round-board constraints.
• Workflow context: Joint-level motion control, EtherCAT DS402 control, encoder integration, brake handling, safe-motion options, and compact actuator electronics.
• Customer context: Robot OEMs, actuator designers, cobot developers, humanoid builders, and motion-system integrators.
• Deployment model: Servo-drive module integrated into customer joints with motors, encoders, brakes, power, housing, and motion-control software.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial Synapticon product family with Circulo 7 and 9 variants and technical documentation.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on current and voltage needs, safety options, EtherCAT architecture, mechanical geometry, encoder choice, and thermal management.
• Market position: Joint-level servo electronics for compact robot-actuator designs.
• Adjacent products: Gold Twitter Servo Drive, AK80-9 V3.0 Robotic Actuator, ILM85x13 Servo Kit

Audience

Robot OEMs

Workflow

Joint-level motion control, EtherCAT DS402 control, encoder integration, brake handling, safe-motion options, and compact actuator electronics.

Capability

servo drive module

Deployment environment

Cobot joints, smart actuators, humanoid joints, compact robot axes, and motion-control modules with hollow-shaft or round-board constraints.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Robot OEMs
• Workflow: Joint-level motion control, EtherCAT DS402 control, encoder integration, brake handling, safe-motion options, and compact actuator electronics.
• Capability: servo drive module
• Deployment environment: Cobot joints, smart actuators, humanoid joints, compact robot axes, and motion-control modules with hollow-shaft or round-board constraints.

Specifications

• Supported Motors: PMSM and BLDC motors
• Nominal Supply Voltage: 24 to 48 V DC
• Maximum Supply Voltage: 58 V DC continuous / 60 V DC peak
• Maximum Efficiency: >98%
• Communication Interface: EtherCAT, DS402, up to 4 kHz
• Safety Functions: STO/SBC according to SIL 3, PL e; optional Safe Motion module via FSoE
• Encoder Support: Up to two integrated absolute encoders plus external encoder interfaces
• Operating Temperature: 0 to 60 C ambient air; 0 to 70 C mounting surface

Tags

• Peer Group: Servo Drive Modules, Servo Drive
• Workflow: Industrial Motion Control, Robot Joint Actuation
• Capability: Servo Motion Control
• Stack Layer: Actuation Layer

Record / Articles

• 2026-06-16 - Article - Generative Bionics and the Humanoid Actuator Stack

Comparable Systems

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• ASDA-B3 Servo Drive - Delta Electronics, Inc. - Component Family
• EL8-EC1000F Servo Drive - Leadshine Technology - Component
• SV670 Servo Drive - Inovance Technology - Component