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Sentinel Automata

US robotics firm Sentinel Automata makes joints for defense autonomy programs and commercial robot builders, designed to NDAA provenance requirements.

: Private company
: 2026

Sentinel Automata Website, Blog & Press Pages - aVenture Research

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ISAP-D45 — Hip and Knee Joint Actuator/isap
ISAP-D45: a backdrivable planetary joint built to the Unitree G1 7519's torque and speed. Scroll the assembly apart. 45 N·m continuous, 139 N·m peak, 191 rpm max, open EtherCAT. Production Lot 1 at $2,500 a joint.

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Actuators Are the Hard Part of Robotics/blog/actuators-are-the-hard-part-of-robotics
The demos make perception look like the frontier. In the real world, actuation is the quiet bottleneck — and domestic actuator capability is strategic.
Designed in the US Is Not Built in the US/blog/manufacturing-sovereignty-us-robotics
Three federal yardsticks define 'American-made' differently, and a design done in the US satisfies none of them. What a buyer of robotics hardware should ask.
DFARS 252.225-7052: A Sourcing Guide for Robotics Teams/blog/dfars-magnet-rule-robotics-sourcing-guide
From January 1, 2027, the DFARS magnet restriction reaches the whole supply chain, mine to magnet. A practitioner's guide to what it covers and what to ask suppliers now.
Embedded Compute Is the Other Bottleneck in Defense Autonomy/blog/embedded-compute-bottleneck-defense-autonomy
The model is rarely what stops a defense autonomy program now. The compute riding the vehicle is: power, heat, worst-case timing, and where the silicon came from.

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Order ISAP-D45 / D30/order
ISAP-D45 and ISAP-D30 backdrivable planetary joints: Production Lot 1 reserving at $2,500 per joint, dev kits $9,500 and evaluation pair (two dev kits) $14,500 on pre-order for Q1 2027, volume to $1,300.

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About Sentinel Automata/about
Sentinel Automata is a US robotics company building joint actuators, embedded compute and an open interface standard for autonomous machines. Founded in 2026 by Ian Daily, a Marine Corps veteran and attorney.

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ISAP-D45 and ISAP-D30: backdrivable planetary robot joints built to the Unitree G1 7519 torque and speed. Open EtherCAT, continuous torque published, one published price. Production Lot 1 at $2,500 a joint; dev kits $9,500. Designed for U.S. production.