SONA Robotics

SOCIAL ROBOTICS

Robots that movein harmonywith people.

Sona Robotics builds social interaction, autonomous transport and robotics education platforms for institutions — machines that raise service quality, ease daily operations and move in harmony with the people around them.

Meet the robotsWhat we do

2023

Founded

3

Robot platforms

ROS 2

Across every platform

WHAT WE DO

Bringing technology to society.

Social robots that talk with people, autonomous systems that carry the routine, and education platforms that inspire the next generation — three complementary steps of one digital-transformation journey, raising operational efficiency and user satisfaction.

THE ROBOT'S PATHA HUMAN'S PATH
They meet. Nobody breaks stride.

01 · Interact

Robots that communicate naturally.

Valease helps carry personal belongings while providing accompaniment and wayfinding inside a facility — improving the experience in busy places like hospitals, airports and public institutions.

02 · Carry

Autonomous systems for routine transport.

Asal moves documents, equipment and materials safely between set points. It reduces staff workload and integrates with smart-building applications.

03 · Teach

Platforms that inspire future engineers.

EduRob teaches robotics, AI and programming on real hardware. Built from standard components, it stays easy and inexpensive to maintain.

PLATFORM

One temperament, three bodies

Every Sona platform is designed on the same principles — layered sensing, social navigation and modular hardware.

  • Senses

    Layered sensing architecture

    LiDAR planes at different heights, stereo depth cameras and an ultrasonic ring build a live picture of the environment — and of the people in it.

    270°

    Safety LiDAR coverage

  • Plans

    Social navigation

    Personal distance is written into every route's cost: the robot approaches through social space, waits when it should, gives way when it should — the 1.2 m boundary is never violated.

    1.2 m

    Personal-distance boundary

  • Interacts

    Natural human-robot interaction

    A two-degree-of-freedom head, a face display and large-language-model integration make attention, orientation and dialogue feel realistic.

    2 DOF

    Moving head (Valease)

  • Carries

    Safe, capable drive

    IP65-protected 800 W hub motors, 60 N·m peak torque and precise encoders — smooth, quiet motion under load and among crowds.

    60 kg

    Payload (Valease)

PROXEMICS

The instrument we tune

Edward T. Hall mapped the invisible bubbles people keep around themselves. Our planner treats them as terrain — real boundaries with real costs.

3.6 m1.2 m0.45 mSONAYou
  • Public — beyond 3.6 m. Free driving; the smooth global route is planned out here.
  • Social — 1.2 to 3.6 m. The approach lane; intent is signalled early and speed comes off.
  • Personal — 0.45 to 1.2 m. The working edge; entered only with purpose, and where the robot settles.
  • Intimate — under 0.45 m. Uninvited entry is a planning failure, never a shortcut.

Every SONA robot approaches through social space, settles at the edge of personal distance and treats the intimate zone as a wall — the difference between a machine that arrives and one that intrudes.

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THE FAMILY

Three robots, one temperament

Different jobs, the same principles — from accompaniment to logistics, from logistics to education.

In development

Valease

Social Companion Robot

Carries your belongings and walks beside you — designed for airports.

60 kg

Payload

270°

Safety LiDAR coverage

Meet Valease

In development

Asal

Autonomous Transport Robot

Quietly takes over in-building fetch and carry.

360°

LiDAR coverage

35 kg

Body weight

Meet Asal

In development

EduRob

Education & Research Platform

A compact platform that teaches robotics on real hardware.

360°

LiDAR scanning

3.5 kg

Body weight

Meet EduRob

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Let's shape the future together.

With social robots, autonomous systems and education platforms, we're beside you on the digital-transformation journey.

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