Nerve by Lodi Robotics is the universal motor controller built for robotics teams who demand speed, precision, and absolute safety. Auto-detect any BLDC, stepper or servo. Go from unbox to full ROS2 integration in minutes.
Building robots is hard enough. Your motor controller shouldn't add to the pain. Nerve by Lodi Robotics eliminates every friction point — from wiring to deployment.
Nerve is engineered by Lodi Robotics to handle the hardest parts of motor control — so your team can focus on what makes your robot unique.
Nerve Studio web app guides you through every step. Drag-and-drop motor profiles, visual PID tuner, live telemetry. Free for everyone, forever.
Direct DDS communication — no wrappers, no bridges, no fragile middleware. Nerve speaks ROS2 natively from the firmware up.
Plug in any BLDC, stepper, or hobby servo. Nerve identifies motor parameters automatically — no datasheet required.
Send "move forward 0.5m" or "rotate joint 45°" — Nerve handles all trajectory planning and low-level execution transparently.
Chain 12+ Nerve boards on a single CAN-FD bus. Scale from one joint to a full humanoid robot with zero reconfiguration.
Adaptive control that learns your specific motor and load characteristics. Performance improves autonomously over every run cycle.
At Lodi Robotics, safety isn't a feature — it's our engineering philosophy. Every Nerve board ships with multi-layer hardware and firmware safeguards, because when your robot is operating in the real world, failure is not an option.
Dedicated safety MCU monitors overcurrent, overvoltage, overtemperature, and encoder faults in real time — completely independent of the main processor.
Our closed-source firmware embeds ISO-26262 ASIL-B inspired watchdog routines. Zero unauthorized code paths can compromise the safety envelope.
All CAN-FD and USB frames are authenticated. Replay attacks, spoofed commands, and bus injection are rejected at the hardware level.
Nerve Studio streams live diagnostics with sub-millisecond resolution. Faults trigger visual and audio alerts — and controlled shutdowns — before damage occurs.
From research labs to production floors, Nerve by Lodi Robotics powers the full spectrum of modern robotics platforms.
Full CAN-FD daisy chain with 12 Nerve boards. Synchronized gait control, terrain adaptation, and emergency stop in <2ms.
6-axis precision control with sub-0.1mm repeatability. Nerve's high-level commands translate workspace coordinates to joint angles instantly.
Autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, and sensor fusion. Nerve integrates directly with Nav2 for production-ready mobile robots.
| Processor | STM32G4 series (ARM Cortex-M4) |
| Continuous current | 10A (peak 20A) |
| Motor types | BLDC (FOC), Stepper, Servo |
| Interfaces | USB-C, CAN-FD, EtherCAT (opt.) |
| Encoders | ABZ, SPI absolute, magnetic |
| Board size | 50mm × 50mm |
| Supply voltage | 12–48V DC |
| Control loop | 20 kHz FOC, <50µs latency |
| Safety MCU | Dedicated, independent |
| Communication auth | HMAC-SHA256 frame signing |
| Firmware | Proprietary (Lodi Robotics) |
| Software stack | Free — Nerve Studio, Python SDK, ROS2 |
Hundreds of engineers, researchers, and founders have joined the Nerve waitlist. Here's what they're saying.
"Our team wasted 3 weeks integrating separate motor drivers for our last project. Nerve's auto-detection and ROS2 native stack would have cut that to a single afternoon. Signed up immediately."
"Native ROS2 without wrappers — this alone is worth it. Every wrapper I've ever used broke during a DDS update. The Lodi Robotics team clearly understands what researchers actually need."
"The CAN-FD daisy chain architecture is exactly what we needed for our 12-DOF arm. Safety interlocks built in, not bolted on. This is hardware designed by people who actually build robots."
"Auto motor detection saves 2–3 hours per robot build. Multiply that across a production line and the value is transformative. The AI auto-tuning on top of that? Incredible."
"Safety-grade firmware in a modular 50×50mm package — I didn't think this was possible at this price point. The robotics startup space has been missing this for years."
"ROS2 native, no-code setup, AI auto-tuning — and it comes from a team that actually builds robots. Nerve is the motor controller we've been waiting for. Already reserved units for our fleet."
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