Humanoid Robots Are Reshaping Industry

Lattice FPGAs Help Enable Intelligence, Safety, and Control Across Humanoid Nodes

Built for the Humanoid Era

Humanoid robots are moving rapidly from the research lab to the factory floor and beyond, with the market projected to grow 30 to 40 percent annually through 2030. Yet they are hard to build. Unlike fixed industrial machinery, humanoids place extraordinary demands on the silicon inside them, requiring distributed intelligence, ultra-low power, functional safety, deterministic real-time control, and secure edge intelligence across dozens of mechanically dynamic nodes. Lattice low power FPGAs are purpose-built to meet these demands, scaling intelligence across the modern humanoid platform.

 

Key Features

Power Budget Per Joint
Power Budget Per Joint
Lattice FPGA fabric runs on less than 1 W, ideal for battery-powered, distributed control nodes.
Functional Safety Certification
Functional Safety Certification
The Lattice MachXO5-NX and Lattice CertusPro-NX FPGAs support FuSa to IEC 62061 (SIL 2/3) and ISO 13849 (PLd/PLe).
Heterogeneous Sensor Fusion
Heterogeneous Sensor Fusion
Lattice FPGA fabric connects cameras, Lidar, IMUs, and force/torque sensors in real time, with sub-microsecond latency.
Hard Real‑time Control Loops
Hard Real‑time Control Loops
Lattice FPGA-based control delivers deterministic loop timing below 500 ns.

Hardware Security
Hardware Security
The Lattice Sentry solution stack delivers Zero Trust supply chain protection, including secure boot, Root of Trust, and IP protection.
On‑robot AI Inference
On‑robot AI Inference
Run neural-network inference locally at milliwatt power levels, eliminating cloud latency and connectivity risks.
Real‑time Communication
Real‑time Communication
Achieve deterministic synchronization across distributed architectures with FPGA-based real-time fieldbus.
Companion Compute Role
Companion Compute Role
Lattice FPGAs free up host processors for AI and motion planning by handling real-time and interface tasks.

 

Where Lattice FPGAs Fit in a Humanoid Platform

Lattice FPGAs form the distributed intelligence layer that connects perception to action, bridging sensor data and host compute to enable seamless, real-time control.

SENSOR & PERCEPTION LAYER

Sensor Type                            Interface
RGB‑D Cameras  MIPI CSI‑2 / USB3 / Ethernet
Lidar / ToF  LVDS / SPI
IMU / F/T Sensor  SPI / I2C
Tactile Arrays  Parallel / SPI

 

LATTICE FPGA INTELLIGENCE LAYER

  Sensor Fusion Hub Edge AI Interference Safety Monitor
Lattice Device Lattice Avant / Lattice CertusPro-NX Lattice sensAI Lattice MachXO5-NX
Key Functions Protocol bridging, clock domain crossing, data aggregation,
Lattice mVision ISP
Gesture recognition, obstacle detection, anomaly classification IEC 62061 SIL2, ISO 13849 PLd, watchdog timer

 

HOST COMPUTE PLATFORM

  Central AI Processor Platform Security
Device GPU / NPU SoM, e.g., NVIDIA Jetson Orin Lattice Sentry
Key Functions Motion planning, high-level AI, locomotion control stack Secure boot, bitstream encrypt, Zero Trust

 

ACTUATOR & MOTION CONTROL LAYER

  Per-joint Node ×N Hand / End Effector Leg and Balance Fieldbus
Device Lattice Nexus / Lattice CertusPro-NX Lattice Nexus Lattice CertusPro-NX Lattice Automate
Key Functions PWM, encoder, current loop,
EtherCAT device
Multi-axis servo, haptic feedback, 
force sensing
Gait control, IMU fusion, 
real-time balance loop
EtherCAT, PROFINET, I/O-Link, 
CAN FD

 

CHOOSE THE RIGHT FPGA FOR EACH ROBOT SUBSYSTEM

Robot Subsystem Lattice Avant Lattice
CertusPro-NX
Lattice Nexus / 
Lattice MachXO5-NX
Key Benefits
Head / Perception Hub ✓ Primary High I/O count for multi-camera MIPI aggregation, ISP, and lidar interface
Torso AI & Fusion ✓ Primary ✓ Alt Lattice sensAI inference + sensor fusion at mid-range logic density
Arm Servo Controller ✓ Primary ✓ Alt Sub-500 ns PWM + encoder at <500 mW, multi-axis capable
Leg / Balance Control ✓ Primary Real-time gait loop with IMU fusion, EtherCAT device 
Safety Monitor (All Zones) ✓ Primary IEC 62061 SIL2, ISO 13849 PLd, instant-on watchdog, non-volatile configuration
Fieldbus Interface Node ✓ Primary ✓ Alt Lattice Automate, EtherCAT, PROFINET, I/O-Link — no external ASIC needed
Platform Security Root ✓ Alt ✓ Primary Lattice Sentry, NIST SP 800-193, secure boot, bitstream encryption

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Block Diagram

Lattice Avant FPGA Fabric for Humanoids

The Lattice Avant FPGA is the central control hub, performing sensor fusion, edge AI, and safety coordination through the Lattice sensAI and Lattice Automate solution stacks. Perception sits at the head, where a Lattice mVision pipeline processes vision and lidar inputs. Each arm is driven by a Lattice CertusPro-NX FPGA for servo and haptic control, while a Lattice MachXO5-NX FPGA provides dedicated safety and power management aligned to the IEC 62061 and ISO 13849 functional safety standards. The legs rely on Lattice Nexus FPGAs for gait and balance, connecting through EtherCAT and I/O-Link field interfaces for deterministic, real-time communication. Together, these nodes form a unified low power FPGA fabric operating at less than 1 W per node.

产品

Lattice Nexus 2

Lattice Nexus 2小型FPGA平台提供先进的互连、优化的功耗和性能以及领先的安全性。

Lattice Nexus

Lattice Nexus小型FPGA平台可实现低功耗、可靠的高性能设计。

Lattice Avant

Lattice Avant中端FPGA平台提供行业领先的25 Gbps SERDES、硬核PCIe®和外部存储PHY接口。

Lattice Avant-E

Lattice Avant-E FPGA拥有高逻辑密度、充足的DSP和嵌入式存储以及LPDDR4支持,可实现超低延迟、低功耗的AI处理,是视觉、机器人和工业自动化等实时网络边缘应用的理想之选。

Lattice CertusPro NX

Lattice CertusPro-NX FPGA针对网络边缘人工智能应用进行了优化,拥有多达100k逻辑单元、充足的片上存储器、多达156个DSP和低功耗特性,同时支持LPDDR4、PCIe Gen3和10G SERDES,使其成为传感器附近实时并行处理的理想选择,最大程度降低延迟。

Lattice CrossLink-NX

Lattice CrossLink-NX FPGA专为网络边缘人工智能应用而设计,提供高达40k逻辑单元、高内存逻辑比和低功耗特性,支持硬核或软件MIPI D-PHY、PCIe或USB 3.2接口选项,是嵌入式视觉和人工智能推理的理想之选。

Lattice iCE40 UltraPlus

Lattice iCE40 UltraPlus是超低功耗网络边缘AI应用的理想之选,具有多达5280个LUT、超低静态电流(75 µA)和软神经网络IP,可通过高效的模式匹配和AI推理实现始终在线的智能应用。

解决方案集合

Lattice mVision

The Lattice mVision solution stack includes everything embedded vision system designers need to evaluate, develop, and deploy FPGA-based embedded vision applications, such as machine vision, robotics, ADAS, video surveillance, and drones.

Lattice sensAI

Lattice sensAI解决方案集合加速了网络边缘灵活、低功耗推理的集成。它提供了评估、开发和部署基于FPGA的机器学习和人工智能解决方案所需的一切。

Lattice sensAI Studio

Lattice sensAI Studio是一个简化的、用户友好的开发环境,可毫不费力地将机器学习模型部署到莱迪思的低功耗FPGA平台上。利用Lattice sensAI Studio,开发人员可以使用预训练资产或他们自己的数据集,专门针对莱迪思FPGA训练、优化和部署人工智能模型。

Lattice sensAI™边缘视觉引擎

Lattice sensAI边缘视觉引擎为开发人员提供了先进的人工智能和机器学习能力,它具备复杂的计算机视觉功能,还有一个摄像头查看器,旨在实现高效的可视化。通过将计算机视觉和音频人工智能快速集成在莱迪思硬件和通用处理器上,大大加快了开发速度。

Lattice Sentry

Lattice Sentry is a software solution for platform firmware resiliency (PFR) Root of Trust, and Zero Trust security, enabling secure boot, authentication, and IP protection.

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FPGA for AI Acceleration

FPGA for AI Acceleration

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Date: April 2, 2026 (English) Watch Now

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Date: March 31, 2026 (English) Watch Now

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Single‑Chip EtherCAT® Motor Control on Lattice FPGAs

This demo showcases an integrated EtherCAT motor control solution implemented on a single Lattice FPGA, designed for real‑time motion control nodes in industrial automation systems. The design combines cyclic EtherCAT process data exchange with a deterministic field‑oriented control (FOC) motor control subsystem, delivering high‑dynamic performance with minimal latency. An embedded RISC‑V processor manages configuration and application control, while single‑chip integration consolidates EtherCAT communication, the FOC control loop, and encoder interfaces to reduce BOM, save board space, and improve system determinism.

Date: March 25, 2026 (English) Watch Now

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Date: March 25, 2026 (English) Watch Now

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