Physical intelligence for humans and robots.

We redistribute pressure through geometry, not motors or power. Starting with the human foot.

Compliant lattice insole
The north star
The compliant layer between intelligence and the physical world.

One surface between every body and the world it moves through — human or robot.

The first problem we solve
Pressure is where the body fails first.

Every 20 seconds, a limb is lost. Foam concentrates force instead of spreading it, and nothing has changed in fifty years.

537M
Adults with diabetes
190M
Living with neuropathy
154K
US amputations per year
$1T+
Global healthcare cost
The first product

Protection against damage, fatigue, and failure.

Every interaction with the physical world creates stress.

Contact Stress concentrates Load spreads Redistributed
01 / Problem

Forces concentrate.

Localized stress creates the starting point for damage.

Damage Fatigue Failure
02 / Solution

We redistribute loads.

Our compliant structures spread forces across interconnected architectures.

A new generation of pressure-redistributing insoles.

GEOMETRIES
By Sunflower Robotics

Peak plantar pressure is where tissue breaks down first. Our adaptive insoles redistribute pressure through passive compliant geometry. No motors. No actuators. Nothing to charge, nothing to fail.

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Sunflower compliant lattice insole, side view
In the shoe

Not a render. A product.

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Sunflower Robotics stands ready to truly demonstrate that prevention pays.
Josh White, DPM · Medical Director, OrthoFeet
The level of thought and engineering is impressive. Their team is committed to making a meaningful difference in people’s lives.
Andrew Mulhall · Director of Business Operations, Skechers USA
A novel approach to pressure redistribution tailored to individuals with diabetic neuropathy.
Brian Lane, CPed · Sr. Education Director, Dr. Comfort
Engineering validation
Designed to redistribute.

Where foam concentrates load on one point, our geometry spreads it across the surface.

Validated in simulation and early bench testing.

The platform

Physical intelligence for every body.

We start with foot care, where pressure failure still costs a limb every 20 seconds, and extend the same geometry to prosthetics, sports, and humanoid robots.

Sunflower shape morphing insoles, top view
01 / Live

Diabetic foot care

Reimbursable therapeutic insoles. Comfort as prevention.

Side profile of two Sunflower insoles showing the graded hexagonal lattice geometry
02 / In development

Sports performance

Energy return through shape-morphing geometry. In conversation with leading footwear brands.

Sunflower humanoid sole, compliant lattice
03 / Shipping

Humanoid feet

The humanoid era needs soles. Samples shipping to OEMs now.

Sunflower compliant lattice structure
04 / Exploration

Hands & prosthetics

Fingertip stress breaks robotic hands. Socket pressure breaks prosthetic comfort. The architecture that protects a foot protects both.

Sunflower compliant sole for humanoid robots
Robotics

The Michelin for humanoid robots.

A compliant sole for robots that work in the world, not just on the lab floor.

Protect every step. Millions of load cycles reach the joints through the foot. The sole redistributes them before they arrive.

Move more efficiently. Compliant contact wastes less of every step, on flat ground and long before the terrain gets rough.

Model it, don't fight it. Intelligent geometry is hard to simulate, so bench characterization data ships with every sample: the contact layer fits a sim-to-real pipeline instead of breaking it.

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Partner program

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The lattice is visible by design. When your customers see the geometry, they see the protection working.

Two signed LOIs and pilots underway. Licensing discussions open with footwear brands and robotics OEMs.
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