CORTICAL ROBOTICS

Hierarchical Cognitive Orchestration

One Brain. Any Robot. Every Mission.

The world's first cognitive robotics platform that transforms natural language commands into autonomously executed, deterministically safe, multi-robot missions across air, ground, sea, and underwater domains.

Washington, D.C. Area, USA  |  Madrid, Spain, EU
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The Problem with Today's Autonomous Systems

Current approaches leave critical gaps unacceptable for defense and safety-critical operations.

Black-Box AI

End-to-end learned systems cannot explain their decisions. No audit trail. No certification pathway. Unacceptable for defense operations.

Manual Teleoperation

One operator per robot. Doesn't scale. Human fatigue causes errors. Not viable for complex multi-domain operations.

No Safety Guarantees

Most systems lack formal safety validation. Plans execute without exhaustive verification of all possible outcomes.

Cortical Robotics solves all three. Explainable decisions, scalable multi-robot coordination, and mathematically verified safety guarantees — for every plan, across every possible outcome.

Three Cognitive Layers

Joint All-Domain Command & Control Cognitive Platform (JADC3P) — translating operator intent into safe, verified multi-robot execution through a hierarchical cognitive architecture.

Operator

"Patrol the northern perimeter and secure entry points" — natural language, zero programming

Mission Cognitive Engine

The Strategic Mind — decomposes intent into multi-domain mission plans

Strategic Layer

Translates a single human command into a fully coordinated fleet mission. Decomposes strategic objectives, assigns robot teams, manages real-time amendments, and continuously re-plans as the situation evolves.

Mission DecompositionFleet CompositionReal-Time Re-planningMulti-Domain Coordination
3-Tier Safety Gate
Every plan verified before delegation
Mission orders decomposed into tactical tasks

Team & Fleet Leader

The Tactical Commander — coordinates robot teams with battle-tested procedures

Tactical Layer

Manages teams of 3-7 robots per group. Applies Standard Operating Procedures for known missions. Novel or unprecedented situations are automatically escalated through the Safety Gate for full verification before any robot acts.

Standard Operating ProceduresSituation AwarenessTactical AutonomyDynamic Team Formation
3-Tier Safety Gate
Novel situations fully validated
Tactical tasks assigned to individual robot cognitive engines

Asset Cognitive Engines

The Autonomous Brain — one per robot, each powered by the Imagination Engine

Execution Layer

Every robot carries its own Cognitive Engine. Each one autonomously generates executable plans, validates every action through the Imagination Engine, and executes with deterministic, provable safety — even when communications are denied.

Autonomous PlanningImagination Engine VerificationSkill ExecutionComms-Denied Operation
Imagination Engine
Every outcome explored before execution
Verified skill commands sent to hardware — zero IP on-device

Multi-Embodiment Hardware Layer

Pure execution — any robot platform, any domain, any manufacturer

Physical Layer

No sensitive IP resides on hardware. Robots execute verified skill commands through the Hardware Abstraction Layer. Swap any robot, any manufacturer — the cognitive architecture adapts instantly.

Drone
Fixed-Wing
UGV
Quadruped
Humanoid
Surface Vessel
Submarine

The operator says WHAT. The system figures out HOW. The Imagination Engine guarantees it's SAFE. Every layer independently validates safety before passing commands down.

The Imagination Engine

Every plan verified. Every outcome explored. Before any robot moves.

1
Structural Validation

Validates the mathematical structure of every proposed plan. Ensures syntactic correctness, enforces node rules, and prevents infinite execution loops.

Is the plan well-formed?
2
Exhaustive Path Exploration

Simulates ALL possible execution outcomes — not just the happy path. Every branch, every failure mode, every edge case is explored and evaluated.

Goal PredicatesDid we solve the problem correctly?
Safety PredicatesDid we solve it safely?
NATO STANAGMIL-STDEASAISO
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Authority Validation

Final validation gate with human-in-the-loop confirmation for critical decisions. The operator retains ultimate authority over mission execution.

Human-in-the-loop

The LLM is NEVER the decision-maker. It is always the proposer. Every proposal is validated deterministically before any robot executes.

Three Independent Safety Layers

Mission breaks before safety does. Every cognitive layer independently validates safety — inspired by financial controls, nuclear C2, and aviation safety systems.

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MCE Safety Gate

Strategic Level

Three-tier Maker-Checker validation: Deterministic Core checks, Strategic Wargaming simulation, and Authority Gate for human confirmation.

  • Battery threshold validation
  • Geofence enforcement
  • Asset separation checks
  • Span of control limits
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TFL Safety Gate

Tactical Level

SOP compliance for known mission types ensures deterministic safety. Novel proposals go through full three-tier validation.

  • SOP compliance verification
  • Battle drill validation
  • Novel mission gate
  • Situation assessment
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ACE + Imagination Engine

Execution Level

Exhaustive path simulation of every Behavior Tree. Per-embodiment Minimal Risk Conditions ensure safe fallback in any scenario.

  • 100% path exploration
  • Goal predicate scoring
  • Safety predicate injection
  • Minimal Risk Conditions

Safety Predicate Injection: Embed compliance with any safety standard — NATO STANAG, MIL-STD, EASA, ISO — directly into mission planning and validation. Configurable per mission type.

7 Embodiment Types. 55+ Skills. One Platform.

Coordinate heterogeneous autonomous assets across air, ground, sea, and underwater domains — all from a single operator console.

Quadrotor Drone
ISR, Surveillance, Mapping
Fixed-Wing UAV
Long-range Recon
Wheeled UGV
Patrol, Logistics
Quadruped
Rough Terrain, Indoor
Humanoid
Complex Manipulation
Surface Vessel
Maritime Patrol
Underwater
Subsea Inspection
Mission Types
ISR — Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance SAR — Search and Rescue HAZMAT / EOD Delivery & Logistics Infrastructure Inspection Multi-Phase Complex Operations

Why Cortical Robotics

How our compositional cognitive architecture compares to alternative approaches.

Capability Black-Box AI Teleoperation Cortical Robotics
Plan ValidationHuman approval onlyN/A — manual control100% automated IE validation
Safety ComplianceNot verifiableManual adherenceFormal predicate injection
ExplainabilityOpaqueN/AFull decision audit trail
Multi-Robot CoordinationLimitedOne-to-oneHierarchical MCE/TFL/ACE
Certification PathwayNo pathwayN/AV-Model, MIL-STD aligned
Adaptive ReplanningModel-dependentHuman-dependentFormal replanning + IE re-validation
Multi-EmbodimentPlatform-specificPlatform-specific7 types via ME-HAL

CORTICAL JADC3P Demonstration

Demo Capabilities
  • 19 heterogeneous assets in 3D tactical environment
  • Real-time mission execution with transparent decisions
  • Multi-domain coordination: air, ground, maritime
  • Live safety gate visualization
  • Natural language command interface
  • Adaptive replanning demonstration
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7Embodiment Types
55+Primitive Skills
4,700+Automated Tests
125Mission Catalog
<100msSafety Gate Latency

The Cognitive Engine for Any Robot

One brain for any robot. No reprogramming. No hardware changes. In weeks, not years.

World Representation

Semantic 3D perception and environmental understanding through the Temporal Knowledge Graph.

Planning & Reasoning

Autonomous task decomposition and execution via natural language commands and cognitive reasoning.

Skills Library

55+ reusable, composable primitive skills with typed interfaces and pre/post conditions.

Hardware Abstraction

Multi-Embodiment Hardware Abstraction Layer integrates with any robot platform — industrial arms, AMRs, drones, humanoids.

Safety-Critical Architecture

Every plan verified by the Imagination Engine. ISO and industry safety standard compliance built-in.

Plans & Pricing

Industrial integration pricing. For Defense & Civil programs, contact us for a tailored solution.

Defense & Civil Programs

Custom CORTICAL JADC3P deployment. Multi-domain coordination. Safety-certified architecture. On-premise and air-gapped options available.

Contact for Programs

Industrial Integration

For companies operating robot fleets that want cognitive intelligence without building it themselves.

Starter

Small teams starting with cognitive robotics.

€25,000
one-time integration
€6,000/robot/year

  • ✓ Up to 5 robots
  • ✓ Basic cognitive layer
  • ✓ Cloud dashboard
  • ✓ Email support
Enterprise

Large-scale industrial and global deployments.

€150,000
one-time integration
Custom /robot/year

  • ✓ Custom architecture
  • ✓ MES/ERP/SCADA integration
  • ✓ On-premise / air-gapped
  • ✓ 24/7 dedicated support

For robot manufacturers who want to embed cognitive intelligence into their products.

Layer 1
Cortical Core

Navigation, obstacle avoidance, local planning. No cloud dependency.

€2,500
/unit perpetual license
  • ✓ Embedded in robot price
  • ✓ No cloud dependency
  • ✓ No subscription for end user
Layer 3
Cortical Enterprise

Full cognitive suite, on-premise. Air-gapped, manual updates for critical environments.

€8,500
perpetual + €4K/yr maintenance
  • ✓ Zero connectivity dependency
  • ✓ Defense/mining grade security
  • ✓ Controlled manual updates

The Team

The unfair advantage: a team you can't replicate.

Munir Jojo-Verge
Munir Jojo-Verge

Founder & CEO

+20 years in Autonomous Systems, Robotics & AI

Chief architect of CORTICAL JADC3P. Previously at NASA JPL, Disney Imagineering, Amazon Robotics, and MITRE. Patent holder in autonomous decision-making systems.

Board of Advisors

🇺🇸 United States

Shawn Shaffert
Shawn Shaffert, PhD

VP Decision Intelligence

+25 years Autonomous Systems

MIT GreyOrange Vecna Robotics

Ex-CTO · Co-Founder NeoCybernetica

Robert Pack
Robert Pack, PhD

Chief Robotic Architect

+25 years Robotic Architecture

Amazon Robotics iRobot Jibo

Principal Engineer · Pioneer in home robotics

Alexander Stimpson
Alexander Stimpson, PhD

AI Chief Scientist

+22 years Robotics & AI

MIT Duke University VTG

Co-Founder Autonometrics · Researcher

🇪🇺 Europe

Eduardo Araujo Betancor
Eduardo Araujo Betancor

Communications & Marketing

+31 years Corporate Comms

TVE Cadena SER COPE

Institutional communication strategist

Jorge Sánchez-Capuchino
Jorge Sánchez-Capuchino, PhD

Optics & Business Development

+25 years Optical Physics

Sagittal Optics PhD Physics

Co-Founder & CEO · Optics expert

Roberto García-Álvarez
Roberto García-Álvarez, PhD

Medical Imaging & Robotics

+25 years Medical Imaging

2PIROB Consulting PhD Medical Physics

CEO · 3D robotic printing expert

Lilia Granell
Lilia Granell, MSc

Energy & Business Development

+25 years Energy Sector

CERCAN ReCap Solar MSc Physics

Manager · Renewable energy

Juan L. Arencibia
Juan L. Arencibia, MBA

Business Consultant

+20 years Business Consulting

Cámara de Comercio MBA

+17 years in business development

+200 years of combined experience in autonomous systems, robotics, and AI.

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