Technology
The Sondera inspection stack.
Sondera is an integrated NDE technology company. Four technology layers, sensing, edge and embedded computing, physics-informed intelligence, and inspection automation, form one architecture that carries a measurement from the physical world to an action.
The architecture
Four layers, one system.
Read the stack bottom-up: sensing captures the physical response of a structure, the edge layer acquires and computes on it in real time, intelligence turns it into engineering information, and automation turns that understanding into inspection actions. Information flows up the stack; decisions and scan commands flow back down.
This is what separates Sondera from an AI software company, which starts and ends at the intelligence layer, and from a traditional instrument company, which starts and ends at sensing. Sondera engineers the connections between the layers.
04Automation
Adaptive inspection · Decision support · Closed-loop systems
03Intelligence
Signal processing · Physics-informed AI · Uncertainty · Fusion
02Edge / Embedded
DAQ · FPGA · MCU / SoC · RTOS · Synchronization · Edge processing
01Sensing
THz · Ultrasound · Micro-CT · Guided waves · Future modalities
The Sondera stack, top of the stack acts on the world below it
The brand line, made technical
From signal to decision.
The phrase is the stack. Every Sondera capability lives at one of these four steps between a raw signal and a defensible decision.
Sensing
Capture the physical response.
Edge / Embedded
Acquire and compute in real time.
Intelligence
Understand the measurement.
Automation
Turn understanding into action.
Where each piece stands
What exists today, and what we are building.
We label maturity honestly. Active means operational inside Sondera today. In development means being built now. Research means demonstrated in the founding research but not yet productized. Roadmap means planned.
| Modality | Sensing | Edge / Embedded | Intelligence | Automation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THz-TDS | Active | In development | Active | Roadmap |
| Ultrasonic | Research | In development | Research | Roadmap |
| Micro-CT | Research | — | Research | Roadmap |
| Guided waves | Roadmap | Roadmap | Roadmap | Roadmap |
Where this is going
Not AI that analyzes inspections. Systems that conduct them.
The destination is intelligent, adaptive, and ultimately autonomous NDE systems for mission-critical assets. Every layer we build, and every service we deliver along the way, is a step on that path.