Tools

Development Portal

Motorcortex.io is your central workspace to build, configure, and deploy advanced automation and robotics applications. Work directly from your browser or use your preferred IDE with C++ and CMake support.

Required: Portal Subscription

Portal

Motorcortex.io is your online environment to manage, build, and maintain all your automation software projects. Collaborate with your team and customers, create new applications or configurations, and deploy them directly to the machine.

  • Use pre-configured templates (Assets store)

    to jump-start your project with
    ready-made setups and frameworks.

  • Fetch logs, configurations, and updates

    back into the portal for continuous improvement.

  • Deploy your application to the controller

    directly from the cloud.

Tools

Grid

A UI builder for your dashboards and operator interfaces. Design visually and deploy instantly from your browser.

Desk

A real-time diagnostics and tuning environment.

View live machine data, adjust configurations, record logs, and plot signals — all remotely.

Ecat

A fast and intuitive EtherCAT device scanner.

Add devices, rename them, and link hardware I/O to software parameters with ease.

Portal combines project management, templates, and deployment workflows in one place
the starting point for every Motorcortex project.

A digital twin from day one

At the heart of Motorcortex is a digital twin of your robotic system.
This means your software, logic and interfaces behave the same — whether you’re simulating or running on a real machine.

Apps and Libraries

Embedded Software

While the development platform runs in your browser, the Motorcortex runtime runs on the machine itself. It is responsible for real-time control, motion execution and hardware interaction.

Every target controller requires a one-time hardware-bound runtime license. This license activates the MCX-Core along with all included applications, features and libraries relevant for your system.

Required: one-time hardware-bound runtime license


Contact us if you need help on selecting what components are required for your application.

Ready-to-use Application Templates:

Machine applications

Mobile platforms (AGVs / AMRs)

Robot applications

Fully custom applications

Target Machine

Hardware

A rugged, compact industrial computer built for edge computing, robotics, and advanced automation.

With extreme durability and customizable expandability, the MCX-IPC A4+ ensures reliable performance in the toughest environments.

Scaling with your system

Start with a simple setup — one controller, one motion axis, one interface.
As your system grows, you extend the same project with additional axes, sensors, logic and user interfaces.

Want to go deeper?

Detailed technical documentation, APIs and architecture details are available for software engineers who want full control.