AI-driven electrical machine design

One agent.
Every stage.

From one sentence to a motor design. The engineer approves every gate.

Work with us

Supported by

University of Nottingham Innovate UK

How it works

From one sentence to a verified design.

  1. The engineer approves the specification
    01

    Describe

    One sentence starts the design.

  2. Unit machines scaled from the design-data platform
    02

    Design

    Candidates grow from validated unit machines.

  3. Three candidates solved in Ansys Motor-CAD
    03

    Verify

    Your own solvers check every candidate.

The 10 kW prototype with measured and predicted back-EMF

Progress

Where we are

  • Sentence to preliminary design

    Running today, with live solver calls.

  • 10 kW prototype

    Bench-tested at Nottingham.

  • Customer discovery

    Innovate UK ICURe, 2025–26.

Why Nottingham

Fifteen years of aerospace electrical machines.

Motor Agent comes from the PEMC Research Institute at the University of Nottingham.

  1. 2011AEGART
  2. 2017ACHIEVE
  3. 2018IGNITE
  4. 2023NEWBORN

100,000+FEA-evaluated designs

20 MWtest facility

The PEMC Research Institute building

Team

The people behind Motor Agent

  • Prof. Tao Yang

    Prof. Tao Yang

    Principal Investigator

    LinkedIn
  • Yiwei Wang

    Yiwei Wang

    Entrepreneurial Lead

    LinkedIn
  • Dr Sarah Newman

    Dr Sarah Newman

    Technology Transfer Officer

    LinkedIn
  • David Porter

    David Porter

    Business Advisor

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Team: Xinjie Chen, Rahul Ravi, Yanzheng Liu, Yifan Yang

Work with us

Build the next stage with us.

  • Run a pilot on a real motor spec.
  • Plug your tools into the workflow.
  • Invest in Motor Agent.

contact@motorai.uk