Partnership vision Robot integrations are proposed development work.

The future moves. People stay in control.

AI is moving from screens into the physical world: humanoids, factory machines, warehouse robots, and civilian drones. Our long-term vision is an open layer that helps people understand their actions, set boundaries, and intervene when needed.

Explore proposed features and examples

Built with manufacturers. Designed around the people who use their machines.

AI-generated concept of a humanoid robot and a researcher in a supervised home lab

Humanoid robots

Understand intentions, permissions, and human handover in shared spaces.

AI-generated concept of an industrial arm inside a safety enclosure with an engineer outside

Industrial robots

Connect AI instructions to approvals, machine state, and operator evidence.

AI-generated concept of a warehouse mobile robot carrying parcels with a supervisor in a separate pedestrian lane

Logistics robots

Follow autonomous goods movement, operator handovers, and task outcomes across the warehouse.

AI-generated concept of a civilian inspection drone at a coastal wind farm with a ground operator

Drones

Make missions accountable, with clear boundaries and flight-aware intervention.

AI-generated concept art made with fal.ai. Proposed use case, not a product demonstration.

Confidence starts with answers people can see.

What is the robot trying to do? Who allowed it? What happened? How can a person intervene? We want those answers to be understandable to a plant manager, a field operator, or a household.

For manufacturers, that could mean clearer demonstrations, easier operational reviews, and stronger conversations with prospective customers. We want to learn where independent evidence actually helps adoption.

From an AI request to a physical result.

Robot platforms already monitor machines and coordinate work. We want to connect that view to the AI application, the person who authorized the task, and an evidence record the operator controls.

Proposed features to develop with manufacturers. These examples are illustrative, not available robot controls.

See the intended task

Connect a person's request to the AI's declared plan, target, and next requested action.

Example: a part moves to inspection

An AI requests a pick-and-place task. The record would show the initiating application, selected arm, object, destination, and next command before delivery, where the integration exposes them.

Needs task and planner events. Joint measurements alone cannot reveal intent or hidden reasoning.

Explore industrial workflows

Approve the action that will run

Explore permissions tied to a specific task, destination, and period of time.

Example: the destination changes

An operator approves delivery to the inspection tray. If the AI changes the destination, the earlier approval would no longer authorize the revised command. The application would request a new decision before forwarding it.

Needs an agreed command gate that covers the controlled path. Observation after execution cannot block an action.

Compare the request with the result

Keep a proposed action, controller acceptance, and measured outcome visibly separate.

Example: a warehouse handover is uncertain

A mobile robot accepts a delivery task, then stops reporting. The operator would see the last observation time and an unknown outcome. Acceptance would not be presented as arrival or successful handover.

Needs source timestamps, task status, and relevant measurements. Missing or stale data stays unknown.

Explore warehouse workflows

Follow an intervention through

Record who requested a pause, the controller's response, and the state reported afterward.

Example: a humanoid is carrying a tray

A person requests a pause. The maker's controller manages balance and the load. The proposed record would distinguish request sent, accepted or rejected, state confirmed or unknown, and any later authorized resume.

Needs model-specific interfaces and validation. An acknowledgement does not establish a safe stop. Local safety remains authoritative.

Explore humanoid handovers

Keep evidence the operator owns

Explore a local, exportable history of requests, approvals, robot reports, and evidence gaps.

Example: review an unexpected movement

An incident review would bring together the approved task, application and controller versions, reported motion, timestamps, and missing observations. The operator could compare that record with the manufacturer's logs.

Retention and export rights must be agreed. Tamper evidence can reveal later record changes; it cannot prove a sensor report was true.

Follow a task across systems

Use a common task record across software agents and separately validated robot integrations.

Example: an inspection becomes maintenance work

A civilian inspection drone reports an issue. A software agent proposes a maintenance job. The operator could trace the observation, review, and approved follow-up without treating the agent's suggestion as permission to launch another mission.

Needs shared task references and an adapter for each supported system. Existing fleet software, navigation, and flight safety keep their roles.

Explore civilian inspection missions

One task. Different kinds of evidence.

Illustrative task record. No robot is connected, and no command is sent.

  1. Requested

    Move the part to the inspection tray.

  2. Authorized

    The operator approves this task and destination.

  3. Controller accepted

    The controller reports that it accepted the command.

  4. Outcome unknown

    Observations stopped before placement was confirmed.

A readable record should show what is known, where it came from, and what still needs checking.

Begin with read-only observation of one supervised workflow. Evaluate approval gates and intervention only after reviewing the evidence with the manufacturer and operator.

Discuss a workflow for a pilot

An open layer, built with robot makers.

Our proposal is a shared way to describe tasks, permissions, approvals, and outcomes across manufacturers. Operators could get an independent view while each robot keeps its own local control and safety systems.

Read the founding story and watch the vision video

Proposed responsibilities

People and operating rules

Intent, permissions, and approval

ClawMetry observation and governance

Activity evidence and authorized requests

Manufacturer’s robot controller

Motion, local safety, and confirmed state

Local emergency stops and safety systems stay independent of the observer and cloud.

A real way to intervene.

The right response depends on the robot.

A factory arm, a balancing humanoid, and a drone cannot all stop in the same way. Our proposed layer would request an authorized intervention and show the response. The manufacturer’s local safety systems and physical emergency stops remain authoritative.

ClawMetry is not a safety-rated emergency-stop system. Robot support would need manufacturer integration and validation for the specific use case.

Start in simulation. Validate on the machine.

A public SDK or simulator gives us a practical place to begin. We want to develop against the manufacturer’s supported interfaces, then validate the same integration with their team on a specific physical robot.

  1. Connect to the supported interface

    Agree which SDK, API, or robot events expose tasks, state, permissions, and operator actions. Begin with observation and record what the interface cannot tell us.

  2. Test a real simulator workflow

    Run normal work and interruptions. Compare recorded requests with simulator feedback, including disconnects and delayed acknowledgements. Keep simulated results clearly identified.

  3. Validate with the robot maker

    Test the selected model and software version under supervision. Check timing, sensors, physical loads, safety behavior, and recovery before describing hardware support as available.

Working in simulation does not establish physical-device compatibility or safety certification. Each manufacturer, model, and deployment needs validation.

Public development environments we are evaluating

Robotnik ROS 2 simulation Reachy 2 SDK and simulation

These are manufacturer resources, not announced ClawMetry integrations or partnerships.

Start by observing. Build trust step by step.

Choose one supervised workflow. Agree what to record and what to keep private. Compare observations with the robot’s own state. Only then evaluate permissions and intervention through supported interfaces, with the manufacturer and operator involved.

Let’s make safe AI together.

We are looking for robot makers, integrators, and operators who want to build trust into the way their machines work. Invite us to your lab, factory, or test site. We will listen first, learn the workflow, and scope a useful pilot together.

A practical first conversation

  1. Show us one real workflow and the people responsible for it.
  2. Choose the evidence, boundaries, and intervention we should study.
  3. Agree a small supervised pilot and how we would judge the result.

An invitation to collaborate, with no claim of an existing robot partnership.