Technical guides
Short, specific guides to the decisions that actually change a robot deployment — each one written against the specifications we ship.
How to choose a commercial food delivery robot
Most restaurant robot projects fail on details that were visible in the spec sheet before the order: too few trays for the dinner rush, a runtime shorter than one service, or a turning radius wider than the aisle. This guide walks through the five decisions in the order they affect the result.
Read the guideRobot chassis vs AMR platform: key differences
The two terms are often used interchangeably in quotations, which is how projects end up buying a drive base and expecting a navigation stack. The difference is what arrives in the box — and therefore which engineering work stays with your team.
Read the guideWhat to check before buying an open-source mobile robot platform
An "open-source" robot platform can mean a documented ROS workspace with published packages, or a box with a USB port and an NDA. The six checks below separate the two before a purchase order, and most take one email to the supplier.
Read the guideHow to evaluate robot payload, runtime and navigation requirements
Three numbers decide whether a robot survives its first month: payload, runtime and navigation. All three are usually over-estimated in the tender and under-measured on site. Here is how to measure each one against your own operation.
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