“It’s difficult for startups to succeed in the hardware and robotics spaces because R&D is very expensive. Iteration times are typically long and getting reliable, quality feedback from the field is a hard thing to do.”
RoboDeck is on a mission to enable people to fully enjoy their outdoor spaces without the frustration of dealing with maintenance. As deck owners, RoboDeck’s founders know the pain firsthand: deck maintenance is a labor-intensive and costly process, made worse by rising labor shortages. For commercial property managers especially, that translates to longer downtimes and revenue losses.
Knowing there had to be a better way, RoboDeck developed an automated deck maintenance robot that can map out, clean and stain, and report on the condition of deck spaces.
To operate effectively in outdoor environments, their robots needed to be robust, well-integrated, and accessible from anywhere. RoboDeck also sought to iterate faster on their proprietary technology for accurately navigating and maintaining deck spaces using custom sensors and SLAM algorithms.
To do that, RoboDeck looked for a robotics software platform that could:
“We use Viam for cloud observability, fleet management, and enabling our custom hardware to communicate with other parts of the connected world, whether that’s in the cloud or on our dual device.”
Viam’s modular and abstracted approach to robotics software made it easy for RoboDeck to create and use custom hardware components, and incorporate them quickly and comfortably into their machines.
With robots deployed at sites all around the world, the team also leverages Viam’s built-in fleet management to flexibly access and control robots as well as provide detailed analytics on customer usage.
“Time to market is crucial for companies like ours. Viam has dramatically cut down our iteration time, and through Viam APIs, we’ve also developed new workflows to onboard customers much faster than we have before.”
In shifting the decking industry from using traditionally reactive restoration methods to more frequently performing preventative maintenance, RoboDeck is helping to alleviate the rising labor shortages in the industry. It’s a win-win for everyone: utilizing robotics and automation helps property owners reduce costs while allowing service employees to focus on more productive tasks.
For the RoboDeck team, using Viam to iterate faster and manage their fleet goes further than simplifying the hardware and software aspects of their solution. Noam Rand, Co-Founder & CPO of RoboDeck, shares that “Viam is more than just a software partner, they’re a partner that’s with us for the long run.”
As RoboDeck scales their fleet of deck maintenance robots, they will continue using Viam to:
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“It’s difficult for startups to succeed in the hardware and robotics spaces because R&D is very expensive. Iteration times are typically long and getting reliable, quality feedback from the field is a hard thing to do.”
RoboDeck is on a mission to enable people to fully enjoy their outdoor spaces without the frustration of dealing with maintenance. As deck owners, RoboDeck’s founders know the pain firsthand: deck maintenance is a labor-intensive and costly process, made worse by rising labor shortages. For commercial property managers especially, that translates to longer downtimes and revenue losses.
Knowing there had to be a better way, RoboDeck developed an automated deck maintenance robot that can map out, clean and stain, and report on the condition of deck spaces.
To operate effectively in outdoor environments, their robots needed to be robust, well-integrated, and accessible from anywhere. RoboDeck also sought to iterate faster on their proprietary technology for accurately navigating and maintaining deck spaces using custom sensors and SLAM algorithms.
To do that, RoboDeck looked for a robotics software platform that could:
“We use Viam for cloud observability, fleet management, and enabling our custom hardware to communicate with other parts of the connected world, whether that’s in the cloud or on our dual device.”
Viam’s modular and abstracted approach to robotics software made it easy for RoboDeck to create and use custom hardware components, and incorporate them quickly and comfortably into their machines.
With robots deployed at sites all around the world, the team also leverages Viam’s built-in fleet management to flexibly access and control robots as well as provide detailed analytics on customer usage.
“Time to market is crucial for companies like ours. Viam has dramatically cut down our iteration time, and through Viam APIs, we’ve also developed new workflows to onboard customers much faster than we have before.”
In shifting the decking industry from using traditionally reactive restoration methods to more frequently performing preventative maintenance, RoboDeck is helping to alleviate the rising labor shortages in the industry. It’s a win-win for everyone: utilizing robotics and automation helps property owners reduce costs while allowing service employees to focus on more productive tasks.
For the RoboDeck team, using Viam to iterate faster and manage their fleet goes further than simplifying the hardware and software aspects of their solution. Noam Rand, Co-Founder & CPO of RoboDeck, shares that “Viam is more than just a software partner, they’re a partner that’s with us for the long run.”
As RoboDeck scales their fleet of deck maintenance robots, they will continue using Viam to:
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A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
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