Try Viam, no assembly required

Viam is a software platform that makes it easy to bring any smart machine idea to life: from paper, to prototype, to production, to scale.

Want to try Viam without any hardware setup? Take over a Viam Rover in our lab now!

TRY NOW

or scroll down to learn more!

An illustration showing the Viam app being used to control the Viam Rover in the Try Viam space.

How Viam works

Viam simplifies the software side of smart machines so you can focus on building something great instead of being slowed down by tools. Here’s how:

An illustration of a robot being configured through Viam

A prototyping dream

Use whatever hardware you want, configure components with ease, and iterate faster than ever before.

An illustration of software being developed using Viam SDK

Code how you like

Use any programming language you want for your smart machine and leverage native higher-level services like SLAM & Computer Vision.

An illustration of Viam managing global deployments

Go bigger with confidence

Scale effortlessly with secure fleet management, authentication, logging, permissioning, and more, all built in to the platform.

An illustration of robots sending data to Viam and Viam pushing updates out to those robots

Cloud ready

Seamlessly upload to the cloud and egress to your fleets to do more with your smart machine data.

Remotely control a rover in our lab

Click on "try" in Viam

Log into Viam and go to the TRY tab. (Don’t have a Viam account? Sign up here to easily create one.)

An illustration showing how to reserve a Viam rover

Reserve your slot

If no one’s using a Viam Rover, you’ll take over immediately. Otherwise, you’ll see an estimated time for the next slot, and we’ll send you an email when it’s your turn.

An illustration showing that you can now use Viam to control a rover in our lab.

Try Viam with a Viam Rover!

Play with a Viam Rover in our lab. Control, teleoperate, or program the rover to see how you can build a smart machine with Viam.

TRY viam

LEARN MORE →

Get your own Viam Rover

Enjoyed using a Viam Rover? You can get one for yourself! We designed the Viam Rover to be both cost-effective and extensible, supporting a broad range of use cases. Buy one pre-assembled or see the open-source design repo if you’d like to build your own.

See specs & order →

Subscribe to our developer newsletter and every month we’ll share the latest Viam releases, tutorials, and tips. No spam, we promise.

We will use the information you provide consistent with our Privacy Policy.