Robot Platform
The robotics industry is a mess of incompatible systems, proprietary interfaces, and reinvented wheels. Every company builds their own stack from scratch, repeating the same mistakes and solving the same problems.
Menlo’s Robotics Platform combines the flexibility of ROS with the accessibility of consumer platforms like Android.
Supporting robotics infrastructure
The current approach forces impossible choices:
- Use a closed system that works but locks you in
- Build your own stack and waste years on infrastructure
- Cobble together open-source tools that barely integrate
Our platform is going to eliminate these false choices:
- One API that works across any robot
- Intelligence that runs anywhere (edge, cloud, or hybrid)
- Tools that scale from solo developers to enterprise fleets
- No vendor lock-in, no PhD required
Deployment anywhere
Robot intelligence should run wherever it’s needed, not where it’s convenient for developers:
- Local deployment - Full intelligence on the robot itself
- Cloud capabilities - Access advanced models when connectivity is available
- Hybrid operation - Seamlessly transition between local and cloud processing
- Offline-first design - Never lose functionality due to connectivity issues
Fleet management that matters
Robots are most valuable when they operate as coordinated fleets, not isolated units:
- Monitor all robots through a single interface
- Control and assist robots from anywhere
- Understand performance across your fleet
- Roll out intelligence updates seamlessly
- Identify and address issues before they become problems
Controlling any robot
Interacting with robots shouldn’t require specialized knowledge:
- Natural language control - Direct robots through conversation
- Universal controller support - Use any joystick, gamepad, or even your phone
- Gesture recognition - Intuitive physical interaction
- Teleoperation to autonomy - Start with direct control, evolve to intelligence
- Customizable interfaces - Adapt the control experience to your needs
Open ecosystem, closed loops
Controlling robots today requires specialized interfaces for each machine, task, and environment. This complexity has kept robotics trapped in research labs and factories.
We’re fixing this with interfaces anyone can use:
- Natural language control: Tell it what to do in plain English
- Universal controller support: Any joystick, gamepad, or phone
- Progressive autonomy: From direct control to full intelligence
- Unified interface: Same tools for all robots, all tasks
The current fragmented approach to robotics has held back the entire field. Companies spend 90% of their time reinventing basic infrastructure and 10% solving actual problems.
We’re inverting this equation. By providing the platform that handles the fundamentals, we enable developers to focus on what matters: creating robots that actually do useful things in the real world.