Making it radically simple to automate any off-highway vehicle.
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Joined April 2022
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Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
For teams deploying robot fleets in the field, @PolymathRobots built two field‑proven tools that cut friction from fleet autonomy: secure live telemetry and point‑and‑click route planning from anywhere — right inside Foxglove.
Firstly: a secure, browser-based way to share live robot data using Tailscale Funnel + Foxglove. Share read-only, short-lived HTTPS/WSS links to Foxglove dashboards on any device — no client VPN required — with access you can gate, trigger, and revoke via API.
Secondly: a visual route-planning panel that talks directly to ROS services. Build routes as node-and-edge graphs, render plans in 3D alongside lidar, GPS, and maps, and publish through your existing ROS services — all in one interface for faster demos and tighter debug loops. (see the relevant point in the video: hubs.li/Q04bWR9B0).
#Robotics #Foxglove #FleetManagement #Autonomy #ROS #Tailscale
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
ROSCon is packed with top luminaries in the field of robotics from companies like @dexoryHQ, @BoschGlobal, @PolymathRobots, @Canonical, @NVIDIARobotics, @Dronecode, @zettascaletech, @rai_inst, @IntrinsicAI, & @sony.
To purchase your tickets, visit:
roscon.ros.org/2025/
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
ROS By-The-Bay Meetup on Wednesday night with our friends at @PolymathRobots:
meetup.com/ros-by-the-bay/ev…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
Looking for an @nvidia GTC after party?
We're collaborating with @svrobo and @circuitlaunch to organize a #ROS themed after party!
Our colleague Emerson Knapp from @PolymathRobots will speaking along with a special guest.
📅Tuesday, March 18th, 6-9pm at Circuit Launch
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Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
The Polymath crew is doing real robotics work for customers who actually pay them.
If you are sick of the Silicon Valley hype and actually want to build stuff that matters this podcast is worth a listen.
Automate It is now a video podcast! Catch our newest episode about CES 2025 at the links below:
YouTube: youtu.be/Sj1QZy2Ngt4?si=ML49…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Qt…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
My read of and guess for the cutting edge of robotics in industry:
* 2005-2015: indoor mobile in semi-structured env (@FetchRobotics)
* 2015-2030: outdoor mobile in semi-structured env (@PolymathRobots,@sheeprobotics)
* 2020-2035: indoor robot arms in semi-structured env (@ChefRobotics)
What do you think?
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
A new trend in robotics:
Selling software to solve a specific robotics problem.
This is a great for startups: you can focus on market fit, not undifferentiating technology.
A great example is @PolymathRobots for autonomous navigation.
What other companies are doing this?
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
🚨 New episode 🚨
(This time with working time codes!)
Easy Autonomous Navigation for Industrial Vehicles: Because People Keep Asking for It
"Can I pay you to automate this?"
Stefan Seltz-Axmacher kept getting asked the same question about automating industrial vehicles, so he co-founded Polymath Robotics.
You'll like this interview if you're interested in the challenges and opportunities for mobile robots in industrial spaces.
With Stefan Seltz-Axmacher and Ilia Baranov from @PolymathRobots.
Timecodes
0:00 Start
02:47 Introducing Stefan, Ilia, and Polymath Robotics
04:33 Let's stop reinventing the wheel
23:11 Is your code open-source?
26:34 Why focus on mobile robots?
29:20 Stefan's experience starting Starsky Robotics
33:45 A good task to automate - and not get lit on fire
36:29 Integrating with sensors
39:15 Approaching the problem from another side than most robotics startups
42:57 Ambitions for Polymath Robotics
47:58 Running a different kind of business with fewer hats
50:22 Stefan's bank run t-shirt campaign
54:30 How Polymath plans to grow
57:14 How Polymath uses machine learning
1:01:30 Big and expensive vehicles are easier to automate?
1:07:45 Thoughts on AI and Machine Learning
1:15:40 Making safety-certified systems
1:27:12 Live demo!
1:31:52 Web tools and robotics
1:38:57 Automate It podcast
1:49:57 Advice for getting involved in robotics
1:54:27 Stefan's former startup experience and path to Polymath
2:00:54 Thoughts on side projects
2:04:50 What Stefan and Ilia are excited about in robotics
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
It's time to admit it ... GPS data is NOISY! And that noise can wreck your localization and path planning.
That's why customers are using our GPS Fusion module to get smoother, more accurate location data for their autonomous off-highway vehicles.
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
On Ep 29 of Automate It, Stefan & Ilia break down why it's important for robotics systems to be modular
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
Remote operation via @PolymathRobots at #samsarabeyond @LoriDitoro
Can issue commands over Samsara platform. – at Austin, TX
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
🎉The June ROS By-The-Bay has been announced!
📅 June 22nd, 2023
⏲️ 6-9pm PST
🗺️ @IntrinsicAI offices
🍕 Food and drinks provided
🗣️ Plenty of time for networking
Our speakers will be from @MissionRobotics, @PolymathRobots, and Open Navigation LLC.
meetup.com/ros-by-the-bay/ev…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
This week on Automate It, @StefanESA and @Mr_Robot_CA invent a venison-butchering robot(??). Then, they announce our open request for robots!
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Hx…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
This week on Automate It, we're joined by Steve Macenski (maintainer of Nav2) for a discussion on the top contributions that open source robotics needs now.
Listen to the ep on Spotify: hubs.la/Q01Mr8N70
Apple Podcasts: hubs.la/Q01MrbY_0
#ros #ros2 #robotics
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
This week's #ROS news is crazy good!
☘️ LERF from @UCBerkeley
☘️ ROS Comic Book
☘️ New Open Robotics Discord Server
☘️ #erf2023 Recap
☘️ @Nimble_AI raises $65M
☘️ @PolymathRobots new bulldozer
☘️ Canvas Robotics partners with Hilti
☘️ Tons more news
discourse.ros.org/t/ros-news…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
I'm excited to announce that @PolymathRobots and @hard_lineglobal at launching an autonomous bulldozer!
Combining HARD-LINE's battle-tested teleop and retrofit solutions with Polymath's general industrial autonomy, we can automate any bulldozer.
prnewswire.com/news-releases…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
Did @Google just buy #ROS? Is this @willowgarage 2.0? I guess I know what the next ep of Automate It is about.
intrinsic.ai/blog/posts/buil…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
We just published our first podcast at @PolymathRobots ! I’ll talk about building @StarskyRobotics , and my co-founder Ilia and I will come up with a robotics business in response to cards we pull from a deck!
Listen on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/1lL9aE…
Polymath Robotics 🤖 retweeted
Polymath Robotics (polymathrobotics.com) offers plug-and-play autonomy for industrial vehicles 🚜
They use Foxglove Studio to help customers understand what their #robots experience out on the road.
@OpenRoboticsOrg #Robotics #DataVisualization #DeveloperTools #OpenSource
ALT Foxglove Studio layout used by Polymath Robotics