Independent / Nonprofit / Open

Find what works in the real world.

RobotBay is an independent, nonprofit embodied robotics community where builders, researchers, companies and real-world operators test what robots can actually do.

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A robotic gripper testing a real-world sorting task
What’s Working Now
Benchmark #001Recruiting
Founding BuildersOpen
First Bench DayComing Soon
01 / The question

Robots are improving fast. Real-world readiness is still unclear.

Product demos show what a robot can do once. RobotBay asks whether it can work repeatedly, under visible conditions, on a task that actually matters.

Industry often starts withRobot → Capability → Customer
RobotBay starts withReal Work → Task → Evidence → Best Fit

We turn “it works” into evidence everyone can inspect.

02 / Method

Test. Build. Share. Connect.

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TEST

Test robots on real tasks under visible and repeatable conditions.

02

BUILD

Bring bodies, models, sensors, tools and builders into the same room.

03

SHARE

Publish methods, observations, failures and practical knowledge.

04

CONNECT

Connect global builders with China’s dense embodied robotics ecosystem.

Three standardized benchmark task stations
Shared task stations, visible conditions, structured records
03 / Recruiting

Benchmark #001 5 Hands × 3 Real-World Tasks

A shared, visible test of manipulation systems on tasks that matter.

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  • Five robot hands or grippers
  • Three real-world tasks
  • Shared Job Cards
  • Visible test conditions
  • Structured observations
  • Failure modes and operational boundaries
  • No pay-to-win ranking
04 / Programs

Programs

A shared robot benchmark day in a practical workshop
Shared tasks, visible conditions and evidence gathered together
01

RobotBay Bench Day

Robots. Same task. Same room. Visible evidence.

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02

RobotBay Challenge

Real problems proposed by companies and operators, opened to global builders.

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03

Teardown Night

Honest technical conversations about systems, components and failures.

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04

Build Clinic

Bring a specific technical or deployment problem. Work through it together.

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05

Open Lab & Sample Room

A shared environment for robots, components, tools and real-world testing.

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05 / Global connection

Two Deltas. One Bay. A Global Community.

One side brings manufacturing, supply chains, speed and scale. The other brings research, models, talent and pilot production. RobotBay connects this ecosystem with builders and real-world needs around the world.

Global robotics builders collaborating around components and a gripper
Research, components and practical production knowledge at one table
06 / Preview network

Community Bridges

Proposed Community Bridges — For Preview Only. No official partnership is implied.

Builders collaborating around a robotic hand prototype
Builders, components and practical knowledge in one room
MITStanfordColumbiaHarvardCarnegie MellonUC BerkeleyUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of MichiganETH ZürichImperial College LondonTsinghuaPeking UniversityShanghai Jiao TongZhejiang UniversityHKUSTNUSNTUUniversity of TokyoKAIST
07 / Field knowledge

Insights

Less about what happened. More about what it means for real-world adoption.

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Benchmark Reports

A future editorial entry. No author, findings or publication date has been assigned.

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Field Notes

A future editorial entry. No author, findings or publication date has been assigned.

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Operator Perspectives

A future editorial entry. No author, findings or publication date has been assigned.

Sponsors support the ecosystem. They do not influence benchmark methodology, findings or rankings.