Viam

One platform for the entire robotics lifecycle. Multi-language SDKs, hardware abstracted into simple APIs, and fleet management from first prototype to global scale

Viam is a software platform that covers the entire robotics lifecycle, from a first working prototype through to managing a global fleet of deployed machines. Engineers write control logic using a Viam SDK in Python, Go, or TypeScript, working against well-defined APIs that abstract away the underlying hardware rather than writing drivers and integration code from scratch.

Each piece of hardware is treated as a single machine addressable from the cloud, so code can be developed from anywhere, and the same code scales from prototype to a large deployed fleet without a rewrite. A built-in registry gives instant access to drivers and machine learning models so a robot can be moving before a full stack is assembled by hand, and remote access works without needing a VPN. Viam also includes built-in motion and vision, letting engineers focus on what a robot actually does rather than plumbing and networking.

As an automation platform aimed at software engineers rather than robotics specialists, Viam's premise is that building a robot should feel like building any other piece of software. The page doesn't spell out specific pricing plans; developers who can already write code can start using Viam and see a robot respond to their own logic without assembling a robotics stack first.

Category: Automation. Pricing: freemium. Visit website

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