Polymath Robotics

Polymath Robotics builds general autonomy and safety software for off-highway and industrial vehicles such as tractors, loaders, dozers, and mining trucks. Its Synapse REST API lets developers command a real or simulated Polymath-powered vehicle: sending GPS and relative waypoints, issuing motion and vehicle commands, reading combined autonomy, navigation, and vehicle feedback, managing exclusive teleoperation control leases, and streaming media over LiveKit. Caladan, its browser-based simulation environment, lets teams build and test autonomous behaviors in Python without ROS, Gazebo, or Linux before deploying to physical machines. Founded in 2021 (YC S22), San Francisco.

Polymath Robotics publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including CANBus API, filesystem API, Health Check API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Robotics, Autonomy, Industrial Vehicles, Off-Highway, and Machine Learning.

Polymath Robotics’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, authentication, sandbox, and 15 more developer resources.

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42.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 58/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
10 APIs 1 MCP Servers
RoboticsAutonomyIndustrial VehiclesOff-HighwayMachine LearningSimulationTeleoperationAutomationArtificial IntelligenceUnmanned Vehicles

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 42.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 58/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Polymath Robotics CANBus API

The CANBus API from Polymath Robotics — 1 operation(s) for canbus.

Polymath Robotics filesystem API

The filesystem API from Polymath Robotics — 3 operation(s) for filesystem.

Polymath Robotics Health Check API

Contains UUID endpoint that can be used to health check the robot

Polymath Robotics Livekit API

The Livekit API from Polymath Robotics — 4 operation(s) for livekit.

Polymath Robotics Media API

All endpoints related to interacting with Robot's media resources

Polymath Robotics ros API

The ros API from Polymath Robotics — 1 operation(s) for ros.

Polymath Robotics systemd API

The systemd API from Polymath Robotics — 1 operation(s) for systemd.

Polymath Robotics Teleop Control API

Endpoints for managing control leases

Polymath Robotics Vehicle Autonomy API

All endpoints related to interacting with Robot's autonomy operations here

Polymath Robotics Vehicle Operations API

All endpoints related to interacting with Robot's vehicle operations here

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

polymath-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Polymath Authentication

oauth2/http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Polymath Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Polymath Agentic Access

37 operations · 18 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

37 operations · 18 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conventions
Conventions

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode
 Packages
Packages

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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name: Polymath Robotics
description: 'Polymath Robotics builds general autonomy and safety software for off-highway and industrial vehicles such as
  tractors, loaders, dozers, and mining trucks. Its Synapse REST API lets developers command a real or simulated Polymath-powered
  vehicle: sending GPS and relative waypoints, issuing motion and vehicle commands, reading combined autonomy, navigation,
  and vehicle feedback, managing exclusive teleoperation control leases, and streaming media over LiveKit. Caladan, its browser-based
  simulation environment, lets teams build and test autonomous behaviors in Python without ROS, Gazebo, or Linux before deploying
  to physical machines. Founded in 2021 (YC S22), San Francisco.'
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tags:
- Robotics
- Autonomy
- Industrial Vehicles
- Off-Highway
- Machine Learning
- Simulation
- Teleoperation
- Automation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Unmanned Vehicles
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- aid: polymath:polymath-canbus-api
  name: Polymath Robotics CANBus API
  description: The CANBus API from Polymath Robotics — 1 operation(s) for canbus.
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
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- aid: polymath:polymath-filesystem-api
  name: Polymath Robotics filesystem API
  description: The filesystem API from Polymath Robotics — 3 operation(s) for filesystem.
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
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- aid: polymath:polymath-health-check-api
  name: Polymath Robotics Health Check API
  description: Contains UUID endpoint that can be used to health check the robot
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
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- aid: polymath:polymath-livekit-api
  name: Polymath Robotics Livekit API
  description: The Livekit API from Polymath Robotics — 4 operation(s) for livekit.
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
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- aid: polymath:polymath-media-api
  name: Polymath Robotics Media API
  description: All endpoints related to interacting with Robot's media resources
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
  tags:
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- aid: polymath:polymath-ros-api
  name: Polymath Robotics ros API
  description: The ros API from Polymath Robotics — 1 operation(s) for ros.
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
  tags:
  - ros
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: polymath:polymath-systemd-api
  name: Polymath Robotics systemd API
  description: The systemd API from Polymath Robotics — 1 operation(s) for systemd.
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
  tags:
  - systemd
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  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: polymath:polymath-teleop-control-api
  name: Polymath Robotics Teleop Control API
  description: Endpoints for managing control leases
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
  tags:
  - Teleop Control
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
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- aid: polymath:polymath-vehicle-autonomy-api
  name: Polymath Robotics Vehicle Autonomy API
  description: All endpoints related to interacting with Robot's autonomy operations here
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
  tags:
  - Vehicle Autonomy
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: polymath:polymath-vehicle-operations-api
  name: Polymath Robotics Vehicle Operations API
  description: All endpoints related to interacting with Robot's vehicle operations here
  humanURL: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
  baseURL: https://polyglot.polymathrobotics.dev/api
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
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