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 API contracts indexed 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.

The Polymath Robotics catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Polymath Robotics’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, authentication, sandbox, and 17 more developer resources.

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38.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 3 Agent Skills

Robotics AutonomyIndustrial VehiclesOff-HighwayMachine Learning Simulation Teleoperation Automation Artificial IntelligenceUnmanned Vehicles

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Composite quality — 38.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.2 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.9 / 15

Access Clarity 3.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 0 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 21.1 — up to +15.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 43.8 — up to +14.1 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 2.6 — up to +12.7 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Industrial Automation and Robotics	standard	17.2 (thin)	-	-

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

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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Open Collections 10

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Polymath API Service CANBus API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus filesystem API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus Health Check API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus Livekit API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus Media API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus ros API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus systemd API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus Teleop Control API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus Vehicle Autonomy API

OPEN COLLECTION

Polymath API Service CANBus Vehicle Operations API

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Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Navigate a Polymath robot with GPS waypoints

AGENT SKILL

Set a reference target and read autonomy feedback

AGENT SKILL

Take exclusive teleop control and send a motion command

AGENT SKILL

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Polymath Robotics API Rules

62 rules · 52 errors 9 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Polymath Synapse V2 Overlay

3 actions · update · polymath-synapse-v2-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

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

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

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 3

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: polymath
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - polymathrobotics/caladan_examples
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
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  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/polymath.png
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.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/polymath/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-openapi
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-10-06'
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Robotics
- Autonomy
- Industrial Vehicles
- Off-Highway
- Machine Learning
- Simulation
- Teleoperation
- Automation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Unmanned Vehicles
tags_raw:
- Robotics
- Autonomy
- Industrial Vehicles
- Off-Highway
- Machine Learning
- Simulation
- Teleoperation
- Automation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Unmanned Vehicles
- Machine-Learning
apis:
- 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
  tags:
  - CAN Bus
  tags_raw:
  - CANBus
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-canbus-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
  tags:
  - Filesystem
  tags_raw:
  - filesystem
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-filesystem-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
  tags:
  - Health Check
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-health-check-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
  tags:
  - Livekit
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-livekit-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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:
  - Media
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-media-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
  tags_raw:
  - ros
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-ros-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-systemd-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
    url: openapi/polymath-teleop-control-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-vehicle-autonomy-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
- 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
  tags:
  - Vehicle Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/polymath-vehicle-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/polymath-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/polymath-data-model.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- url: https://www.polymathrobotics.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/polymath-synapse-v2-overlay.yaml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
- type: APIReference
  url: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://synapse.docs.polymathrobotics.dev/docs/guides/authentication
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.polymathrobotics.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@polymathrobotics.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/polymathrobotics
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.polymathrobotics.com/legal/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.polymathrobotics.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.polymathrobotics.com/
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/polymathrobotics/caladan_examples
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/polymath-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/polymath-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/polymath-packages.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/polymath-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/polymath-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/polymath-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/polymath-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/polymath-conventions.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/polymath-sandbox.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/polymath-domain-security.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 16
  pass: local-v1

Polymath Robotics API — frequently asked questions

Does Polymath Robotics have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from Polymath Robotics, including Polymath Robotics CANBus API, Polymath Robotics Filesystem API and Polymath Robotics Health Check API, and 7 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Polymath Robotics API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for Polymath Robotics, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Polymath Robotics API?

Polymath Robotics uses bearer-token authentication (oauth2/http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Polymath Authentication.

Is the Polymath Robotics API ready for AI agents?

Polymath Robotics has a Kin Score of 38.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 25.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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