Standard Bots

Standard Bots designs and builds AI-native industrial robotic arms — the RO1 family (Spark, Core/RO1, Thor, and the Bolt beta) — designed and assembled in the USA for machine tending, welding, palletizing, pick & place, and inspection. The robots ship with a developer platform, "StandardOS", that exposes a Bearer-token REST API served on the robot control box (/api/v1) for controlling arm motion, the gripper/end-effector, cameras, routines, teleoperation, recording, I/O and fault recovery. Alongside the REST API, Standard Bots publishes an official Python SDK (PyPI: standardbots), a realtime protobuf external-control streaming channel, and a ROS2 bridge (Cyclone DDS) with MoveIt and Modbus tooling — making the RO1 programmable both for high-level orchestration and low-latency realtime control.

Standard Bots publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Robotics, Industrial Automation, Robotic Arm, and Manufacturing.

Standard Bots’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, support, engineering blog, authentication, sandbox, and 18 more developer resources.

30.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyRoboticsIndustrial AutomationRobotic ArmManufacturingArtificial IntelligenceMachine TendingDeveloper APIROS2Physical AI

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 30.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 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 1

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

RO1 Robotics REST API

On-robot REST API (served by the RO1 control box on /api/v1, Bearer-token auth) for controlling arm position and motion, the gripper/end-effector, cameras, routines, teleoperati...

MCP Servers 1

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

Security Posture 2

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

Standard Bots Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Standard Bots Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: standard-bots
name: Standard Bots
description: 'Standard Bots designs and builds AI-native industrial robotic arms — the RO1 family (Spark, Core/RO1, Thor,
  and the Bolt beta) — designed and assembled in the USA for machine tending, welding, palletizing, pick & place, and inspection.
  The robots ship with a developer platform, "StandardOS", that exposes a Bearer-token REST API served on the robot control
  box (/api/v1) for controlling arm motion, the gripper/end-effector, cameras, routines, teleoperation, recording, I/O and
  fault recovery. Alongside the REST API, Standard Bots publishes an official Python SDK (PyPI: standardbots), a realtime
  protobuf external-control streaming channel, and a ROS2 bridge (Cyclone DDS) with MoveIt and Modbus tooling — making the
  RO1 programmable both for high-level orchestration and low-latency realtime control.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/standard-bots/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://assets-global.website-files.com/63d925b46a84dec214bc0bbd/6408ee2c083a0474a480124a_OG%20Image-Home.jpg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- general-catalyst
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Robotics
- Industrial Automation
- Robotic Arm
- Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Tending
- Developer API
- ROS2
- Physical AI
apis:
- name: RO1 Robotics REST API
  description: On-robot REST API (served by the RO1 control box on /api/v1, Bearer-token auth) for controlling arm position
    and motion, the gripper/end-effector, cameras, routines, teleoperation, the recorder, I/O, calibration and fault recovery.
    A companion realtime protobuf stream and ROS2 bridge cover low-latency control.
  humanURL: https://docs.standardbots.com/docs/rest-api/
  baseURL: http://robot-control-box.local:3000
  x-base-url-note: The RO1 REST API is served on the robot control box on the local network (default port 3000), not a public
    internet host; the base URL is device-local and per-robot. Enable it in the Standard Bots app under Settings -> Configure
    Developer API.
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.standardbots.com/docs/rest-api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/standard-bots-authentication.yml
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/standard-bots-external-control.proto
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/standard-bots-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://standardbots.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://standardbots.com/developers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.standardbots.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.standardbots.com/docs/rest-api/
- type: Support
  url: https://standardbots.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://standardbots.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/standardbots
- type: Login
  url: https://admin.standardbots.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://standardbots.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://standardbots.com/privacy-policy
- type: Packages
  url: packages/standard-bots-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/standard-bots-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/standard-bots-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/standard-bots-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/standard-bots-error-codes.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/standard-bots-mcp.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/standard-bots-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/standard-bots-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/standard-bots-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/standard-bots-sandbox.yml
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/standard-bots-external-control.proto
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/standard-bots-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
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  artifacts_added: 15
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