Robotics
Every robot type, for every application.
Read online, or open the presentation in full screen to share in a meeting. Sub-primers are listed on the Value page.
Where the machines and people come from.
Every robot type, for every application.
Everything that helps people work in the physical world, other than robots.
The experts who work alongside physical AI.
Who funds, insures, approves and brings the projects.
Where physical AI capital is going, and how to find and track deals.
The organizations that pay for, insure, run and approve machines at work.
Winning and delivering projects with physical AI.
Who we deliver work and data to, directly or through channel partners.
How data centers are built, run and paid for, and who buys them.
How goods are made, stored and moved.
How we build and run the physical world.
Extending public safety and defense teams with machines. No weapons.
Where robots, drones and automation work in service businesses.
Physical AI data for training robots, only with customer approval.
The stack behind the machines.
The stack behind robots, from silicon to fleet.
Eight chapters and two appendices, from who Atomgigs is to how to start a pilot.
Atomgigs does not build machines. It helps makers go to market, advises buyers and delivers work done and data.
Paid by Makers: GTM fees; buyers: per gig
Paid by Catalysts: advice, projects
We offer Advice and work done for buyers; data for physical AI labs. Paid by Buyers: advice, capacity; labs: data
Numbers 01 to 12 are primer numbers: each box has its own detailed primer.
The essentials a client, partner or investor needs before reading on.
Robots, drones, VTOL (vertical take-off) aircraft, IoT (connected) sensors and automation, with people, run as one hybrid workforce.
People set scope, sequence and quality. Every robot has a named human manager.
Makers (OEMs, original equipment manufacturers) do. Atomgigs sources from makers, then staffs, integrates, deploys and operates.
603,000 industrial robots were installed in 2025, and about 250,000 professional service robots sold (IFR).
The U.S. needs 349,000 net new construction workers in 2026. 1.9M factory jobs could go unfilled by 2033.
Robotics startups raised more than $27B in Jan–Sep 2026 (Crunchbase), more than in any full year before.
Robots, everything other than robots, and the humans: experts on contract.
Data centers; manufacturing and logistics; construction and infrastructure; public safety and defense; commercial services; physical AI labs.
A consulting engagement, then a pilot (usually 4 to 8 weeks), then production.
No capital outlay for machines and no long-term headcount.
What Atomgigs is, why now, the gap in the market, the hybrid workforce model, how people and machines share work.
Every kind of physical AI, put to work on your build and kept running.
From makers, not from us
Experts on contract
Scales up the build, then operates
Atom means matter: AI used to move matter in the physical world. Gigs are jobs done. Atomgigs does not build robots; makers do.

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Physical projects are growing faster than the teams that build and operate them, and machines are arriving.
Machines are arriving. The people and process to deploy them are the scarce part.
A robot on a pallet is not a productive crew. Between the factory and the finished site sits a layer nobody owns.
Atomgigs fills the gap: the integrator that scales your build and stays to operate, turning machines and labor into delivered work.
Clients get capacity from day one. The machine share grows as it proves safe, reliable and cheaper.
We never move faster than safety permits.
“Humans in the lead, physical AI in the loop” is the operating model: people set scope, sequence and quality.
| Mode | Human role | Machine role | Typical work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperation | Same area, sequential tasks | Does the step before or after the person | Robot moves materials to a human-run station |
| Shared task | Hands-on with the machine | Responds to human motion and force | People pick or fit; robots carry |
| Operator-directed | Directs from a tablet or remote; touches up | Does the bulk repetitive work | Finishing and drilling |
| Supervised autonomy | Sets the job, monitors, resolves exceptions | Runs the mission on its own | Layout from a design model; site rounds |
| Teleoperation | Takes control for exceptions or whole tasks | Executes motion; may be partly human-driven | Delivery and general-purpose robots |
| Fleet supervision | One person oversees many machines | Fleets coordinate themselves | Many robots under one supervisor |
Maturity rises down the table. In construction, most deployed systems today are operator-directed or supervised autonomy.
Three sources, one crew, robots, everything other than robots, the humans.
Between robots, other machines and people, every source of product and talent is covered.
Primer 01 · atomgigs.com/robots
Every robot type for every application: arms and cobots (arms that work beside people), mobile robots, humanoids, legged robots, construction and heavy-equipment robots.
Each one profiled in depth.
Suppliers, ways to buy, lease or rent, safety and standards.
Primer 02 · atomgigs.com/oems
Primer 03 · atomgigs.com/talent
Atomgigs does not build machines. It sits between the maker and the client: it sources, staffs, integrates, deploys, scales and operates.
From factory arms to farm robots, every robot type is mapped to the jobs it does today.
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~250K
~7,000
$27B+
Fixed, repeat jobs are proven. Open-ended work is still being tested. Every robot is labeled by how proven it is.

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Image: Apptronik
Drones, VTOL, IoT, sensors and automation: the other machines that help people work in the physical world.
| Group | Examples | Proof today |
|---|---|---|
| Drones and delivery | Skydio, Zipline, Wing, Matternet, BRINC | Commercial |
| Industrial inspection | Percepto, Flyability, Voliro, Asylon | Commercial |
| VTOL and eVTOL | Joby, Archer, BETA, Wisk, Eve | Pilot; some concept |
| Marine unmanned | Saildrone, Ocean Infinity, Teledyne Marine | Commercial |
| IoT and sensors | Samsara, Cognex, Honeywell, Bosch | Commercial |
| Automation and control | Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, Beckhoff | Commercial |

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Experts who work alongside machines, brought to the table whether independent, in their own company or through a staffing firm.
Atomgigs may hire some full-time staff, but every person on a project is a contractor. The Talent Primer shows each role, skill and machine.
Consulting before and after the deal, who we work with, and how.
Atomgigs helps investors find new physical AI investments and keep track of the ones they hold.
Market, trends, what is hot and what is not, and what is coming.
A diligence framework, and validation on real sites.
Raised in full-year 2025, the previous record
KPIs, investment-committee reporting and early-warning flags.
A board or observer role, plus M&A and exit support.
Atomgigs provides consulting and field evidence. Your team makes every investment decision.
Investment views cover every focus area in this deck, from robots and OEMs to each buyer group.
Venture capital
LPs and funds of funds
Private equity
Real-asset and infrastructure funds
Growth equity
Corporate venture
Family offices
Sovereign funds
Ongoing access to the team: market intelligence and portfolio monitoring, on a monthly rhythm.
Fixed scope and timing: diligence, a market map or field validation, with one report.
A seat at the table: governance and operating support, agreed with the company.
Milestone-linked advisory fees: part of the fee tied to agreed project milestones, set up front.
Consulting, not investment advice. Models can be combined; scope and terms are agreed before work starts.
Six gates every deal clears, the kinds of enablers.
Machines are only the second gate. Money, cover, clearance and operations decide whether a pilot reaches production.
The client names a task, its cost today and the date a result is needed.
WHO DECIDES
Client
A maker or integrator fits robots, drones or vehicles to the task.
WHO DECIDES
OEM, integrator
Someone funds the machines: a purchase, a lease or a monthly fee.
WHO DECIDES
Financier, lessor, OEM
An insurer prices the risk of damage, injury, downtime and cyber events.
WHO DECIDES
Insurer, broker
The site, standards bodies and regulators confirm the work is safe and legal.
WHO DECIDES
Safety team, OSHA, FAA
Software runs the fleet and people supervise it, with data fed back.
WHO DECIDES
Platform, operator
Atomgigs works across all six gates, so a pilot is designed from day one to clear the ones that come later.
Atomgigs works with enablers. It does not lend, insure or certify.
Banks, equipment finance, specialty lenders, project finance, OEM captive finance and robots-as-a-service financing.
Equipment, liability, workers' compensation, cyber, drone and aviation, builders' risk and surety.
Robot operating systems and fleet management, foundation models, simulation and twins, cloud, edge and data, security.
OSHA, FAA, FCC, NIST, ISO, ANSI, A3/RIA, UL, IEEE, NFPA and others.
Top limit of a standalone AI liability policy, Lloyd's, 2026
Industrial robots in operation worldwide, end-2025 (IFR)
Generative AI insurance exclusions on file in 49 states, mid-2026
Pilots built with enablers from the start move to production faster. The Enablers Primer maps each group.
Your projects, matched with machines and people, ways to work together.
Atomgigs goes through partners to the end client, or alongside them. A partner can also be a client.
Specify machines into the design.
Make designs buildable and measurable.
The trades where labor is tightest.
Schedule, margin and safety.
Control, reporting and coordination.
Scale, speed and peak labor.
When the partner is the client, Atomgigs advises on how to figure out projects, how to execute them, and projects already in motion.
Pick the model that fits the project. The Channel Partners Primer compares them.
Pursue the project together, with machines in the pursuit and the price.
Engage Atomgigs as a machine trade, with its own scope.
A light-touch model: you keep the client relationship.
Machines and crews offered under your relationship with the client.
Move fast on repeat work under terms agreed once.
Connect machine data to your models and reports.
Atomgigs as your advisor on physical AI.
Win the work, specify and procure, pilot, then scale. Machines and people arrive as one team under one pod lead.
Start with one project. Every model can grow into a master agreement.
Buyer groups, data centers, manufacturing and logistics, construction and infrastructure, public safety and defense, commercial services.
Atomgigs targets buyers by group: how they buy, who the big players are and where a first pilot fits.
| Group | Who buys | Big players (examples) | Where a first pilot fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data centers | Hyperscalers, colocation providers, neoclouds (clouds built for AI), AI labs, enterprise and edge | Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Meta; Equinix, Digital Realty; CoreWeave, Crusoe | Layout and drilling robots on new halls; inspection robots in live halls |
| Manufacturing and logistics | Automakers and other manufacturers, 3PLs (third-party logistics firms), carriers, warehouse operators | Ford, GM, Toyota, Hyundai, Tesla; GXO, DHL Supply Chain, Ryder | Machine-tending or palletizing cell; AMR (mobile robot) zone; truck unloading |
| Construction and infrastructure | Builders, owners, program managers; energy, mining, oil and gas, transit, telecom, public works | Sundt, Brasfield & Gorrie; Georgia Power, Shell, Chevron, Port of Rotterdam | Inspection and capture rounds against the model |
| Public safety and defense | Police, fire, EMS, security, corrections, border; installations, depots and primes | About 17,500 police agencies, 29,500 fire departments, 23 Army depots, arsenals and plants | A 60- to 90-day drone-first-response district pilot. No weapons |
| Commercial services | Healthcare, hospitality, real estate and facilities, food, agriculture, retail, waste | Greystar, Marriott, Hilton, Cedars-Sinai, Providence, Aramark | One site, one task, one measure |
| Physical AI labs | Frontier AI labs, robot foundation-model firms, humanoid and robot makers, researchers | Google DeepMind, OpenAI; Physical Intelligence, Skild AI; Figure AI, Apptronik, Agility Robotics | Real-site task data from one approved site, shared only with the owner's approval |
Each group has its own primer (07 to 12) with full buyer profiles, what each cares about and the roles to approach.
Hyperscalers, colocation providers and neoclouds each buy, build and run capacity differently.
| Group | Big players | How they get capacity | Where Atomgigs starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperscalers | Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Meta, Oracle | Self-build and lease; top four guide to more than $720B of 2026 capex | Layout and drilling robots on new halls |
| Colocation providers | Equinix, Digital Realty, QTS, CyrusOne, Vantage, Aligned, STACK, Compass | Build and lease to many tenants | Inspection robots and drones in live halls |
| Neoclouds | CoreWeave, Nebius, Crusoe, Lambda, Nscale, Fluidstack | Lease shells from landlords; building more | Fast fit-out and commissioning crews |
| AI labs | OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic | Build gigawatt campuses with partners | Hybrid crews to compress the build |
| Enterprise and edge | Banks, health systems, retailers; telecom and CDN operators | Own, lease or rent colocation | IoT monitoring and inspection pilots |
Also developers and miners, and government sites. Hyperscalers are 59% of 2026 demand (JLL); every group needs its own pitch.

Large data center halls, substations and new sites near Ashburn, in Loudoun County, Virginia: the world's densest data center market. Every new hall is a build that needs crews, machines and commissioning.
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Auto buys the most robots; 3PLs add automation when a client contract pays for it.
| Segment | Big players | What the primer shows | First pilot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive and EV | Ford, GM, Stellantis, Toyota, Hyundai, Tesla, Rivian | Auto took about 40% of U.S. industrial robot installs in 2024 | Machine-tending cell, palletizing cell or AMR zone |
| 3PLs and contract logistics | GXO, DHL Supply Chain, Ryder, NFI, Geodis, Kuehne+Nagel | GXO runs 1,000+ sites; DHL Group uses 7,500+ robots | Truck-unloading pilot or AMR zone |
| Other manufacturing | Electronics and semiconductors, aerospace and space, medical devices, food and beverage, pharma, metals, machinery, batteries | Profiled sub-sector by sub-sector | Visual inspection or palletizing cell |
| Freight, yards and ports | Trucking and freight, yards, last mile, shipping, air cargo, rail; ports link to infrastructure | Autonomy and teleoperation lead the debate | Yard automation pilot |
Start with a task that is boring, bounded and measurable. Pilots usually run 4 to 8 weeks.

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Construction buyer groups and infrastructure sectors, each with its own entry point.
| Construction group | Entry point |
|---|---|
| Commercial and industrial | GC technology lead or owner capital projects |
| Data center developers and builders | Builder operations and owner program team |
| Residential and multifamily | Division or regional operations lead |
| Heavy civil | Contractor operations, then agency pilot |
| Owner's reps and program managers | Technology and innovation practice leads |
Go direct to large builders; ten firms hold 23% of ENR Top 400 revenue. Reach the long tail through partners. First pilot: inspection and capture.
Observation, inspection, rescue and hazardous-duty machines, with people in the lead. No weapons.
| Buyer group | Scale and money | Starting pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Municipal and state police | About 17,500 state and local agencies; city and county budgets, federal grants | 60- to 90-day drone-first-response district pilot |
| Fire and rescue | About 29,500 departments, 62% volunteer firefighters; local budgets, FEMA grants | Wildfire detection and mapping, one county, one season |
| EMS and emergency management | Counties, states, hospital systems and FEMA | One response-zone test |
| Security operators and private security | Utilities, ports, campuses, venues; operating budgets | Perimeter pilot on one fenced site |
| Corrections and border | Federal and state prison systems, CBP; appropriations | Perimeter and patrol on one fenced site |
| Military installations and depots | 23 Army depots, arsenals and plants, plus Air Force and Navy sites | Depot inspection cell; one logistics route |
| Defense primes and integrators | Large primes, mid-tier firms and startups; program funds | Inspection cell; digital twin and training |
Pilots here run longer than the usual 4 to 8 weeks, with public reports and clear limits on every deployment.
One site, one task, one measure, starting where the problem is known and the measure is easy.
| Segment | Big players (examples) | First pilot | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multifamily | Greystar, AvalonBay, Equity Residential | Overnight garage patrol | Guard hours removed |
| Commercial property and facilities | Allied Universal; airports and large campuses | Night floor care in one building | Rider hours removed |
| Hospitality and venues | Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Wyndham; Aramark; Disney parks | Back-of-house linen hauling | Hours removed |
| Food service | White Castle, Jack in the Box, Sweetgreen, Taco Bell, Sodexo | One kitchen station | Hours and errors |
| Healthcare | Cedars-Sinai, Providence, Endeavor Health, VA, Mercy | Pharmacy delivery on one unit | Nurse hours returned |
| Retail | Walmart, Harmons, Theisen's, Homebase USA | Floor care in two stores | Hours removed |
| Agriculture | Large growers, Taylor Farms, dairy operators | Weeding on one block | Labor hours |
| Waste and recycling | Waste Management, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL | One sorting line or route | Safety events and picks |
Labs pay for data from real workplaces; the site owner decides whether, when and with whom it is shared.
| Buyer group | Examples and what they want | Starting pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier AI labs | OpenAI, Google DeepMind: variety, clear rights and labeled tasks to train general robot models | One site type, one task family |
| Robot foundation-model firms | Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, Generalist: many sites, many tasks and edge cases | A sample across two buyer groups |
| Humanoid and robot makers | Figure AI, Apptronik, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics: their robot on real tasks | Their robot at one approved site |
| Industrial robot makers | Makers of arms, mobile robots and cobots: data from sites like their customers' | One cell, one shift, one task |
| Researchers and validators | Universities, test bodies and safety assessors: open, well-documented samples | A small labeled set with clear terms |
Nothing is shared without the site owner's approval. The Physical AI Labs Primer (atomgigs.com/labs) has the detail.
Consulting, pilot, production, services, the site pod, pay for capacity and outcomes, ten things to remember.
Every step ends with a decision you make.
Contractors are hired per gig as the work grows. Atomgigs scales up the build and stays to operate.
Buy the full package or pick the pieces.
Select and contract the right machines from many makers, on service or purchase terms.
Coordinate drones, IoT sensors, controls and digital twins with the makers.
Vetted experts engaged as contractors, gig by gig.
Site mapping, task design, tooling, networks, charging and handoffs.
Safety cases, training, supervision and incident response for people and machines.
Deployment, monitoring, maintenance and uptime, with remote support.
Productivity, progress and safety data, reported weekly.
Consulting for owners, partners, makers and investors.
One team for the machines, the people and the result, from build to operations.
A small senior pod runs each site, with a named human manager for every robot.
Right-sized to the scope, and scaled up or down as the work changes.
No capital outlay for machines and no long-term headcount. Scale up as results are proven.
Start with a pilot; move to a managed crew; shift to outcomes as the machines earn it.
The offer in one page.
Atomgigs is physical AI: machines and people as one hybrid workforce.
Humans in the lead, physical AI in the loop.
Atomgigs does not build machines. It sources them from makers.
Three sources: robots, everything other than robots, and the humans.
Every person on a project is a contractor.
Investors, enablers and channel partners each have a seat at the table.
Six buyer groups, physical AI labs included, each with its own pitch and starting pilot.
The path is consulting engagement, pilot, production.
Pay for capacity and outcomes. No capital outlay for machines.
Thirteen primers, 01 to 13, hold the detail, each at its own address.
Start a pilot, go deeper.
Tell us about the site, the scope and the schedule. We will come back with a proposal.
Consulting engagement, then pilot, then production.
Start with the primer for your seat at the table. Each is readable on atomgigs.com or in presentation mode.
| Primer | Address | Group | Read it if you want to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Robotics | atomgigs.com/robots | Sources | Every robot type, for every application |
| 02 OEMs, Drones and VTOL | atomgigs.com/oems | Sources | Drones, VTOL, IoT and automation, and their makers |
| 03 Talent | atomgigs.com/talent | Sources | The experts who work alongside physical AI |
| 04 Investors | atomgigs.com/investors | Catalysts | Where physical AI capital goes, and how to find and track deals |
| 05 Enablers | atomgigs.com/enablers | Catalysts | Financing, insurance, platforms and standards |
| 06 Channel Partners | atomgigs.com/channel-partners | Catalysts | Winning and delivering projects with physical AI |
| 07 Data Centers | atomgigs.com/data-center | Buyers | How data centers are built, run and paid for |
| 08 Manufacturing and Logistics | atomgigs.com/manufacturing | Buyers | How goods are made, stored and moved |
| 09 Construction and Infrastructure | atomgigs.com/construction | Buyers | How we build and run the physical world |
| 10 Public Safety and Defense | atomgigs.com/public-safety | Buyers | Machines for safety teams and installations; no weapons |
| 11 Commercial Services | atomgigs.com/commercial | Buyers | Robots and automation in service businesses |
| 12 Physical AI Labs | atomgigs.com/labs | Buyers | Real-site data for training robots, shared only with approval |
| 13 Physical AI Technology | atomgigs.com/technology | Technology | Compute, sensing, control, AI models, simulation and deployment |
This deck is primer 00, the value proposition, at atomgigs.com.
The primers, Atomgigs, Mavengigs, Monty Pandey, notes.
Every primer is readable on atomgigs.com or in presentation mode.
| # | Primer | Address | What it promises |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Value Proposition | atomgigs.com | Why Atomgigs, and how it works. |
| 01 | Robotics | atomgigs.com/robots | Every robot type, for every application. |
| 02 | OEMs, Drones and VTOL | atomgigs.com/oems | Everything that helps people work in the physical world, other than robots. |
| 03 | Talent | atomgigs.com/talent | The experts who work alongside physical AI. |
| 04 | Investors | atomgigs.com/investors | Where physical AI capital is going, and how to find and track deals. |
| 05 | Enablers | atomgigs.com/enablers | The organizations that pay for, insure, run and approve machines at work. |
| 06 | Channel Partners | atomgigs.com/channel-partners | Winning and delivering projects with physical AI. |
| 07 | Data Centers | atomgigs.com/data-center | How data centers are built, run and paid for, and who buys them. |
| 08 | Manufacturing and Logistics | atomgigs.com/manufacturing | How goods are made, stored and moved. |
| 09 | Construction and Infrastructure | atomgigs.com/construction | How we build and run the physical world. |
| 10 | Public Safety and Defense | atomgigs.com/public-safety | Extending public safety and defense teams with machines. No weapons. |
| 11 | Commercial Services | atomgigs.com/commercial | Where robots, drones and automation work in service businesses. |
| 12 | Physical AI Labs | atomgigs.com/labs | Physical AI data for training robots, only with customer approval. |
| 13 | Physical AI Technology | atomgigs.com/technology | The stack behind robots, from silicon to fleet. |
Three things to keep in mind when reading this deck.
Atomgigs provides consulting. We are not an investment advisor, so you make your own decisions on investments.
Company, product and robot names, logos and photos are used as examples and belong to their owners. This deck is for information only and is not a contract or an offer.
Numbers come from publicly available sources and are the latest available at publication. Costs, prices and returns are typical ballpark values, not quotes; they will be updated for your specific engagement.
Building and heavy industry, data centers, factories, warehouses, health, hospitality, retail, property, farms, waste, labs and fabs, safety.
Layout, drilling, rebar, piling, earthmoving and haulage.
| Job to be done | Robots that do it | Examples | Proof today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marking floor layout | Layout robots | Dusty Robotics, HP SitePrint | Commercial |
| Drilling overhead anchors | Drilling robots | Hilti Jaibot | Commercial |
| Tying rebar on decks | Rebar-tying robots | Advanced Construction Robotics (TyBot) | Commercial |
| Installing solar piles and modules | Piling and module robots | Built Robotics, AES, Terabase | Commercial; modules early |
| Capturing and inspecting progress | Quadrupeds and drones | Boston Dynamics Spot, Skydio | Commercial |
| Moving earth | Autonomous excavators and dozers | Built Robotics, Teleo | Commercial to pilot |
| Hauling in mines | Autonomous haul trucks | Caterpillar, Komatsu | Scaled |
| Laying bricks, printing walls | Bricklaying and 3D-print robots | Construction Robotics, ICON | Early commercial |
Start with capture, layout and inspection: lowest risk, easy to measure against the model.
The densest use of robots today, and the main place humanoids are being tested.
| Job to be done | Robots that do it | Examples | Proof today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspecting halls, thermal checks | Quadrupeds and drones | Boston Dynamics Spot, thermal drones | Commercial |
| Swapping racks and routing cable | Arms on mobile bases | Vendor pilots | Pilot |
| Welding, assembly, machine tending | Arms and cobots | Fanuc, ABB, KUKA, Universal Robots | Scaled |
| Palletizing and packing | Palletizing cells | Arm and cell makers | Scaled |
| Moving goods in warehouses | Autonomous mobile robots | Amazon Robotics, Locus, Symbotic | Scaled |
| Unloading trucks | Unloading robots | Boston Dynamics Stretch, Pickle | Commercial |
| Moving trailers in yards | Autonomous yard trucks | Outrider | Commercial |
| Totes and general tasks | Humanoids | Agility Digit, Figure, Apptronik | Early commercial |
Warehouse and arm cells are proven; unloading and humanoids are the growth frontier.
Delivery, cleaning, patrol and care, in places where people are close by.
| Job to be done | Robots that do it | Examples | Proof today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Surgical robots | Intuitive da Vinci | Scaled |
| Hospital delivery | Delivery robots | Aethon TUG, Diligent Moxi | Commercial |
| Floor cleaning | Autonomous cleaners | Brain Corp, Avidbots | Commercial |
| Hotel and restaurant delivery | Service robots | Bear Robotics, Pudu | Commercial |
| Scanning shelves | Shelf-scanning robots | Simbe Tally | Commercial |
| Patrolling garages and campuses | Security robots | Knightscope, Cobalt | Commercial |
| Vacuuming homes | Robot vacuums | iRobot, Roborock | Scaled |
| Household chores | Home robots with arms | Early vendors | Early commercial |
Pilot one task in one site first; the measure is hours returned to staff.
Machines do the dull, sorted and sterile jobs.
| Job to be done | Robots that do it | Examples | Proof today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeding | Laser and vision weeders | Carbon Robotics, FarmWise | Commercial |
| Harvesting fruit | Harvest robots and drones | Tevel, Advanced Farm | Early commercial |
| Milking | Milking robots | Lely, DeLaval | Scaled |
| Sorting recycling | AI sorting robots | AMP Robotics, ZenRobotics | Commercial |
| Running lab protocols | Lab automation | Opentrons, Hamilton | Commercial |
| Running experiments end to end | Self-driving labs | Research programs | Pilot |
| Moving wafers in fabs | Wafer-handling robots | Brooks, Hirata | Scaled |
| Hazardous or nuclear sorting | Remote sorting robots | National labs | Pilot or concept |
Controlled settings give the cleanest pilots: the task repeats and the result is counted.
Observation, inspection, rescue and hazardous work. No weapons.
| Job to be done | Robots that do it | Examples | Proof today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handling hazmat and suspect devices | Tracked and arm robots | Teledyne FLIR (incl. former Endeavor) | Commercial |
| Retrieving nuclear waste | Remote arms and crawlers | National lab programs | Early commercial |
| Finding fires from the air | Wildfire drones | Drone makers and agencies | Commercial |
| Fighting fires | Firefighting robots | Fire-service pilots | Pilot |
| Patrolling a perimeter | Ground robots and drones | Knightscope, Asylon | Commercial |
| Responding to 911 calls | Drone-first-response | BRINC, Skydio | Commercial |
| Searching after disasters | Search and rescue robots | Research teams | Pilot |
| Inspecting depots and plants | Inspection robots | Depot programs | Pilot |
People stay in the lead on every deployment, with clear limits written down first.
Match the ambition to the evidence.
Scale on what is scaled; pilot what is early. Each robot in the Robotics Primer carries its own label.
Drone Industry Insights sizes the civil drone market at $44.4B in 2026; these sectors already fly.
| Sector | What drones do |
|---|---|
| Construction | Progress capture, site mapping, volume and roof surveys |
| Data centers | Roof, perimeter and thermal inspection |
| Mines and quarries | Stockpile volumes, blast surveys, haul-road mapping |
| Oil and gas | Flare, tank and pipeline inspection |
| Utilities and telecom | Line, tower and substation inspection |
| Rail | Track, bridge and right-of-way surveys |
| Ports and airports | Perimeter, yard and apron checks |
| Agriculture | Crop scouting, spraying and mapping |
| Public safety | First response, search and fire mapping |
| Logistics and delivery | Parcel, medical and yard-inventory flights |
Aircraft that take off like helicopters, and vessels that work without a crew on board.
Pilot, some concept
Commercial
VTOL is for pilots and partners; marine is ready for survey and inspection programs today.
21.1B connected devices at the end of 2025 (IoT Analytics); sensors and controls make robots useful.
Instrument the site first. A pilot without data cannot prove value.
Drone, inspection, VTOL, marine, IoT and automation makers, matched to the job.
| Group | Examples | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Drones and delivery | Skydio, Zipline, Wing, Matternet, BRINC | Delivery, first response, mapping |
| Industrial inspection | Percepto, Flyability, Voliro, Asylon | Tanks, plants, confined and high places |
| VTOL and eVTOL | Joby, Archer, BETA, Eve | Cargo and passenger air mobility |
| Marine unmanned | Saildrone, Ocean Infinity, Teledyne Marine | Survey, ports and offshore |
| IoT and sensors | Samsara, Cognex, Honeywell, Bosch | Monitoring, vision and tracking |
| Automation and control | Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, Beckhoff | Controls and plant integration |
Makers are the vendors. Atomgigs matches the maker to the task and the site.
Ask these before any shortlist.
1 What is the task?
One job, in one place, that repeats.
2 How proven is it?
Scaled, commercial, early or pilot.
3 What are the rules?
FAA, OSHA and site standards for this machine.
4 Who services it?
Parts, support and field technicians nearby.
5 How is it bought?
Buy, lease, rent or service contract.
6 What is the measure?
Hours, errors, safety events or cost per unit.
Atomgigs runs this checklist on every pilot and records the answers.
Atomgigs delivers physical AI as jobs done. It puts robots, drones, VTOL, IoT and automation to work with people, as one hybrid workforce. Humans lead and physical AI stays in the loop. Atomgigs is not a machine builder: it sources from makers, then staffs, integrates, deploys and operates.
Consulting engagement, then a short pilot, then production. The pilot has one scope, one site and one metric. A small senior pod runs every site, with a named human manager for every robot.
Through a pilot, a managed crew, outcome-based pricing or advisory work. There is no capital outlay for machines and no long-term headcount. Customers pay for capacity and outcomes and scale up as results are proven.
From three sources: robots of every type, everything other than robots (drones, VTOL, IoT and automation from many makers), and the humans, with role families across the trades, engineering and safety. Every person is a contractor.
Investors, enablers (financiers, insurers, platforms and regulators) and channel partners (engineering, design, MEP and construction firms), plus six buyer groups: data centers, manufacturing and logistics, construction and infrastructure, public safety and defense, commercial services, and physical AI labs.
No. Public safety and defense work extends teams with machines for inspection, response and logistics. No weapons.
Atomgigs is a Mavengigs venture and a division of Panvisage Inc. Mavengigs is the Scale Up Guys: Consulting, Capital and Ventures. Monty Pandey is founder and CEO.
Tell us about the site, the scope and the schedule. We will come back with a pilot proposal. Monty Pandey, CEO · [email protected] · +1-310-694-4750 · Los Angeles, California.