RoboAPI – A unified REST API for robots, like Stripe but for hardware

In plain words

RoboAPI provides a unified REST API that standardizes communication across different robot manufacturers and platforms. Developers use a single SDK and API key to control and monitor robots—whether simulated or physical hardware—eliminating the need to learn each manufacturer's distinct protocol. The tool abstracts integration complexity, allowing teams to connect robots and access telemetry data within minutes rather than rebuilding integration layers for each new robot type.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

The unified API layer for robotics. Connect any robot, any brand, with one SDK. Like Stripe, but for robots. - amitb-quantum/roboapi

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Every robot manufacturer ships a different SDK and a different protocol. A Boston Dynamics Spot speaks nothing like a Universal Robots arm. Every team building on top of robots rewrites the same integration layer from scratch. This is a massive tax on the industry. RoboAPI is a unified API layer that abstracts all of…

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