About Silicon Valley Robotics Center
Silicon Valley's robotics infrastructure company — providing hardware, data collection, and deployment support for the teams building the next generation of intelligent robots.
Built around practical robotics development
From hardware to datasets to model iteration
Community of researchers, startups, and builders
Our Mission
We believe the bottleneck to physical AI is not algorithms — it's access to hardware, high-quality training data, and expert operators. SVRC removes that bottleneck.
Silicon Valley Robotics Center (SVRC) exists to give robotics teams the infrastructure they need to move from idea to working policy to real-world deployment. We are not a research lab and not a consulting firm — we are an operating company that provides the hardware, data, platform, and human expertise that makes robot learning work in practice.
Our Physical AI Thesis
The next decade belongs to physical AI: intelligent systems that interact with the real world through manipulation, locomotion, and perception. Foundation models have transformed language and vision. The same transformation is coming for robotics — but it requires fundamentally different infrastructure.
Language models learn from the internet. Robot models learn from physical demonstrations. That means the rate of progress in physical AI is gated by the rate at which teams can collect, organize, and learn from real-world robot data. This is not a software problem that can be solved by better algorithms alone. It requires hardware infrastructure, trained human operators, calibrated collection stations, and rigorous quality assurance processes.
SVRC is built on the conviction that the teams who win in physical AI will be the teams with the best data infrastructure — not necessarily the best models. We provide that infrastructure so teams can focus on the science and the product, not on building collection stations and debugging data pipelines.
What We Do
SVRC operates across five pillars:
Hardware Access
Buy or lease robotic arms, mobile manipulators, humanoids, and quadrupeds. Same-day pickup at our Mountain View flagship. 40+ platforms in stock from OpenArm 101 ($4,500 purchase / $800/mo lease) to Unitree G1 humanoid ($2,500/mo lease). Full hardware catalog and leasing rates available.
Data Collection
Managed teleoperation campaigns for imitation learning, RL, and VLA model training. Trained operators collect demonstrations on OpenArm 101, DK1 bimanual kit, and Unitree G1, delivered in HDF5, RLDS, or LeRobot format. Pilots from $2,500 (20 demos), campaigns from $8,000 (100 demos). Full details.
Fearless Platform
Robot learning infrastructure — upload episodes, replay failures frame-by-frame, run policy evaluations, mine failure modes, and close the loop between deployment failures and model improvement. Free for research, $249/mo for startups. Platform details.
Repair & Maintenance
Diagnostics, calibration, firmware/ROS support, and preventive maintenance for deployed robot systems. 2-3 day standard turnaround, same-day for critical issues. On-site service in Mountain View and Allston. Service details.
Community
Forum, academy, meetups, and events that connect researchers, startups, and enterprise teams. Open-source contributions including OpenArm hardware designs. A shared knowledge base and talent network for the robotics ecosystem.
What Makes SVRC Different
1. Full-stack robotics infrastructure, not consulting
Most robotics service providers offer advice. We own and operate the hardware, employ the teleoperation operators, run the data pipelines, and maintain the platform. When you work with SVRC, you get infrastructure — not a slide deck. We have 40+ robot platforms in stock for same-day deployment, trained operators ready to collect data within days, and a software platform that manages the full lifecycle from episode to trained model.
2. Data quality is an engineering discipline, not an afterthought
Every episode we collect passes a 10-point quality checklist: timestamp synchronization (<5 ms), consistent episode structure, operator qualification verification, task success validation, scene reset consistency, frame drop monitoring (<2% tolerance), gripper state consistency, joint limit compliance, metadata completeness, and annotation standards compliance. This is not a checklist we aspire to — it is a gate that every episode must pass before delivery.
3. Closed-loop from deployment failures to retraining
Most teams treat data collection and deployment as separate phases. SVRC connects them through the Fearless Platform: deployed robots stream failure data back to the platform, failure mining surfaces the highest-impact issues, and targeted data collection addresses those specific failure modes. This closed loop is what turns a 72% success rate into a 94% success rate over iterative campaigns.
4. Two coasts, global reach
West Coast HQ in Mountain View, CA — minutes from Stanford, UC Berkeley, Google DeepMind, and NASA Ames. East Coast HQ in Allston, MA — adjacent to Harvard and MIT. Operations across 30+ cities in 12 countries. Local hardware access and engineering support wherever your team is building.
Milestones
Founded in Mountain View, CA
SVRC established at 1117 Independence Ave with initial hardware inventory and first data collection stations.
OpenArm 101 launch & first data campaigns
Released the open-source OpenArm 101 robotic arm. Completed first managed data collection campaigns for university research labs. Hardware inventory expanded to 20+ platforms.
Fearless Platform launch & East Coast expansion
Launched the Fearless Data Platform for robot learning teams. Opened East Coast HQ at 125 Western Ave, Allston, MA. DK1 bimanual kit and Orca Hand added to product line. Expanded to 30+ cities globally.
Enterprise programs & humanoid integration
Launched enterprise robotics programs with SLA-backed operations. Added Unitree G1 humanoid and Go2 quadruped to leasing fleet. Crossed 500 deployments. Paxini tactile sensors and Booster K1 added to hardware catalog.
Scaling data operations & platform ecosystem
Expanding multi-site data collection capacity. Fearless Platform SDK and REST API general availability. VLAI L1 launch. Growing the closed-loop ecosystem connecting hardware, data, platform, and deployment.
Research & Advisory Relationships
SVRC maintains active working relationships with leading robotics research institutions and industry partners. These relationships inform our hardware selection, data collection methodology, and platform development:
- University research labs: Collaboration on data collection campaigns, hardware loans, and benchmark dataset creation with robotics groups at Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, CMU, and others.
- Open-source community: OpenArm 101 hardware designs are fully open-source. We contribute to LeRobot, Open X-Embodiment, and other open robotics data initiatives.
- Industry partners: Working relationships with robot manufacturers (Unitree, Universal Robots, Franka), sensor companies (Intel RealSense, Paxini), and ML infrastructure providers (Hugging Face, NVIDIA).
- Enterprise advisory: Domain expertise partnerships with logistics, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical companies deploying robotics at scale.
Technical Capabilities
Hardware Fleet
40+ robot platforms including OpenArm 101, DK1 bimanual kit, UR3e/UR5e, Franka FR3, xArm, Kinova Gen3, Unitree G1 humanoid, Unitree Go2 quadruped, and mobile manipulators. Teleoperation interfaces: leader-follower arms, Meta Quest 3 VR, SpaceMouse, SenseGlove haptic gloves.
Data Formats & Pipeline
Native support for HDF5 (ACT/ALOHA), RLDS/TFRecord (Open X-Embodiment), LeRobot Parquet (Hugging Face Hub), and custom formats. Data specs: 30 Hz joint states, 60 fps RGB, 30 fps depth. Timestamp sync <5 ms. All episodes pass 10-point QA checklist.
Platform Infrastructure
Fearless Data Platform: RESTful API (OpenAPI 3.1), Python and TypeScript SDKs, ROS2 bridge integration. Cloud-hosted (US-West and EU) with 99.9% uptime SLA. Self-hosted option for enterprise. AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit.
Hardware Products
OpenArm 101 ($4,500), DK1 bimanual kit, Orca Hand, Paxini Gen3 tactile sensors, Booster K1, and VLAI L1. Available for purchase and lease. Same-day pickup at Mountain View; shipping available nationwide.
Recognition
SVRC's work in robotics data infrastructure and open-source hardware has been recognized across the research and industry communities:
- OpenArm 101 adopted by university robotics labs at Stanford, MIT, CMU, and UC Berkeley for research and teaching
- Data collected by SVRC operators has contributed to papers published at CoRL, RSS, ICRA, and NeurIPS
- Fearless Platform used by 100+ teams across research and industry for robot data management and policy evaluation
- Active contributor to open robotics data standards including RLDS and LeRobot format specifications
Why Silicon Valley
SVRC is headquartered in Mountain View, California — minutes from Stanford University, UC Berkeley's robotics labs, Google DeepMind, NASA Ames Research Center, and dozens of robotics startups. This is not a coincidence.
The Bay Area has the deepest concentration of robotics talent, the fastest-moving ecosystem for physical AI, and the venture infrastructure to fund teams from first prototype to fleet deployment. Being here means our customers get same-day hardware access, local engineering support, and direct connections to the researchers and companies shaping the field.
Our Approach
We are practical over theoretical. SVRC works with teams that need to ship — not just research. Our focus is on the full pipeline from hardware selection to data collection to policy deployment, with an emphasis on closing the loop: deploy, observe failures, collect targeted data, retrain, redeploy.
We believe the bottleneck in robot learning is data — not just quantity, but quality, diversity, and the ability to learn from failure. Our approach centers on a closed loop: real robots, automatic evaluation, failure replay, and retraining. See Our Approach and Fearless Data Platform for details.
Who We Work With
University Research Labs
Hardware loans, data collection partnerships, and platform access for academic teams publishing on manipulation, locomotion, and embodied AI.
Robotics Startups
Seed-to-Series B companies that need hardware fast, data collected professionally, and infrastructure that scales without building everything from scratch.
Enterprise Innovation Teams
Manufacturing, logistics, and pharma companies running structured pilots to evaluate robotics for their operations — with clear ROI metrics and SLA-backed support. Enterprise programs.
Government & Defense Research
Agencies and defense research labs evaluating autonomous systems, with requirements for data security, IP protection, and on-site deployment.
The Team
SVRC was founded by robotics practitioners who spent years building and deploying robot systems before starting the company. Our team combines hands-on experience with robotic hardware, machine learning, teleoperation, and enterprise deployment. We hire operators, engineers, and researchers who have built real systems — not just published about them.
The team spans robotics engineering, ML infrastructure, operations, and customer success. Our teleoperation operators complete a rigorous qualification program before they touch production data. Our engineers have built systems deployed in warehouses, research labs, and manufacturing floors.
Our Locations
West Coast HQ: 1117 Independence Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043 — near NASA Ames Research Center and a short drive from Stanford and the heart of Silicon Valley. The facility includes robot demo areas, multi-station data collection bays, a hardware lab, and meeting spaces. Same-day hardware pickup available.
East Coast HQ: 125 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134 — adjacent to Harvard and MIT. Data collection stations, hardware inventory, and engineering support for East Coast teams.
We also operate in major technology hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific:
- US West: Mountain View, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego
- US East: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Austin
- Europe: London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Zurich
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney
Walk-ins are welcome by appointment. Contact us to schedule a visit, or find your nearest location at roboticscenter.ai/locations.
Get in Touch
Whether you need a robot, data collection, a platform for managing robot learning data, or a partner for your enterprise robotics project — we're here. Email us at contact@roboticscenter.ai or use our contact form.
Related Resources
Data Collection Services
Managed teleoperation campaigns from pilot to enterprise scale. Expert operators, research-grade QA, multiple delivery formats.
Fearless Data Platform
The infrastructure layer for robot learning: episode replay, failure mining, policy evaluation, and retraining pipeline.
Hardware Catalog
OpenArm 101, DK1, Orca Hand, Paxini sensors, Booster K1, VLAI L1, and more. Purchase or lease.
Enterprise Programs
30-day pilots, managed programs, and full fleet deployment with SLA-backed support.