Robot software engineering

Powering Physical AI robots from simulation to deployment

Engineering support for ROS 2, NVIDIA Omniverse and Physical AI—from digital twins, perception and robot learning to humanoids, quadrupeds, AMRs and industrial deployment.

Humanoid · Quadruped · AMRPhysical AISimulation to deployment
Humanoid, quadruped and autonomous mobile robots working together in a warehouse
Physical AI systems online
Embodied roboticsHumanoid · Quadruped · AMR
Learning + simulationIsaac Sim · RL · IL
Capabilities

Our services

From ROS 2 engineering to Physical AI, we help teams build, train, validate and deploy modern robot systems.

Autonomous Navigation Systems
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Autonomous Navigation Systems

ROS 2 navigation, mapping, localization, planning, controls and sensor integration for autonomous mobile robots.

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Robot Manipulation & Motion Planning
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Robot Manipulation & Motion Planning

Pick-and-place, bin picking, grasping, motion planning and force-aware manipulation for industrial robot arms.

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Robot Perception & Edge AI
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Robot Perception & Edge AI

2D and 3D vision, LiDAR, depth cameras, detection, tracking and GPU-accelerated ROS 2 perception pipelines.

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Robot Simulation & Digital Twins
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Robot Simulation & Digital Twins

OpenUSD digital twins, NVIDIA Omniverse, Isaac Sim, software-in-the-loop testing and synthetic data workflows.

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ROS 2 Hardware & Driver Development
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ROS 2 Hardware & Driver Development

Custom interfaces and drivers for cameras, LiDARs, motor controllers, embedded systems and complete robot platforms.

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Humanoid Application Development
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Humanoid Application Development

ROS 2 applications for humanoids: navigation, perception, manipulation, teleoperation and sim-to-real validation.

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Quadruped Robot Application Development
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Quadruped Robot Application Development

Autonomous inspection, terrain-aware navigation, perception, payload integration and remote operator workflows.

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Robot Learning: RL, IL & Sim-to-Real
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Robot Learning: RL, IL & Sim-to-Real

Reinforcement learning, imitation learning, demonstration data, policy evaluation and controlled deployment workflows.

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VLA, VLM & Multimodal Robot Applications
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VLA, VLM & Multimodal Robot Applications

Vision-language models and vision-language-action prototypes for scene understanding, task planning and robot interaction.

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Synthetic Data & Physical AI Pipelines
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Synthetic Data & Physical AI Pipelines

RTX sensor simulation, domain randomization, synthetic datasets, teleoperation data and Physical AI evaluation pipelines.

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Industrial ROS & ROS 2 Training
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Industrial ROS & ROS 2 Training

Hands-on training in navigation, manipulation, perception, drivers, Docker, simulation and deployment.

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NVIDIA Omniverse & Isaac Training
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NVIDIA Omniverse & Isaac Training

OpenUSD, Omniverse, Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, Isaac Lab, digital twins, synthetic data and robot learning workshops.

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Capabilities in action

Featured solution tracks

Solution areas spanning humanoids, robot learning, navigation, manipulation and simulation.

Unitree G1 & R1 Humanoid Navigation
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Unitree G1 & R1 Humanoid Navigation

Localization, navigation, obstacle awareness, safety boundaries and mission-level task control for humanoid platforms.

Humanoid Perception & Manipulation
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Humanoid Perception & Manipulation

3D scene understanding, grasp planning and task execution with humanoid arms and dexterous end effectors.

RL Locomotion & Whole-Body Control
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RL Locomotion & Whole-Body Control

Simulation environments, reward design, policy training, evaluation and controlled sim-to-real transfer for humanoids.

Imitation Learning & Teleoperation
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Imitation Learning & Teleoperation

Demonstration collection, dataset processing, policy training and deployment validation for embodied robot tasks.

VLA/VLM Physical AI Task Execution
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VLA/VLM Physical AI Task Execution

Natural-language task interfaces, visual grounding, semantic scene understanding and controlled action pipelines.

Quadruped Autonomous Inspection
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Quadruped Autonomous Inspection

Perception-led patrols, mapping, waypoint navigation and remote operator workflows for quadruped robots.

AMR Digital Twin & Fleet Validation
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AMR Digital Twin & Fleet Validation

Warehouse simulation, sensor modelling, navigation stress testing and synthetic data generation for AMR systems.

Industrial Manipulation Cell
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Industrial Manipulation Cell

Vision-guided pick-and-place, motion planning, gripper integration and workstation safety logic.

Experience

Organizations we have worked with

A selection of organizations shown on the current RUNTIME Robotics website.

ApressDuplexBedestrianRemy RoboticsRobomaniaSwiftCircleXStreetDroneVisconWiproTata MotorsTCSSpotlessIBMGMArkRobotPackt
People

Our team

ROS developers and educators focused on practical robot-software delivery.

Lentin Joseph
Co-Founder · ROS Developer & Educator

Lentin Joseph

ROS developer and educator since 2010, author of 11 books on ROS, and a hands-on engineering partner for simulation, navigation and robot-software projects.

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Aleena Johny
Co-Founder · ROS Developer & Educator

Aleena Johny

ROS software developer, educator and co-author supporting practical robot-software delivery, training and modern ROS 2 development workflows.

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Robotics engineers collaborating around an autonomous mobile robot
ROSfocused robotics engineering
Our story

Engineering robots from software outward

RUNTIME Robotics works with commercial and research teams on robot software, simulation, algorithms, perception and integration. The goal is to help teams turn robotics ideas into reliable systems while sharing practical knowledge through training.

Research + commercialSupport from prototypes through product integration.
Remote friendlyDevelopment workflows designed for distributed robot teams.
EducationHands-on ROS learning for engineers and students.
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