BENCH · 01[ PORTRAIT: founding engineer — B&W ]
[Name] · Robotics integrationFounding
Cobot cells, AMR fleets, factory-floor commissioning.
Prev.[Integrator]
ROS 2Kernel depth
DE/EUField
//Solutions — Full-Stack RoboticsSECT 01 / 07
Most build fast.Few build secure.We do both.
Most robotics systems deployed today are not compliant — and most teams do not know it yet. We fix that, end to end.
Team dossier — founding engineersEST · 2026
Field years20+ combined across the team
DisciplinesRobotics · Edge AI · Cybersec · Compliance
Prior rolesIndustrial integrators, OEMs, research labs
ROS 2Humble / Jazzy · DDS-secure · kernel level
StatusPre-revenue · taking founding clients now
CRA
Compliance Advisory
NIS2
Already In Force
EDGE
AI — Zero Cloud
E2E
Concept to Deployment
CYBER RESILIENCE ACT · DEC 2027EU AI ACT · RISK-TIEREDNIS2 · ALREADY LIVEPOST-QUANTUM READYROS 2 HUMBLE · JAZZYON-DEVICE AI · ZERO EGRESSCYBER RESILIENCE ACT · DEC 2027EU AI ACT · RISK-TIEREDNIS2 · ALREADY LIVEPOST-QUANTUM READYROS 2 HUMBLE · JAZZYON-DEVICE AI · ZERO EGRESS
// What we buildSECT 02 / 07
Two verticals. One partner.
Hardware integration and regulatory certification are usually two different vendors. That's where the gaps appear. We run both tracks in parallel, under one engineering team, on one delivery plan.
01 — Robotics Integration & AI
Robotics & & Edge
Intelligence
Full-stack deployments for manufacturers, logistics operators, and research institutions — with on-device AI and data sovereignty by default. Critical for defence, regulated industries, and GDPR-sensitive deployments.
AI ManufacturingSmart LabsDigital TwinPrivate AI InfraROS 2Sim-to-Real
6
Hardware partners
0
Cloud egress · by design
20yr+
Combined field time
AI Precision Manufacturing→
Visual inspection, cobots, force-controlled assembly cells
Smart Research Labs→
ROS 2, Isaac Sim, GPU clusters, modular robot platforms
Private AI Infrastructure→
On-premise LLM, GDPR compliant, zero data egress
Digital Twin & Simulation→
Virtual commissioning and sim-to-real validation pipelines
Discuss a pilot Scoping · 2 weeks · fixed fee
02 — Security & Compliance
Secure
by Design.
Compliant.
We audit, harden, and certify connected robotics systems against CRA, NIS2, and the EU AI Act — before your regulator, your client, or an attacker finds the gap first.
CRANIS2EU AI ActPost-QuantumThreat ModelingROS 2 Security
46
CRA controls mapped
21mo
Until deadline
3
Regulations covered
CRA & NIS2 Compliance→
Readiness assessment, documentation, certification roadmap
EU AI Act Advisory→
Risk classification and conformity assessment for AI systems
Cyber-secure Robotics→
Secure boot, encrypted comms, OTA hardening, threat modeling
Post-Quantum Security→
Future-proof cryptography for embedded and connected systems
⚠ CRA deadline for most connected products: December 2027. The gap analysis takes longer than you think. Start now.
// 2-minute diagnosticSECT 03 / 07
How exposed are you?
Five questions. One readiness score. No form, no email gate. If the number scares you, that's the point — and that's what we fix.
CRA / NIS2 self-assessment00 / 05
Q1.Your product ships with network connectivity or remote updates.
Q2.You have a documented SBOM and vulnerability disclosure policy.
Q3.Connected robotics deployed in EU member states today.
Q4.An AI model is part of a safety-relevant decision loop.
Q5.You have a named security owner on the engineering team.
CRA enforcement deadline — live countdown
—Days
—Hours
—Min
—Sec
A typical CRA readiness + remediation program runs 9–14 months. Projects started after Q3 2026 are statistically unlikely to finish in time.
Readiness score · liveAUTO-UPDATE
0%exposure
Risk tier—
Answer to begin
Est. effort— weeks
Fines exposure—
Recommended program
Gap analysis & control mapping3 wk
SBOM, CVD policy, threat model4 wk
Secure boot + OTA hardening6 wk
Conformity dossier & cert. filing8 wk
// Reference architectureSECT 04 / 07
From robot to regulator.
Every deployment sits on the same three-tier stack. The stack is the reason our compliance evidence maps 1-to-1 to engineering artifacts — no translation layer, no re-discovery, no surprise before certification.
Tier 01 · Fleet & sensing
ARMUF-xArm7
Cobots & manipulators
6-DOF · force-ctrl
AMRRB-Vogui
Autonomous mobile
SLAM · outdoor-rated
LEGDEEP Jueying
Quadruped platforms
Terrain · inspection
SENHesai · Orbbec
LiDAR & RGB-D
360° · 0.01° res
Tier 02 · Edge intelligence
RUNTIMEROS 2 · DDS
Deterministic orchestrator
Humble / Jazzy · encrypted bus
PERCEPTONNX · TensorRT
On-device perception
8.2ms p99 · quantized
LLMPrivate · air-gapped
Operator copilot
GDPR · zero egress
TWINIsaac · Gazebo
Simulation & validation
Sim-to-real · VV&A
Tier 03 · Compliance evidence
CRA46 controls
Conformity dossier
Self / module B+C
AIEU AI Act
Risk classification
Annex III · high-risk
SECNIS2
Incident & reporting
24h · 72h · 30d
CRYPTOPQC-ready
Post-quantum migration
Kyber · Dilithium
Hardware link Evidence link Data flow
// Scope of workSECT 05 / 07
Fixed scope. Named engineers.
Eight deliverables, four phases, one named technical contact from kickoff through handover. Below is the default 14-week program — every milestone has a named owner, a go/no-go gate, and a written artifact.
Phase
Discovery · wk 1–3
Design · wk 4–6
Build · wk 7–11
Deploy · wk 12–14
01 — 02
Requirements & site survey
Ops walk-through, stakeholder map, constraint log
Week 1–2
System architecture doc
Tier-01/02/03 spec, interface contracts, risk register
Week 3–4
03 — 04
Hardware bill of materials
Vendor-locked SKUs, lead time gantt, spares policy
Week 4–5
Software integration spec
ROS 2 topics, auth, OTA flow, API contracts
Week 5–7
05 — 06
Simulation & validation
Isaac / Gazebo scenes, sim-to-real delta report
Week 8–10
On-site install & commissioning
Integration lab → customer floor, factory acceptance
Week 11–13
07 — 08
Onboarding + SLA
Operator training, remote monitoring, 24/7 support
Week 13–14+
KICKOFF · W01GATE A · W03GATE B · W07GATE C · W11HANDOVER · W14
// The benchSECT 06 / 07
New company. Old bench.
We will not pretend to have a case-study book we do not have. What we have is a small team of founding engineers with 20+ years of combined field experience in robotics integration, edge intelligence, and security — and a stack they have already shipped at previous employers.
Combined field years
20+
Across the founding team — manipulation, mobility, perception, secure systems.
Hardware partners
6
Direct supply: DEEP Robotics, Hesai, Orbbec, RoboSense, Robotnik, UFACTORY.
Regulations tracked
3
CRA, NIS2, EU AI Act — read end to end, control by control, not via consultant summary.
Founding client slots
3 slots
We take three pilots through 2026 at reduced fee in exchange for a published case study.
BENCH · 02[ PORTRAIT: founding engineer — B&W ]
[Name] · Edge AI & perceptionFounding
On-device models, private LLM infra, sim-to-real pipelines.
Prev.[OEM / Lab]
CUDATensorRT
GDPRZero-egress
BENCH · 03[ PORTRAIT: founding engineer — B&W ]
[Name] · Security & complianceFounding
Cyber-physical threat modeling, CRA / NIS2 conformity dossiers.
Prev.[Cert body]
CRA46/46 read
PQCMigration
— Honest note
Plinth Robotics is a 2025 company. The logo bar below shows the hardware vendors we source from today — not a client list. Case studies live here once the first three pilots ship. Until then, we are transparent about where the experience comes from.
DEEP Robotics
Hesai
Orbbec
RoboSense
Robotnik
UFACTORY
Hardware supply partners6 vendors · direct agreements · not client logos
// Start the conversationSECT 07 / 07
TALK TO OUR ENGINEERS.
not a sales rep.
Not a form that goes nowhere. An actual conversation with the people who will do the work — from scoping to deployment.
Typical first reply
< 4 working hours
Discovery call
30 min · named engineer
Scoping document
5 working days · fixed