Automating physical tasks at scale
Robotics investors evaluate technical feasibility, deployment economics, and the path from controlled environments to unstructured real-world operation. Your pitch needs to show genuine automation gains and a business model that works at customer scale, not just demo scale.
Percentage of target tasks completed successfully in real-world conditions.
Benchmark: 99%+ required for commercial deployment in most industrial contexts.
Time for the customer to recover the cost of deploying your robots.
Benchmark: Under 24 months preferred; 12-18 months is competitive.
Reliability of the system in continuous operation.
Benchmark: Industrial: 99%+ uptime; unplanned downtime is a deal-breaker.
Operating cost to perform one task vs. human or existing machine equivalent.
Benchmark: Target 30-50% labor cost reduction for compelling ROI.
Time and cost to deploy a system at a new customer site.
Benchmark: Faster deployment cycles directly improve capital efficiency.
Prove it works in real conditions, not just the lab
Show the economics from the customer perspective
Explain how you build and deploy at volume
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