We think the bottleneck is coordination, not robotics.
Position
Polyborg starts from the work, not from the hardware. Six-axis arms, vacuum tooling, and vision systems are mature technology; they are not the reason an automation project takes thirty-five weeks. That time goes to four organizations exchanging incomplete information over email, in series, with no shared record of what was agreed. We built Polyborg because that is a software problem wearing an engineering costume.
Polyborg starts from the work you need done, not a fixed list of integrators or robot models.
Principles
OEM-NEUTRAL BY CONSTRUCTION
The ability to select the right provider is the core competency. No cell template is ever bound to a single manufacturer.
EVIDENCE OVER ASSERTION
Every field in a specification carries its source. Every acceptance milestone carries its proof.
PAID ON OUTPUT
Billing begins when the cell reaches the agreed productivity rate, and suspends when it stops.
HUMANS SIGN THE CONSEQUENTIAL THINGS
Software drafts, routes, benchmarks, and chases. People approve money and safety.
Context
Why this is happening now
Manufacturing labor is the #1 constraint
Plants can't hire the operators they need at any wage.
Automation takes 35 weeks on average
Most of that is coordination, not build time.
Nobody prices it in the open
Buyers get one quote and no reference point.
The standard we hold ourselves to
The numbers behind the pitch.
We publish what we find across the projects we run: how far quotes drift from benchmark, what a typical quote leaves out, and what it costs. A coordination layer that hides its own numbers is not worth adopting.
Median quote variance vs benchmark
18%Exclusions found in a typical quote
3Unpriced exposure those carry
$15–25KPaid only when the cell hits rate
100%Across completed Polyborg projects.