Robotics & Autonomous Systems
You're building the robots that will change everything. Why are you still using data infrastructure from 2010?
You're here to build autonomous warehouses, field robots that work for days without human intervention, factory systems that coordinate seamlessly. But your data stack is stuck in the era of always-online assumptions and centralized control. Your "autonomous" robots need constant babysitting. Your breakthrough AI gets crippled by SQLite limitations and network timeouts.
Time to build data infrastructure that actually works in the field.
Source gives you a verifiable database that runs directly on each robot — no cloud required, no custom sync nightmares, no single points of failure. With DefraDB, your robots get their own embedded database that syncs peer-to-peer over whatever connection they have, handles conflicts automatically, and keeps working when everything else goes offline.
The Compromises That Kill Innovation
You came here to build intelligent machines, not to debug distributed systems:
Your breakthrough algorithms get neutered by data infrastructure that can't keep up
"Autonomous" systems that freeze the moment they lose WiFi or hit a network partition
SQLite works until it doesn't — and debugging corruption across a disconnected fleet means driving to each robot with a laptop
You're writing sync protocols instead of motion planning and computer vision
Cloud dependencies mean your robots aren't actually autonomous — they're remote-controlled
Every firmware update risks breaking coordination across your entire fleet
Build the robots you actually imagined
DefraDB embeds a full database directly on each robot.
No more infrastructure that breaks in the field. No more choosing between intelligence and reliability. No more explaining why your autonomous system needs human intervention.
What becomes possible:
True autonomy
Robots coordinate using peer-to-peer sync over ad hoc WiFi, Bluetooth, or whatever transport exists
Conflict-free intelligence
CRDTs handle concurrent map updates, task assignments, and sensor data sharing automatically
Bulletproof verification
Every data change is cryptographically signed and timestamped — debug with confidence
Evolution without disruption
Mixed-version fleets stay coordinated during staged firmware rollouts
Edge-native processing
Run complex queries and decision logic directly on-device without any cloud dependencies
Mission-critical debugging
Reconstruct exactly what each robot knew at any point in time
What You Actually Get
Months of infrastructure work eliminated
Stop building sync protocols and debugging race conditions at 3 AM
Deploy one database architecture from development to production fleets
Debug with complete, verifiable history instead of hunting for logs across devices
Push schema updates without breaking coordination across mixed-version deployments
Integrate seamlessly with ROS/ROS2, autonomy stacks, and whatever AI models you're running
Infrastructure built for real robotics:
Embedded-first design
Runs natively on NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi, industrial compute modules
CRDT-powered sync
Robots share maps, sensor data, and task queues without conflicts
Cryptographic trust
Device authentication and signed data before any coordination occurs
Time-travel debugging
See exactly what each robot knew when things went wrong
Transport independence
Works over WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular, LoRa, or direct connections
Designed for
Real-World Use Cases
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Robotics & Autonomous Systems
You're building the robots that will change everything. Why are you still using data infrastructure from 2010?
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