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Running Through WiFi Dead Zones: How Offline Multi-Stop Routes Work
WiFi dead zones strand most AMRs mid-aisle. We generate the route at dispatch and run it on the robot itself — multi-stop, offline, confirmed by an IMU shake.
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AGV vs. AMR: The Difference Between "Automated" and "Autonomous"
AGVs follow fixed guidance; AMRs navigate autonomously. Adapted from the manufacturer's original post on the difference between the two and when each applies.
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Kachaka's External Developer API Is Officially Public
Preferred Robotics opens the Kachaka external developer API on GitHub under Apache 2.0, exposing transport commands and sensor data with ROS 2 support.
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Preferred Robotics' SLAM Technology — Why Kachaka Runs Without Magnetic Tape
Kachaka navigates without magnetic tape using in-house SLAM from Preferred Robotics — sensor fusion, loop closing, and constrained computation explained.
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The Payoff of Vertical Integration: Kachaka's Parent Group PFN Hands the Search for Optimal Inference to Software
PFN builds its own MN-Core chips and compiler — rare in robotics. From silicon to application, the whole chain shares one goal: cheaper, steadier robots.
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In the News | 2026 Smart City Summit: Sigma Signs MOU to Join Tainan City's Robotics Initiative
Economic Daily News: 台南市政府 and Sigma Robotics sign an MOU at the 2026 Smart City Summit to advance the Smart Robotics Application SIG.
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Our Field-Validation Project with 板橋榮譽國民之家 Wins the 新創採購獎
Sigma Robotics and Wistron Medical Technology win the 經濟部 新創採購獎 for the 板橋榮譽國民之家 service-robot field-validation project.
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In the News | Economic Daily News: "Physical AI" Takes Center Stage, Tainan Builds an Applied Robotics Cluster
Economic Daily News: the Smart Robotics Application SIG launches with ~60 companies, with Sigma's multi-robot system completing 40-bed monitoring in two hours.
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板橋榮譽國民之家 Official Release | Service Robots Deployed, Saving 1,500+ Hours of Ward-Round Labor a Year
板橋榮譽國民之家: Sigma AMRs deliver supplies by day and run zero-contact vital-sign monitoring by night, saving 1,500+ hours of staff time per year.
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In the Media | DIGITIMES: Service Robots Enter Taiwan's Healthcare and Eldercare Frontline
DIGITIMES: Sigma robots at 板橋榮家 handle supply delivery and nighttime patrol in 30 cm corridors, saving 1,500+ hours of staff time per year.
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In the Media | Sigma Targets the Hospitality Labor Gap with High-Value Service Robots
KNOWING News: a sub-30 cm robot for narrow hotel corridors with a multi-robot dispatch system covering delivery, front-desk service, and vital-sign measurement.
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Sigma Robotics Is Officially Founded — Putting AI to Work Through Robots, Across Every Industry
Sigma Robotics is founded in Taipei, focused on Physical AI: Kachaka Pro as the platform, paired with our own AI layer for real-world automation.