RoboAPI

RoboAPI is PokeBot's public robot control API, opened as a technical preview on October 29–30, 2026. Developers send observations and a plain-language instruction; the API returns action predictions from Poke-Aurora for compatible arms—no task-specific data collection required during the preview.

Launch: pokebot.com/ai · Apply: platform.pokebot.com/login · Docs: developers.pokebot.com/docs/roboapi

Key points

1. Product name: RoboAPI—the try-it surface; the underlying model is Poke-Aurora (tracked separately).
2. Pitch: "Don't trust demos. Try it yourself"—move evaluation from staged videos onto customer hardware (UR / Franka-class).
3. Preview terms: free, non-commercial; not offered to for-profit third parties during preview.
4. Hardware expectations: wrist fisheye camera, end-effector pose control, capable IK (UMI-inspired setup).
5. Coverage: GlobeNewswire PR Oct 29 + @PokeBot_Global + robotics Twitter/Chinese media Oct 30 BJT registration open.

Why it matters

Robotics is getting an "API moment"; RoboAPI is a searchable product noun alongside Physical Intelligence's Pi API beta narrative.

How to try it

1. Register with email on platform.pokebot.com (opened Oct 30 BJT).
2. Follow RoboAPI docs for camera/pose wiring on a supported arm.
3. Issue natural-language tasks (e.g. "stand the bottle upright") and log success/failure in your cell.

Keep humans in the loop; preview SLAs and commercial licensing were not published in the launch posts.