Create the certification, standards, and insurance path for robots that can tip over
Named on stage by Dr. Brandon DeHart (RoboHub) at a Startup Grind Kitchener-Waterloo fireside, 16 July 2026.
What the people stuck here are trying to get done
When my robot can tip over, walk on legs, or interact with people, I want a safety standard, certification, and insurance path to exist, so I can move from pilots to real deployment.
Who needs it solved
Humanoid, legged, and sidewalk-delivery robot companies whose deployments are stuck as permanent pilots because no one will certify or insure a machine that can tip over.
What makes it hard
The certification cliff: "the second it can tip over in your risk evaluation, it has now become a random custom piece of hardware that no certifier or insurer is going to touch." A hospital robot is governed by the same rules as a bedpan. The whole humanoid segment sits at permanent pilots.
Working on this?
Building toward this problem, or know someone who does? Message me on LinkedIn and the chapter will make the introduction.
Speakers can ask for a change or removal at any time: andrew@loopgrow.co.