AI as teleoperator

Put Fathom on the
robot's shift.

Connect the autonomy stack you already run. Fathom watches the work, clears bounded impasses, and hands judgment to a person when evidence runs out.

Real-time control on the robot. Fathom reasoning in the cloud.

One Fathom. Isolated robot Shifts.
The problem

Robots still need judgment.

01Small surprises stop work

A dropped item, blocked path, or ambiguous scene can stall otherwise capable autonomy.

02People watch too many screens

One human per robot destroys the economics of a growing fleet.

03Hard moments get lost

Without decisions, rejections, and outcomes in one record, the same failure returns.

The product

Fathom is the teleoperator. Factor puts it to work.

Install the thin Factor Bridge, map your evidence and high-level skills once, and activate one Fathom Instance per robot.

01Connect the robot

Factor Bridge uses outbound TLS and one credential per robot.

02Activate Instance

Choose Observe, Assist, or Operate and pin the allowed evidence and skills.

03Let work open Shifts

The Bridge reports active work. Factor creates the Shift automatically.

04Keep authority local

Verity checks the decision contract. Your stack still accepts or rejects every skill.

Factor Bridge does not own drivers, navigation, mapping, localization, motion planning, fleet scheduling, emergency stops, or actuators.
The operating pair

One shared brain. One isolated context per robot.

Fathom · cloud reasoning

Supervises the work.

Reads configured evidence, reasons over impasses, proposes bounded skills, and asks a person when evidence is weak.

In
Evidence · state · Shift contract
Out
Decision · skill proposal
Isolation
One context per robot
Factor Bridge · local gate

Connects the stack you have.

Identifies the robot, sends configured evidence, enforces mode and allowlists, invokes approved high-level skills, and reports outcomes.

Transport
Outbound TLS
Authority
Named skills only
Safety
Customer stack always
Permission modes

Increase authority deliberately.

ObserveDecision record only

The Bridge sends evidence. Fathom reasons. No skill is authorized.

AssistHuman approval required

Fathom proposes an allowed skill. A person or customer application approves it.

OperateBounded skill authority

Verity approves the contract. The Bridge and customer stack still validate locally.

Handoffs

Fathom knows when judgment runs out.

01Fathom reaches its boundary

Evidence is weak, confidence is low, or the approved recovery set is exhausted.

02The robot enters local safe hold

A person accepts the Handoff. Factor pauses the meter while the person owns it.

03The Shift resumes

The outcome is recorded and responsibility returns to the same pinned Instance revision.

A Handoff transfers responsibility for the next decision. It never transfers the robot's local safety authority.
Fleet intelligence

Shared learning without shared control.

ObserveKeep the evidence chain

Record Fathom decisions, Verity results, Bridge acceptance, local rejection, and outcomes.

CompareFind repeated impasses

See where multiple robots encountered the same bounded failure pattern.

ReviseChange between Shifts

New instructions or permissions create a new Instance revision. Active Shifts never change silently.

Pricing

Pay for supervised work.

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Included

Factor Bridge

Use the signed container or small binary, or implement the same public protocol in your own client.

Design partner

$25k / six weeks

One robot type and up to five robots. Includes adapter work, skill contracts, Handoff rules, and evidence review.

One-time setup

Connect once.
Activate Instance.

Fathom stays available. The Bridge opens Shifts automatically when robot work begins.