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Re: Launch HN: Salem Robotics (YC S26) – Software for industrial inspection robots

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Post by beckford » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC

The part about being hardware-agnostic sounds something like ROS 2, but maybe at a higher level. I would love to see a post about that (with a bit of explainers for people like me who only lightly dabble with robotics).

But I'm also curious to know if the "Salem" name was searched first. When I first saw the title I thought it was talking about Agility Robotics, which is based in Salem, Oregon and is currently 3rd spot on Google search for "Salem Robotics" (and 4 of the top 5 results on YouTube).

Re: Launch HN: Salem Robotics (YC S26) – Software for industrial inspection robots

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Post by fuzzfactor » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC

janakpanthi wrote: post #16

sidcool wrote: post #11

Congrats on launching. This should get more attention

Thanks, YC launches have helped quite a bit with drawing attention. We're hoping HN will pronounce it more.

I'm impressed with your two other capitalists in addition to YC getting involved.

On first impression of course, but they don't seem like your run-of-the-mill VCs who often have much more money than brains.

Re: Launch HN: Salem Robotics (YC S26) – Software for industrial inspection robots

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Post by akshay_akula » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC

Salem_robotics wrote: post #4

akshay_akula wrote: post #2

Congrats on the launch. "Successfully executing a trajectory doesn't mean the inspection worked" is a great frame, closing the loop on the measurement itself is the hard part.

Thanks, analyzing the data collection in real time plays a major part in assuring we actually collect the data we set out to.

btw would love to chat if you guys are looking to raise soon.

Re: Launch HN: Salem Robotics (YC S26) – Software for industrial inspection robots

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Post by ryanisnan » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC

a_t48 wrote: post #18

ryanisnan wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about container registries do robotics companies need that are different from other industries?

Docker is built for web. The mental model is that the internet speed is relatively fast, the image is relatively small, and the device you're pulling onto is starting with essentially no data. All three of these assumptions are wrong for robotics: - I've had someone in the Docker discord tell me at length that my container shouldn't be bigger than 1GB, which is impossible the moment you pull in CUDA or any ML librari…

Awesome - thank you for the detailed response.