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01 · You
Describe it in words or video
“Six aisles, four dock doors, staging by Dock 4. The robot must stop for people.”or a site video
- 02 · AI Drafts the world
- 03 · AI Proposes the tests
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04 · You
Get the verdict
52 pass
Found before deployment
2 fail
Describe the world. AI finds where your robot fails.
Forge's AI turns plain English into a physically real twin of your site, robot and sensors. It drafts the scenarios and edge cases and runs the ones you approve, so failures show up in simulation, before deployment. Your engineers stay in charge of what gets tested and what counts as a pass; the AI does the setup work that used to need a dedicated simulation team.
The problem
Robots don't fail in the demo. They fail in the real world.
A leaning pallet, a person stepping into the path, light that washes out the camera. Today these moments turn up one at a time, months into a field pilot, with people nearby.
Robot arrives on siteDemo in a cleared area goes perfectly
Stops short in morning glareCamera washed out · shift delayed
Near-miss with a person stepping outFleet paused pending safety review
Unexpected obstacle blocks the routeRobot halts · operations stall
Software update undoes the Month 3 fixNobody re-tested. Nobody noticed.
of field pilots before a fleet can scale
Every edge case waits for the real world to produce it.
to build a realistic simulation
Scenes, robot models, sensor calibration and test code all need scarce skills.
the edge cases nobody wrote
Each variation is built by hand, so most are never tried.
regressions with every update
What worked last quarter quietly breaks in the field.
One platform
Simulation for the full physical-AI lifecycle.
Develop, evaluate, and generate data in one place — anchored on the piece the others exist to serve: an independent verdict you can stand behind.
Build against a real twin
Harden your driving policy against a calibrated digital twin of the site it will actually deploy into.
The independent verdict
Prove function, safety, and benchmark in one loop — a graded, standards-traceable result you can show a buyer.
Synthetic data & coverage
Turn every run into labeled, ground-truth scenario data — the long-tail coverage a real floor can't give you.
// 01 AI builds your world
Your site, your robot, its sensors. Physically real, without the simulation build-out.
Describe the site or import a video. Import your robot or pick an existing one. Forge's AI lays out the scene, sets up the robot, then places and calibrates its sensors, so the robot moves and sees in simulation the way it does in real life. You review each step and correct anything the AI got wrong.
Building from the asset library…
- Body & payloadmass and centre of gravity
- Drive & steeringwheel friction tuned
- Brakesresponse delay matched
- Sensors found1 LiDAR · 1 camera
Calibrating to the real sensors
// 02 AI writes your tests, runs and debugs them
Say what matters. AI drafts the test and suggests the edge cases you'd miss.
In the world you just built, describe the situation in plain English. Forge's AI turns it into a runnable scenario, widens it with the conditions and edge cases the real world throws at robots, and runs the set you approve.
AI drafted the scenario
- The robot drives down Aisle A-7 at speed.✓ accepted
- A person steps out from behind the racking.✓ accepted
- The robot stops at least 0.50 m from the person.✓ accepted
AI suggested edge cases for this scenario
- Person carrying a box that hides their legsharder for the camera to recognise+ added
- Sun glare through an open doorwashes out the front camera+ added
- Wet floor near the aisle endlonger braking distance+ added
Stopped at 0.28 m. Needed 0.50 m. Fail.
7 pass · 2 fail, found before anyone was at risk.
/camera/front exposure saturated for 340 ms after the door opened → detection came 0.6 s late → braking started at 1.1 m instead of 1.7 m.
Every run keeps the robot, site and settings that produced it, ready to replay for your safety review.
robot v3.2 · site DC-3 · seed 4127// 03 Why Forge
Built to give you an honest read on your robot.
Your team, not a simulation team
AI handles the scene, robot, sensors and scenario drafting. Your engineers review, approve and decide what counts.
Physically real
Calibrated robot movement and sensors in a physics-based twin, so what happens in Forge is a faithful predictor of what happens on site.
Won't bend a safety test
When a detail is unclear, the AI asks. When a change would alter what the test means, Forge says so.
Evidence, not a green tick
Every result carries the measurement behind it and replays deterministically, ready for your safety review.
// 04 Solutions
One proving ground. Every kind of robot.
The workflow is the same whatever moves: describe the world, let AI draft the world and the tests, approve them, read the verdict. We start where the stakes are highest and the floor is busiest.
Forklifts
Autonomous and assisted forklifts in warehouses, distribution centres and docks: pedestrians, loads at height, trailers and mixed traffic.
Explore the forklift solutionMobile robots
AMRs moving goods between stations, shelves and people.
Humanoids
General-purpose robots working alongside people.
Drones
Inspection and inventory flights indoors and out.
Agricultural robots
Field robots facing terrain, weather and crops.
// 05 Who it's for
Three sides of the same deployment.
Will this release hold up at every customer's site?
Recreate each customer's site with AI, run every release against the situations they actually face, and catch what broke before they do.
- Catch regressions between software releases
- Walk into pilots with evidence, not promises
- Start from ready-made safety scenario suites
38 of 40 hold · 1 fixed · 1 new failure
- Person steps into the pathPASS→FAIL
- Glare at an open doorFAIL→PASS
- Obstacle overhanging the routePASS→PASS
- Tight turn in a narrow spacePASS→PASS
Can I show this prospect it works in their building?
Rebuild the prospect's site from a description or a walkthrough video, run your robot through their busiest hour, and walk into the pitch with a graded result for their floor instead of a generic demo.
- Turn a site visit into a proof pack in days, not a pilot in months
- Show the buyer their own aisles, docks and shift patterns
- Answer “what happens when…” with a replayable run, not a promise
12 of 12 ready · 1 fixed before the pitch
- Shift-change crossing at Dock 2PASS
- Reflective wrap under the skylightsPASS
- Glare at the east doorsFAIL→PASS
- Manual trucks sharing Aisle 4PASS
Will this robot actually work at my site?
Describe your site and how it runs. Forge builds it and tests the robot there before go-live, with your team reviewing every scenario. No code required.
- Describe your site's tricky spots in plain words
- See pass or fail before go-live, not after
- Share the evidence with safety and operations
11 of 12 ready · 1 needs attention
- Morning glare at the dockPASS
- People crossing at shift changePASS
- Pallet left in a travel laneFAIL
- Busy dock, three trucks at oncePASS
Book a demo
Bring us the scenario that keeps you up at night.
We'll build your world and run it in Forge with you in a 30-minute session.