{"id":82673,"title":"Ember Robotics: Camera diagnostics for robots","tagline":"Reducing vision failures from the source","body":"# **tldr; Got camera problems? We’ve got solutions.**\n\n[Ember](https://www.emberrobotics.com/) builds software to monitor and resolve robot camera issues - so you can reduce vision failures from the source.\n\nIs robot camera reliability or degraded vision driving you nuts? Book a demo [here](https://www.emberrobotics.com/) or reach out to us at [founders@emberrobotics.com](mailto:founders@emberrobotics.com)!\n\n### **The problem**\n\nWe’ve spent years working on vision systems for autonomous robots and found similar issues everywhere:\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=82673\u0026key=user_uploads/1932951/335dd4a4-e0b6-4c6b-bb64-a4c9c0c60f7f)\n\n☐ Robotics companies work on lean teams that have to do lots of things super fast - **hardware reliability is often secondary to core product features**\n\n☐ **Camera failures cause large fires** because they float up the stack to critically damage perception, controls, and safety\n\n☐ **Digging through layers of software / hardware to figure out what went wrong is painful** (ex. sometimes you spend hours goose-chasing a “perception issue” just to find a loose cable)\n\n### **Our solution**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=82673\u0026key=user_uploads/1932951/9c181ef2-e04a-498d-a839-35bfa75fd1dc)\n\n**A camera diagnostics framework that ties in real-time data, logs, and reports to contextualize your robot’s vision health.** Support the full life-cycle of your robot with features like:\n\n✅ Out-of-the-box tracking for common issues (disconnection, frame drops, time sync)\n\n💬 Automated suggestions for error resolution\n\n⏱️ Real-time alerts\n\n🖌️ Image quality analysis tools to optimize computer vision\n\n📈 Historical data analysis for predictive maintenance\n\n### **Try it out: Plug-and-play camera testing**\n\nBench-test cameras or diagnose issues in the field with one easy tool. **Fill a config file, launch our service, and get fast metrics on camera health.**\\\n[demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoCmdVEzzM)\n\nCurrently we support Intel® RealSense™ D400 cameras and ROS - more cameras and pub-sub models coming soon!\n\n### **Meet the team**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=82673\u0026key=user_uploads/1932951/cc554985-1fa2-4bd8-9d16-96609bb82645)\n\nHi, we are [Shivani](http://linkedin.com/in/shivanicm) \u0026 [Ritika](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritikashrivastava/)! We built software at Tesla Autopilot to optimize camera performance for autonomy. We’ve covered the camera stack end-to-end (low-latency image capture, real-time camera monitoring, online camera calibration, multi-trip reconstruction, and SLAM) - we’re passionate about helping robots see!\n\n### **Our ask**\n\nIs robot camera reliability or degraded vision driving you nuts? Book a demo [here](https://www.emberrobotics.com/) or reach out to us at [founders@emberrobotics.com](mailto:founders@emberrobotics.com)!\n\nIf you know anyone working on robots, drones, or other multi-camera systems (surveillance, manufacturing, etc.) we would love a warm intro.\n\nAnd for those who are just generally robot-curious - always happy to chat!","slug":"LVR-ember-robotics-camera-diagnostics-for-robots","created_at":"2024-08-02T13:50:39.909Z","updated_at":"2026-04-24T19:57:57.900Z","total_vote_count":101,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LVR-ember-robotics-camera-diagnostics-for-robots","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=82673\u0026key=user_uploads/1932951/cc554985-1fa2-4bd8-9d16-96609bb82645","company":{"id":29768,"name":"Ember Robotics","slug":"ember-robotics","url":"https://www.emberrobotics.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d7501c381ec6654b0249e7c8d1881f708e27ce6e.png","batch":"Summer 2024","industry":"Industrials","tags":["Developer Tools","Robotics","B2B","Analytics","Data Visualization"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/29768"}}