Case Study ยท Construction Robotics

Bringing an industrial robot to life

Control software, mechatronics, and vision perception for a construction robotics company's first prototype.

Client
Construction robotics company
Industry
Construction and industrial robotics
Services
Robotics software development, mechatronics, computer vision and perception, solution engineering
Engagement
February 2026 to present

Objectives

  • Control software. A software stack capable of running the company's first industrial robot end to end.
  • One multidisciplinary partner. Engineering, software, mechatronics, and vision perception from a single team rather than four separate vendors.
  • A working prototype. Move from an early-stage concept to hardware that runs.

Outcomes

  • First industrial robot prototype developed and operating
  • Four engineering disciplines delivered by one team
  • Staffing scaled to the phase of work, not a fixed headcount
  • Two-week sprints and on-time delivery against project milestones

We needed a software and robotics partner to build the control software for our first prototype. We needed a team with a combination of engineering, software, mechatronics, and vision perception.

Co-Founder & CEO Construction robotics company
01

The Challenge

Building an industrial robot from the ground up is not a software project with some hardware attached. It is several engineering disciplines that have to agree with each other, in one machine, at the same time.

A construction robotics company was developing its first prototype. It needed a partner to build the control software, and that software could not be written in isolation: it had to be designed against the mechanical and electronic systems it would drive, and against the vision system it would depend on to perceive the world around it.

Finding that combination in one place is the hard part. Most software firms stop at the driver layer. Most mechatronics shops do not build production software. The company needed a technology partner that could contribute across the whole robotic system.

02

Why Opreto

The company found Opreto through its professional network and evaluated it against other potential partners. Technical capability was the entry requirement. What decided it was how the two teams would work together day to day on a prototype where requirements were still moving.

"We chose them over other options because they had high ratings, a great culture fit, and aligned company values."

Co-Founder & CEO
03

The Solution

Opreto provided a flexible team, sized to the phase of work and covering four areas at once.

Robotics software development

Building the control software responsible for the robot's operation, from motion and sequencing through to the behavior the machine presents to its operators.

Mechatronics

Integrating that software with the robot's mechanical and electronic components, so the control layer was designed against the real actuators, sensors, and electronics rather than an idealized model of them.

Computer vision and perception

Developing the vision and perception capabilities the robotic system depends on to interpret its surroundings and act on what it sees.

Solution engineering

Designing technical solutions and working through engineering problems as they surfaced during development, which on a first prototype is most weeks.

How the teams worked

The two teams ran as one. Linear held the development tasks and milestones for both sides, work moved in two-week agile sprints, and regular virtual meetings kept decisions visible to everyone who needed them. That structure matters more than usual on hardware: when the mechanical design shifts, the software and vision work has to know within days, not at the end of a quarter.

04

From Concept to Working Prototype

Opreto developed the company's first industrial robot prototype, bringing control software, mechatronics, and vision perception together into a working robotic system.

By combining the disciplines inside a single team, the client moved from an early-stage concept to a machine that runs, without carrying the integration risk of coordinating several specialist vendors around hardware that was still changing.

What the partnership delivered

  • A first industrial robot prototype integrating the software and engineering components the system depends on
  • Software, robotics, mechatronics, and vision perception expertise inside one team
  • Consistent delivery against project timelines
  • Two-week sprints, defined milestones, and regular communication keeping development on track
  • An ongoing engineering partnership beyond the initial prototype

"Opreto's project management is organized and effective. The team delivers on time."

Co-Founder & CEO
05

Building the Next Generation of Robotics

With the first prototype developed and the engagement continuing, Opreto remains an engineering partner on the company's robotics roadmap.

The project is a straightforward example of the kind of work that does not fit neatly inside traditional software development: robotics, mechatronics, and computer vision applied together to turn an ambitious concept into functional technology.

"We are completely satisfied with Opreto."

Co-Founder & CEO

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