Robotics Cats
Founded 2019 · 6 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
RoboticsCats is a machine vision company whose LookOut SaaS uses AI, computer vision, and IoT to automatically detect smoke and fire in real time from surveillance cameras. It serves national parks, forestry and wildfire services, plantations, resorts, and power infrastructure companies in more than 10 countries across Asia, Europe, and the Americas for early wildfire detection and environmental monitoring.
Also known as Robotics Cats Limited · RoboticsCats
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Robotics Cats (RoboticsCats) is a machine vision company that develops early wildfire detection and environmental monitoring software. Its core product, LookOut, is a Software-as-a-Service platform that applies AI, computer vision and IoT to video and image feeds from surveillance cameras to automatically identify smoke and fire in real time, providing 24/7 automated monitoring intended to reduce the delays associated with manual observation of fire lookout imagery.
LookOut runs machine learning detection and classification models in parallel, with the stated aim of maintaining high true-positive and low false-positive rates, and exposes configurable detection settings so users can tune performance for different environments and weather conditions. Detections are delivered as alerts by email, mobile notification and API call, with accompanying images for situational context, and are presented in a map-based graphical interface for locating fires. The company positions camera-based detection as cost-efficient relative to the monitored area, citing coverage of over 70,000 hectares (a 15 km radius) from a single PTZ camera.
Business model
Software-as-a-Service sold as a monthly service subscription with no minimum usage requirement, layered onto customers' existing or newly deployed surveillance cameras.
Recurring monthly subscription fees for the LookOut wildfire detection service.
Traction
The company states LookOut is trusted by customers in more than 10 countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas, including national parks, forestry and wildfire services, UNESCO World Heritage sites, plantations, resorts and power infrastructure operators.
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Market position
Supplier of AI-based camera wildfire detection software to public-sector land and fire management bodies and private landowners internationally, describing itself as a startup.
Automated AI detection replacing manual observation, rapid deployment onto existing camera infrastructure, native AXIS camera compatibility, small-object detection sensitivity, configurable detection parameters, and subscription terms without minimum usage commitments.
Technology
Computer vision and machine learning models for smoke and fire detection, combined with IoT and cloud delivery. Detection and classification models operate simultaneously; the system is stated to identify wildfires as small as 0.03% of the source image and to detect early-stage wildfires within 15 minutes of ignition. It is natively compatible with AXIS Communications cameras and also accepts standard security cameras, webcam images and smartphones as image input sources. Deployment on a single camera is described as taking minutes, and on hundreds of cameras as taking days.
Go-to-market
Direct sales supported by self-service entry points: a free trial available at lookout.roboticscats.com, an online demo request form, and partnerships including camera-maker compatibility with AXIS Communications hardware.
National parks, forestry and wildfire services, UNESCO World Heritage sites, private plantations, tourist resorts and power infrastructure companies.
Geography
Customers in more than 10 countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas; deployments referenced include a wind farm in Spain and a Hong Kong site.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Robotics Cats do?
- Robotics Cats is a machine vision company whose LookOut SaaS detects wildfire smoke and fire from surveillance cameras using AI.
- Who are Robotics Cats's investors?
- Robotics Cats's investors include Beyond Ventures.