For UK operations, security, facilities and logistics teams
Put the right robot on a real job, connected to the systems you already run
We start with the task and the site, not a catalogue. We recommend the platform that fits across manufacturers, prove it with a demonstration and a scoped pilot, then connect it to your control room, maintenance, warehouse or incident systems.
We match the robot to the task and the site, prove it in a scoped pilot and connect it to the systems you already run.
Where it fits, we supply or arrange the robot. Every proposal says who supplies, warrants and supports each part.
Robot manufacturer? UK market entry
Prefer to pick a time?
Talk your task through with the founder
A 30-minute call on Zoom with Simon Bumford, founder. Pick a slot that suits you and the invite with the Zoom link comes by email.
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What we do
A robot is only useful if it fits the task and the way you already work.
Task match
Matched to the task
We start from the job, the site and the people around it, then compare platforms across manufacturers. The recommendation follows the task, not a brand, and we will tell you if a robot is the wrong answer.
Integration
Connected to what you already run
We are developing our integration and patrol software to carry what the robot sees and does into your existing systems: the control room and VMS, maintenance, warehouse management and incident logging, scoped site by site in the integration review. Your team keeps working in the tools they know.
Demonstration, then pilot
Proven before you commit
A demonstration arranged with the manufacturer, then a scoped pilot on your site against success measures agreed up front. You decide on the evidence, not the brochure.
How it works
From a task on your site to a robot that reports into your systems
Four steps. You can stop after any of them.
Understand the task and the site
We talk through the job, walk or survey the site, and agree what good looks like: the route, the conditions, the people nearby and the systems involved.
Recommend the platform
We shortlist robots across manufacturers and set out the trade-offs plainly: capability, weather and dust rating, runtime, UK support and total cost.
Prove it
A demonstration first, then a supervised pilot on one well-defined task, measured against success criteria agreed before anything runs.
Connect and hand over
We connect the robot to your existing systems, agree who supplies, warrants and supports each part, and plan the move from pilot to routine use.
Who does what
Clear lines on who owns each part
Every proposal names who supplies, warrants and supports each part, so nothing falls through the gaps.
- You
- The task, the site and the decision to go ahead. Your team, your procedures and the systems the robot reports into stay yours.
- Forge Robotics
- The recommendation across manufacturers, the design and management of the pilot, and the integration and patrol software we are developing to connect the robot to your systems. Supply of the robot where that fits.
- The manufacturer or supplier
- The robot itself: hardware, firmware, warranty and repairs. Hardware is often bought through the selected manufacturer or supplier.
- Delivery partners
- Sector engineering, monitoring and site work where the job needs it, delivered by specialist partners under their own accreditations.
From job to shortlist
Tell us the job. We do the shortlisting.
You do not need to know which robot you want. You need to know the job.
Tell us the job
The task, the site and the systems the robot would report into. A call is enough to start; a site visit settles the detail.
We shortlist platforms that fit
Across manufacturers, with the trade-offs written down: capability, weather and dust rating, runtime, UK support and total cost.
Prove it on your site, then connect it
A demonstration against your task, then a scoped pilot. What passes is connected to the systems you already run.
A fuller platform library sits deeper in the site, for once the task is clear: narrow platforms by job and site · compare specifications
Go deeper
More detail, when you need it
Each of these pages covers one part of the work in full.
Where we work
How we work
Grant funding support
Could grant funding reduce the cost of a pilot?
Robot trials, feasibility studies and automation projects can require upfront investment. Forge Robotics can help businesses explore whether innovation grants, R&D support, productivity funding or regional business schemes may contribute towards the cost of a suitable robotics project.
Please note: Funding is always subject to eligibility, location, applicant type, sector, project stage, deadlines and available schemes. Forge Robotics cannot guarantee funding or approval, but we can help businesses understand whether support may be available before committing to a larger robotics project.
Please note: funding conditions
Funding is always subject to eligibility, location, applicant type, sector, project stage, deadlines and available schemes. Forge Robotics cannot guarantee funding or approval, but we can help businesses understand whether support may be available before committing to a larger robotics project.
Why Forge
We recommend the robot that fits the task, whoever makes it.
Then we prove it on your site and connect it to the way you already work. If the evidence says no, we say so.
How we work: three principles
Forge Robotics is an advisory and integration business. We match a robotic need to a solution: the task and the site first, then the platform, then a pilot, then the connection into the systems you already run.
We would rather run a small pilot that answers the question than sell a large project that assumes the answer.
Manufacturer-neutral
We work across manufacturers and suppliers. Where we supply the hardware, the platform is still chosen for the task, not for a brand.
Specialists for each sector
Delivery partners bring the engineering for the environment the robot works in. Their accreditations stay theirs, and work that needs them is contracted through them.
Honest about limits
Patrol robots support security officers and the control room; they do not replace people or detain anyone. We tell you where a robot will not help before you spend money on a pilot.
Delivery partners
We bring the robotics. Our partners bring the sector.
Forge Robotics leads the recommendation, the pilot and the integration software. Each partner brings engineering expertise in the environment the robot has to work in, one specialist per sector, so the operation around the robot is engineered rather than improvised.
Automotive & manufacturing engineering
Contechs Consulting
Vehicle and manufacturing engineering from the automotive world, brought to the environment a robot has to work in, so the operation around it is engineered properly.
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Security & remote monitoring
Macaw Security Solutions
Monitored security operations from an accredited UK security company, so a patrol robot works inside a real security operation with detection, monitoring and a human response behind it.
Read about the partnershipSectors open
Partner with Forge Robotics
We add one specialist engineering partner per sector. If robots belong in the environment you know best, we would like to talk.
We work across robot manufacturers. Hardware is normally purchased through the selected supplier, although supply can also be arranged through Forge where appropriate, and your proposal identifies who supplies, warrants and supports each element. How we work with partners
Accreditations held by our partners
These are the partners’ certificates, not Forge’s: Forge Robotics holds no ISO certification of its own. Where a job needs a certified or scheme-registered supplier, such as monitored security or an ISO 9001 engineering partner, that part of the work is contracted through the partner, under its own certificate and scope.
16 certifications and scheme memberships held by Contechs (2), Macaw Security (11) and EMCS (3), not by Forge Robotics: ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 and 27001, plus 11 scheme and industry marks.
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- TISAX Assessment Level 3Contechs
- ISO 9001Contechs
- ISO 9001Macaw Security
- ISO 14001Macaw Security
- ISO 45001Macaw Security
- ISO 27001Macaw Security
- RISQSMacaw Security
- CHASMacaw Security
- SafeContractorMacaw Security
- AchillesMacaw Security
- SSAIBMacaw Security
- BS 8418Macaw Security
- PD 6662Macaw Security
- NSI GoldEMCS
- BSIA memberEMCS
- PSA memberEMCS
Certifications and scheme memberships shown are held by the named partner company, not by Forge Robotics. Where a project requires a certified or scheme-registered supplier, that part of the work is contracted through the partner under its own certified management system and scope. Certificates are available on request.
Manufacturers entering the UK
Bringing a robot platform to the UK market?
This site is written for UK operators first, because they are the buyers you need. For manufacturers, Forge is the advisory partner on the other side of that conversation: we match your platform to real UK jobs, arrange demonstrations and pilots with operators, connect it into their systems, and set out supply and support plainly in every proposal, alongside your own sales channels.
Get started
Start with an integration review
Tell us the task, the site and the systems it runs today: control room or VMS, WMS, maintenance or helpdesk, the incident log. We will come back with a written view of what fits the job and how it would connect, and we will say plainly if a robot is not the answer.