Autonomous Zero-Turn Mower
Ground-up autonomy platform, LiDAR + RTK GNSS, 360° safety coverage, operating on real properties.
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Capability
Robotics Development in Australia
Autonomy stacks from perception to actuation, with the safety interlocks and manual-override paths that make them deployable. We build ground-up autonomous platforms and add autonomy to platforms that were manual yesterday - mobile robots, retrofits, and arm-based cells.
Scope
What robotics development covers - and what it doesn't.
Robotics is autonomy that operates in the physical world - which is what makes it hard. We treat every robotics program as a systems problem: perception, planning, control, safety and human-machine interface are one design decision, not five separate ones.
In scope
- ROS 2 stacks: perception, navigation, motion planning, behaviour
- AMR and AGV integration with warehouse and plant workflows
- Retrofit autonomy for manual mobile platforms (mowers, cleaners, industrial)
- Arm-based cells for pick-place, inspection, and assembly
- Sensor fusion: LiDAR, cameras, IMU, RTK GNSS, wheel odometry
- Safety architecture: monitored stop, guarded zones, redundant compute
- Simulation-first development (Gazebo, Isaac Sim) for reproducible testing
Honestly out of scope
- Consumer-toy robotics or hobby-grade platforms
- Turnkey mechanical robot builds (we integrate; you or your OEM builds the platform)
- Full-time operations of deployed fleets after handover
- Formal SIL/PL-rated safety certification (we design to align; certified partners rate)
Outcomes
What you get out of it.
A robotics program succeeds when the robot does the job repeatably, safely, and without a human standing next to it. What our robotics programs consistently deliver:
Autonomy that survives real environments
Sensor fusion designed against the weather, lighting and surface variation the platform will actually see - not the sim environment. Our zero-turn mower operates on real properties end to end, with LiDAR + RTK GNSS and 360° safety coverage.
Safety architecture, not safety features
Redundant emergency stops, monitored speed and stop, guarded zones designed as first-class parts of the stack - not bolted-on tick-boxes. When the safety system trips, it trips predictably.
Retrofit paths that respect the platform
Autonomy added to manual platforms without butchering them - reversible where possible, documented always. The platform still works manually the day the autonomy needs maintenance.
Handover a platform team can operate
Runbooks, commissioning procedures, remote-diagnostic tooling and update pipelines. Autonomy that only its authors can operate is not deployable.
Process
How a robotics program runs here.
Four phases with a real deliverable at each gate - you always know what you paid for and what ships next.
PHASE 01
Discover (paid week)
We start from the constraint that binds - power, latency, thermal, certification - and design backwards from it. You leave with a written architecture, a budget range and the risks named, whether or not we build it.
PHASE 02
Design
Schematics, mechanical and firmware architecture proceed in parallel. High-risk blocks get simulated or breadboarded before the full layout commits.
PHASE 03
Build
Iterative revisions against real bench and field testing. You see every revision, not just the last one. Integration is continuous, not a phase.
PHASE 04
Deploy
Pilot in the field, closure with the contract manufacturer, production test procedures, and a commissioning-grade handover pack.
Technologies
What we build on - chosen per constraint, not per preference.
The platforms we reach for most. If a project needs something not on this list, we say so - the tool is chosen for the constraint, never to fit our habits.
ROS 2 (Humble, Jazzy)MoveIt 2Nav2GazeboNVIDIA Isaac SimLiDAR: Velodyne, Ouster, LivoxRTK GNSS: u-blox, SeptentrioPX4 (for aerial)micro-ROS on MCUZenoh middlewareSafety PLCs (Pilz PSS/PSSu, Siemens F-CPU) for interlocks
Industries
Where robotics we ship runs today.
AgriTech
Autonomous mowers, weeders, and harvest platforms operating on real ground.
Smart manufacturing
AMR integration, arm-based inspection cells, warehouse workflows.
Energy
Inspection robotics for substations and inaccessible plant.
Automotive & fleet
Autonomy retrofits for mobile fleet platforms.
Deliverables & IP
What ships to you at handover.
Every robotics program hands over: full stack source (ROS 2 workspace with launch files and configurations), simulation environments (Gazebo / Isaac Sim scenes for regression), calibration procedures, safety-case documentation with failure-mode analysis, deployment runbook, remote-diagnostic tooling, and an update pipeline for future stack revisions. All foreground IP transfers on payment.
Case studies
Programs we shipped in this space.
Every entry links to the full case study - constraints, what we built, and what it measured afterwards.
Inline Weld Seam Inspection
Cell-level automation with tight cycle budgets and vision-guided inspection.
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13 kV RMU Fault Detection
Instrumentation embedded in critical grid assets with hard safety envelopes.
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Compliance
Safety-first design, honest certification path.
Australian workplaces run under AS/NZS 4024 machine-safety and ISO 13849 functional-safety expectations. Our autonomy stacks are designed to align with these standards from the architecture stage - redundant emergency stops, monitored speed and stop, guarded zones, PL-appropriate safety controllers.
Formal PL/SIL certification is executed with an accredited Functional Safety Engineer (FSE) partner; we design the safety case to line up with certification expectations and manage the FSE relationship end-to-end. For autonomous mobile robots operating in workplaces, we align to ISO 3691-4 principles for driverless industrial trucks.
FAQ
Robotics Development in Australia - straight answers.
Retrofit autonomy on an existing platform: AUD $40,000-$150,000. Ground-up autonomous mobile platform: AUD $150,000-$500,000+. Arm-based cell integration: AUD $50,000-$200,000. All programs start with a paid discovery week that produces a written architecture and named risks.
ROS 2 by default - the ecosystem, simulation tooling and modularity save months of foundation work. Custom middleware only when a hard constraint (safety certification path, hard real-time, resource envelope) rules ROS 2 out, and we say when it does.
Yes - retrofit is a large portion of the robotics work we do. We assess reversibility, integration points and the platform’s original safety envelope in discovery, and design the retrofit to respect all three.
We design the safety architecture to align with PL/SIL expectations for the target risk assessment, then work with a certified FSE partner for the formal rating. We are honest about that boundary and manage the FSE relationship as part of the program.
We integrate; we do not build platforms from raw metal. For a ground-up platform we work with a mechanical partner or your OEM. Retrofits by definition use the existing mechanical platform.
Yes - that is the goal. Handover includes runbooks, remote-diagnostic tooling, an update pipeline, and a training pack for the operations team. If you want us to stay on for ongoing improvements, that is a separate retainer.
Why Incendio
One team, no seam between vendors.
Robotics programs fail at three seams: perception-to-planning, planning-to-control, and stack-to-safety. We hold all three, plus the hardware that runs them - so when the platform behaves unexpectedly in the field, one team debugs it. The proof is a mower operating on real properties end-to-end, not a demo lawn.
Related practices: edge AI, computer vision, industrial automation, embedded systems.
Start
Tell us the constraint that worries you most.
A latency budget, a power budget, a certification date. We reply within one business day - and we’ll say so if we’re not the right team.