GSI products are available through a network of qualified OEMs, Distributors, Systems Integrators, and exclusive Retailers who represent GSI around the world.   Our partners not only provide sales for all of our leading mobile robot solutions, but they also offer a host of other assistance, including product training and technical support. GSI Partnership Goals Our main goal is to provide a comprehensive product portfolio of "basebot" mobile service robot (MSR) technologies that maximizes our flexibility to respond to market and customer requirements.   This includes: Developing an empowered distribution channel and partner base that can use our products and applications to cooperatively advance their business objectives and profitability. Leveraging our core technology and low cost manufacturing and pricing structure to quickly deliver products to consumers and vertical markets (e.g. Healthcare & Security). Designing a comprehensive suite of hardware and software technologies to enable the embedding and integration of our core technology into third party OEMs. To inquire about becoming a GSI Business Partner, please email partners@geckosystems.com Incorporation of GeckoSystems' Architecture into an Existing MSR Platform Many, if not most, existing MSR platforms use a "flat, single layer" hardware and software architecture.   While we have eight layers of hardware and software in our "biological hierarchial" architecture, they could be viewed as only two.   One being the "high level" where proactive and contemplative behaviors are predominant.   The other being "low level" where mostly reactive behaviors and other real time system management functions are performed. Our high level systems use RS232/485 serial and TCP/IP or ethernet protocols to communicate with the low level systems.   The low level contains all sensor reading and management as well as locomotion control.   Our GeckoNav™ automatic self navigation software is the high level.   We use GeckoZap™ to assure that the low level is congruent with and can communicate readily with our high level.   GeckoZap also enables debug, test, and calibration of the sensor systems and locomotion system for development and maintenance needs. GeckoNav is very fast and typically updates two to three times faster than the sensor and "range finder" systems below can report.   (For easy comparison, a trained and experienced jet fighter pilot generally needs 200-215 milliseconds to respond to an unforeseen, sudden danger - approximately ten to 15 times slower.)   GeckoNav runs against abstracted data provided by the low level systems so the exact logical and physical configuration of the low level systems can vary widely.   Of course there is this one major concern to be addressed: The accuracy and number of the various sensory and locomotion systems must be sufficient for GeckoNav to function successfully and reliably. For example if the machine vision (or laser range finder) is updating only every 100 ms or so, that is not good enough for close unforeseen, dynamic obstacle avoidance.   Likewise, if the sensor count is too low (i.e. the granularity is too coarse) to see moving obstacles, etc. then additional sensor systems will need to be incorporated or existing systems augmented. You may wish to consider that automatically self navigating in homes is probably the most difficult environment of all for an MSR to "not get into trouble."   Home places, as compared to commercial and outdoor environments, are very dynamic, fragile, and physically "tight" with regards to pathways wide enough for people, and person sized mobile machines to move freely and easily.   Hence, we are of the strong opinion that most of the tasks in moving our suite of MSR technologies to environments outside the home and other platforms will be much easier comparatively speaking. As you can see, incorporating our high level functionality and consequent utility can be done readily against many existing low level systems due to our use of common communication standards.   Our GeckoNav AI navigation software uses much less CPU than typical machine vision, and with our CompoundedSensorArray™, the resulting level of autonomy is "loose crowd capable" for errand running and/or patrolling.   Please do not hesitate to ask specific questions by emailing us at: partners@geckosystems.com or visit our information request page here.