u/BroadRise3706

I’ve been working on robotics systems (autonomy stacks) for ~5 years. I keep seeing some pattern across different startups - the tech is usually “good enough".. but things break when it comes to real deployments, customers, and real-world usage, etc. Demos work, but real environments don’t. Suddenly their timelines slip, teams get stuck fixing edge cases, sales slow down or stop.

I’m trying to understand this better from the inside: What actually breaks first when you try to deploy your system in the real world?

I'd love to hear real examples more than theory.

(If you’re open to sharing more, I added a short questionnaire in the comments and I'll be happy to share results later.)