Buyer-side sourcing

Know which robot to buy before you spend real money

Fixed-fee sourcing research built on the RoboZaps database and the US robot legality register.

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01 — The products

Two fixed fees, no hourly meter

Pick by the size of the decision, not the size of your company.

Robot Sourcing Brief

US$1,950

5 business days

A fixed-fee answer to one question: which robot can do your task, at what cost, and can you legally deploy it.

Requirements specification from your intake and a short call
Scored shortlist of three platforms with sources
Regulatory status per model, with grant references
Budgetary deployment picture: hardware, integration, freight, support
Thirty-minute review call with the analyst who wrote it

Teams evaluating a first deployment at one site

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Humanoid Sourcing Mandate

US$9,500

3 weeks

A buyer-side engagement that ends in a procurement-ready recommendation, with RoboZaps in the room for supplier calls.

Requirements specification captured with your team
Market scan and qualified shortlist across every obtainable platform
FCC legality verification per model, with grant references
Pilot design and budget with measurable success criteria
Facilitated manufacturer introductions and first calls
Written executive recommendation and a review meeting

Enterprise programs that need negotiations and pilot design

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02 — How the fee works

Credited in full if you buy through us

Both fees are credited in full against RoboZaps' fee on any robot procurement executed through RoboZaps. If the research leads to a purchase we facilitate, it cost you nothing.

Where RoboZaps would also earn a supplier-side commission on a resulting purchase, we disclose it before the recommendation. You always know how we are paid.

03 — Process

From task to decision

Intake

Your task, constraints and deployment country, captured on a short call or from the fit quiz you already completed.

Research

Candidates pulled from the tracked market, scored for task fit, availability, cost and support, and verified against primary sources.

Delivery

The written brief lands within the fixed term, with every load-bearing number carrying a source.

Review

A call with the analyst who wrote it. Questions answered, next step agreed, no obligation to buy anything.

04 — Why RoboZaps

Research that stands on records

A provenance-gated database

Every specification in the RoboZaps database carries a source. When a price or payload cannot be verified, we say so instead of inventing it.

The US robot legality register

We maintain a continuously updated register of robot FCC authorization status, model by model, with grant references.

Live procurement programs

We run active robot procurement programs with enterprise buyers in the US and Australia. The research reflects what suppliers actually quote, not list prices.

05 — FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Free rankings do not verify availability, lead times or legal status, and several popular ones carry material errors. The brief exists to be defensible in front of your management, and the fee credits toward a purchase through RoboZaps.

In July 2026 the FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to its Covered List, which blocks new equipment authorizations for that category. Authorizations granted before the entry remain valid, fixed industrial arms sit outside the entry's scope, and US-made platforms are unaffected. Which of those paths applies to a specific model is exactly what the research verifies.

Sometimes, and we disclose it. Where RoboZaps would earn a supplier-side commission on a purchase that follows our recommendation, you are told before you commit. The research fee itself is paid by you and credits toward any purchase through us.

No. The Sourcing Brief covers any robot category: arms, mobile robots, quadrupeds and humanoids. The Mandate is built for humanoid programs, where sourcing is hardest right now.

Then the brief says so, names what is missing, and tells you what to watch for. An honest no costs US$1,950; a failed pilot costs a great deal more.

Next step

Start with the question, not the robot

Tell us the task. Within a week you will know what can do it, what it costs, and whether you can legally deploy it.

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