Gatlin Robotics — Cleaning & Teleoperation Robots (RaaS)

Gatlin Robotics is a Pasadena, California company building manipulation-first cleaning and facility-utility robots, delivered as Robot-as-a-Service. Founded in 2025, Gatlin is led by President & CTO Zach Zweig Vinegar and CEO Isaac Qureshi.

Every deployment bundles the robot, the Gatlin OS software platform, installation, maintenance, and No Wait teleoperation support under one monthly subscription. Robots run autonomously for known tasks and hand off to human teleoperators when a task falls outside current autonomy.

FM companies and cleaning contractors managing 10,000+ sq ft office portfolios, and hotel operators running 30+ room properties. Retail, universities, and healthcare facilities are stated expansion sectors.

For Knoxlabs customers, Gatlin is a working example of why robotics programs now need an XR and teleoperation hardware layer — headsets, motion trackers, dexterous gloves, and the data pipeline behind them.

What Gatlin's robots handle:

• Trash pickup and separating personal items from trash
• Conference-room and chair reset, room tidying
• Door opening and object handling
• Surface wiping (desks, counters) on the humanoid roadmap
• Fleet coordination and real-time route optimization

Robot lineup: Gatlin-Heavy (available now), Unitree G1 humanoid (coming next), and Gatlin-Lite (roadmap). Conversion kits let operators run robots they already own on Gatlin OS.

A Gatlin-style teleoperation and embodied-data setup runs on XR hardware that Knoxlabs supplies and provisions:

• PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise — headset with motion trackers for full-body teleoperation
• Meta Quest 3 / 3S — headset-agnostic teleop alternative (hands + head)
• MANUS Quantum Metagloves — dexterous, force-feedback hand tracking
• Xsens MVN Awinda — wireless body motion capture
• NVIDIA Isaac Sim — digital-twin simulation; LeRobot / HDF5 data output

Who is Gatlin Robotics?

A Pasadena robotics company (founded 2025) building manipulation-first cleaning robots as a service, led by President & CTO Zach Zweig Vinegar and CEO Isaac Qureshi. Each deployment bundles robot, Gatlin OS, installation, maintenance, and No Wait teleop under one monthly subscription.

How is this different from floor-cleaning robots?

Most cleaning robots only vacuum or scrub floors. Gatlin focuses on the non-floor manipulation work — trash pickup and separation, chair and conference-room reset, door opening, surface wiping, and tidying — using Gatlin-Heavy today, with the Unitree G1 humanoid and compact Gatlin-Lite on the roadmap.

Where does XR and teleoperation fit in?

Gatlin's robots run autonomously for known tasks and hand off to human teleoperators on edge cases through No Wait Teleop. As Zach frames it, teleoperation is both the labor layer and the highest-quality data layer — operator corrections become training data for the AI policy engine.

What XR hardware does a Gatlin-style teleop rig use?

Per Zach, the setup is headset-agnostic: Pico is valuable for full-body tracking via motion trackers, Meta Quest can be used for hand and head input, and MANUS gloves are in testing for higher-fidelity dexterous, force-feedback work. Knoxlabs supplies and provisions that full teleoperation and embodied-data stack.

How are the robots trained and deployed?

Every deployment is proven in a digital twin first. A facility walkthrough is converted into a 3D environment in NVIDIA Isaac Sim, robots practice the shift in simulation, then tuned robots deploy on-site. Models are learned from simulation, real robot runs, and egocentric human data.

How do I engage Gatlin through Knoxlabs?

Knoxlabs is the XR and teleoperation hardware layer for robotics programs like Gatlin's — headsets, trackers, gloves, motion capture, provisioning, demo units, and deployment support. Request a quote to scope a teleoperation or embodied-data kit, or book a Gatlin cleaning-robot demo directly at gatlinrobotics.com.