Secondary developer and integrator
Robotics packages built around the job you need done.
We assemble quadruped, humanoid, and mobile platform robot packages on manufacturer hardware, write the curriculum and training that goes with them, and stay on the phone with the people who run them. Every package still needs an operator, and we are specific about what that operator does.
Robotics curriculum since 2013. Customizable robot packages since 2021.
STEM curriculum since 2005
Written for districts, revised every year it ships.
Integration, not manufacture
We develop on hardware from established suppliers.
Five sectors served
Education, corrections, law enforcement, security, and industry.
Find the packages built for your work
Each sector has different constraints. Start with yours and we will tell you what the package includes and what it does not.
Education
Curriculum and robotics packages for school districts. Named grade bands, mapped standards, and an estimate of classroom time per unit.
Security
Packages for sites where a walked patrol is expensive or slow. We describe the deployment conditions the system works in and who monitors it.
Law enforcement
Non-lethal configurations for agencies that need eyes on a scene before an officer goes in. Operator-run, with training included.
Manufacturing & industrial
Inspection and data collection on routes that are repetitive, remote, or unpleasant. Custom development where an off-the-shelf package does not fit.
Correctional facilities
Packages for jails, prisons, and detention facilities. Perimeter checks, routine rounds, and a first look inside a unit before staff enter. Non-lethal only.
Our robot lineup
We build on robots from Unitree and AgileX Robotics, adding the secondary development and integration each job needs. Choose from quadruped, humanoid, and mobile platform robots, each available as the base robot or, where it fits, a Stokes package. Runtime, payload, speed, and ingress figures come from the hardware manufacturer and are listed on each platform page with the manufacturer named.
Quadruped robots
Four-legged robots for outdoor routes, rough ground, and stairs, including wheel-legged models that cover paved distance faster. Used where a walked patrol or inspection round is slow, costly, or unpleasant.
Humanoid robots
Bipedal robots for production lines, classrooms, and demonstrations. Built to work in spaces made for people, using the same doors, hallways, and workstations a person would, without changing the space around them.
Mobile platform robots
Wheeled and tracked robots, from compact classroom platforms to heavy-payload industrial chassis. The entry point for programming, mapping, and navigation, and an open base for larger custom builds.
Classroom package for programming and mapping.
Scout Mini ROS2 Development Kit
Scout Mini set up for ROS 2 development.
How we work
We are a small team, so the person who scopes your package is usually the person who builds it. That keeps the timeline honest.
Bring the problem first. Budget, site conditions, and who will operate the system tell us more than a model number does.
Family owned
Carl Junction, Missouri
Nationwide
Distribution and on-site integration
In house
Development, install, and training
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Describe the job
A call about the route, the classroom, or the facility. We ask what happens today and what it costs you.
02
Scope the package
Platform, payload, software, and training, written out with the manufacturer figures cited and the limits stated.
03
Build and configure
Assembly and development happen in Carl Junction. Custom work is quoted separately before it starts.
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Train the operators
On-site or remote training for the people who will run the system, plus a contact for when something breaks.
Who we have worked with
District and agency references are shared on request with the named organization’s written permission, so this page describes the work rather than listing logos.
Twenty years in classrooms
Curriculum and education packages shipping to school districts since 2005, revised each year against what teachers report back.
Public safety deployments
Packages configured for agencies and correctional facilities, described in terms of capability and the conditions each deployment ran under.
Custom development
Where a supplier package did not fit the site, we developed the difference. Ask and we will walk through a comparable build.
A secondary developer in Carl Junction, Missouri
Stokes Robotics builds robot packages on supplier hardware to solve specific problems for the people who run them. We do not manufacture the robots. We integrate them, develop on them, and teach people to use them.
Education came first. Since 2005 we have supplied STEM curriculum and education packages to districts, and when we started the robotics line the curriculum came with it: programming and engineering objectives tied to work students can point at.
The team is small. Interns work on business-critical projects alongside full-time engineers, on development, curriculum, and shipping.
Newsroom
February 2023
Stokes Robotics at the Super Bowl
Eight of our robots performed with Jason Derulo at the Super Bowl LVII TikTok Tailgate, run by operators from our shop in Carl Junction. Here is how our team built the routine in about a week and what we learned running robots in front of a live crowd.
Read the Super Bowl StoryCompany News
Stokes Robotics Takes the Stage at Super Bowl LVII with Jason Derulo
Eight Stokes Robotics Unitree Go1 robots performed with Jason Derulo at the Super Bowl LVII TikTok Tailgate. See how our team built the routine in roughly a week.
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Send the form and a person on our team will follow up. Four things speed up a quote: the sector you are in, the site or classroom the system will work in, who will operate it, and your budget range.
What happens next
- We read the form and route it to the person who handles your sector.
- A call to fill in the gaps and confirm site conditions.
- A written scope with manufacturer specifications cited and pricing broken out.