Independent deployment advisory. In autonomy since 2009.
Autonomy works.Deployment is the hard part.
We help operators put autonomous ground vehicles into real operations. Safe enough for the SMS. Clear enough for the auditor. Practical enough for a bad weather day.
The problem
Most autonomy programs die between the pilot and the operation.
The vehicle usually works. What stops the program is everything around it: an operational domain nobody defined, a safety case that cannot be evidenced, stakeholders who were never brought in, and no one inside the organization who owns the thing once the vendor leaves.
That gap is the entire reason ARIBO exists. We know what the programs that crossed it did differently, and it was never the vehicle.
How we work →The deployment record
The only firm that has seen autonomy fail and succeed in every environment that matters.
Military bases. Airfields. City streets. Guest environments with millions of pedestrians. Forestry operations with no infrastructure at all. And the capital that funds all of it. That spread is the method.
Airports & airfields
Movement areas, aprons, landside campuses. Operating alongside aircraft under an SMS.
Defense & government
Installations and base operations, where autonomy first had to prove itself.
Entertainment & guest environments
Dense pedestrian traffic and effectively zero tolerance for operational risk.
Cities & public transit
Public roads, mixed traffic, public accountability.
Industrial & resource operations
Off-road, off-grid, no supporting infrastructure.
Capital & underwriting
Technical due diligence for acquirers, investors and insurers pricing autonomy risk.
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportFull Airfield Autonomy Operational Framework for the world's busiest airport, built on 214 airfield autonomy requirements.View →
- Global entertainment and resort companiesGlobal autonomous vehicle system operational framework for guest environments.View →
- Acquirers, investors and insurersIndependent technical assessment of autonomy companies ahead of acquisition, investment and underwriting.View →
- Canadian Forestry Innovation TeamAutonomy education, safety framework and regulatory advisory for off-road resource operations.View →
- City of Las VegasAssembled the ecosystem and advised across the full program for one of the first public-access autonomous shuttle deployments in North America.View →
- US military installationsOriginated the first non-tactical driverless pilot on a US base, at the Womack Army Medical Center campus at Fort Bragg, plus programs and planning at installations since.View →
Evidence, not adjectives
Three firsts.
- 1stDriverless pilot on a US military base
Non-tactical, originated under the ARIBO program at Fort Bragg, carrying soldiers between the Warrior Transition Battalion barracks and Womack Army Medical Center.
Read the case study → - 1stPublic autonomous shuttle in North America
Downtown Las Vegas. We assembled the ecosystem behind it, from the city and the sponsor to the operator and the technology provider.
Read the case study → - 1stAutomated vehicle insurance products
Advisory to Munich Re on the first insurance products for automated vehicles, and the safety verification methodology underneath them.
Read the case study →
What we do
Three ways organizations use us.
For operators
Deployment advisory
A specific deployment, taken from strategy through to live operations. Operational domain analysis, safety case, verification evidence and the transition to a running service. We sit on your side of the table and stay until it works.
- Operational domain and compatibility analysis
- Safety case and SMS integration
- CONOPS and operational readiness
- Vendor selection and integration
For teams building the capability
Strategy, education and Mission Command
Not one deployment, but the ability to run autonomy as a permanent part of the operation. We teach your team how this actually works, build the strategy with them, and give them Mission Command as the system they keep running it in.
- Autonomy education for the team who will own it
- Full autonomy strategy and roadmap
- Mission Command as your operating system
- Guidance as the program matures
For capital
Technical due diligence
Acquirers, investors and insurers use us to test what a technology company actually has. We assess the claims, the safety maturity and whether the deployment thesis survives contact with a real operator.
- Technology and claims verification
- Safety maturity assessment
- Deployment feasibility review
- Underwriting methodology development
Where to start
You do not have to commit to find out.
Four entry points, in order of depth. Start anywhere.
- 01
AVFit
Free, no signupSeven questions, five minutes. Tells you whether autonomy fits your operation at all.
Run the scan → - 02
Readiness assessment
Paid, expert-ledWe score your site across seven categories and walk you through what the score means.
Learn more → - 03
Autonomy Roadmap Workshop
One day, on siteYour team learns how autonomy actually works, then builds a roadmap for your operation.
Learn more → - 04
Deployment advisory
EngagementThe full program. Strategy through to live operations, with us accountable alongside you.
Learn more →
Why independence matters
Nobody pays us to recommend them.
When we tell you a system fits your operation, that is the only reason we are saying it.
That structural independence is why insurers, acquirers and investors bring us in to assess the same companies operators are being sold. It is also why we can tell a client the honest answer is not yet.
How ARIBO started →