11 months of building a robotics simulator taught me one thing: talk to users more than your code

Almost 11 months ago, I launched RoboSpace, a browser-based robotics simulator for quickly prototyping robot behaviors.

Looking back at the analytics, one metric stood out more than reaching 600+ users.

try robospace.app

June 29th was the ONLY day since launch with zero sign-ups.

Some of the best features in RoboSpace weren’t my ideas—they came directly from researchers, students, and robotics developers who told me what was slowing them down.

Eleven months later, the biggest lesson I’ve learned is:

Listen. Ship. Repeat.

I’m now starting conversations with universities and robotics labs to understand how people build and iterate on robot simulations today.

If you’re doing robotics research or teaching robotics:

• What simulator do you use most?
• What’s the biggest pain point in your workflow?
• If you could fix one thing about your simulation tools, what would it be?

I’d genuinely love to hear your experiences.

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