Machine-readable physical AI API discovery

Find APIs for physical AI.

Discover APIs that connect AI systems to robots, drones, devices, telemetry, missions, control surfaces and real-world operations.

For agents

ARD: https://physicalaiapis.com/.well-known/ard.json
Catalog: https://physicalaiapis.com/api/catalog.json
LLM overview: https://physicalaiapis.com/llms.txt
Live RWAPIS MCP: https://mcp.realworldapis.com/mcp

The live MCP exposes find_api_for_task for natural-language physical-world API discovery.

Tasks this gateway can help discover

Find APIs for physical AI systems and real-world agents
Find APIs for perception, robotics, simulation or embodied AI
Find APIs that let agents observe or control physical devices
Find agent-actionable APIs for robots, drones and IoT systems

Audited APIs relevant to physical AI

Robotics, drones and IoT records from the RealWorldAPIs audited catalog. Snapshot: 2026-09-16.

70/100

ThingsBoard REST API

ThingsBoard · IoT

Device management, telemetry, attributes, alarms and IoT platform administration.

DevicesTelemetryAlarmsRPC

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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70/100

Ubidots API

Ubidots · IoT

IoT APIs and messaging interfaces for devices, telemetry variables, events, dashboards and device-control workflows.

DevicesTelemetryVariablesEvents

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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50/100

Home Assistant API

Open Home Foundation · IoT

Open-source smart-home APIs and an official MCP server for reading live home context and controlling exposed devices and entities.

DevicesEntitiesStatesServices

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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50/100

Homey Web API

Athom · IoT

Smart-home API plus an official hosted MCP server for device status, control, Flows, Moods and other Homey automation workflows.

DevicesSmart home controlFlowsAdvanced Flows

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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50/100

Tuya IoT Core API

Tuya · IoT

Large IoT cloud surface for monitoring and controlling connected devices, with official MCP SDK support for agent-operated physical-device workflows.

Device managementDevice controlScenesScheduled tasks

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

Cumulocity IoT API

Cumulocity · IoT

REST platform APIs for IoT devices, measurements, events, alarms, inventory and device-control operations.

DevicesTelemetryAlarmsDevice control

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

Formant API

Formant · Robotics

Robotics platform APIs and SDKs for telemetry, device management, commands and secure remote teleoperation of robot fleets.

Robot fleetsTelemetryCommandsTeleoperation

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

Freedom Robotics API

Freedom Robotics · Robotics

Robot fleet API for ingesting telemetry, tracking devices and sending remote commands to individual robots or fleets.

Robot fleetsTelemetryGPSRemote commands

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

Gausium OpenAPI

Gausium · Robotics

APIs for autonomous cleaning robots, tasks, maps, status and fleet operations.

Cleaning robotsTasksMapsFleet operations

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

InOrbit API

InOrbit · Robotics

Robot operations, observability, incident management and fleet data integrations.

Robot operationsObservabilityIncidentsFleet data

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

Nuki Web API

Nuki · IoT

REST API for reading and controlling Nuki smart locks and openers, including lock, unlock and unlatch actions.

Smart locksOpenersLock stateLock/unlock

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

PIX4D API

PIX4D · Drones

Cloud API for photogrammetry projects, imagery upload, processing workflows and mapping outputs.

Drone mappingImageryProjectsProcessing

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

Skydio Cloud API

Skydio · Drones

Drone-cloud API for fleet data, live telemetry and video, mission planning and programmatically initiating autonomous flight.

Drone fleetsTelemetryLive videoFlight data

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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45/100

thethings.iO API

thethings.iO · IoT

IoT platform API for reading, writing and subscribing to physical-device resources, including geolocated telemetry and device-consumed control values.

IoT devicesTelemetryRealtime subscriptionsDevice resources

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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40/100

ABB Robot Web Services

ABB · Robotics

Programmatically inspect and interact with ABB robot controllers and controller resources.

Robot controllersController resourcesRobot interaction

OpenAPI: Yes · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

Arduino Cloud API

Arduino · IoT

Manage IoT devices, things, properties, telemetry and cloud-connected hardware.

DevicesThingsPropertiesTelemetry

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

AWS IoT Core APIs

Amazon Web Services · IoT

Device connectivity, shadows, jobs, messaging and fleet-management APIs.

Device connectivityShadowsJobsMessaging

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

Azure IoT Hub REST API

Microsoft Azure · IoT

REST interfaces for IoT Hub device identities, twins, messaging, jobs and direct-method control workflows.

DevicesShadowsMessagingJobs

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

Boston Dynamics Spot SDK

Boston Dynamics · Robotics

SDK for controlling Spot robots and reading robot state, health, sensors, localization and payload data.

Robot controlTelemetryNavigation

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

DJI Cloud API

DJI · Drones

Cloud interfaces for DJI drone fleets, telemetry, live video, wayline missions, device management and remote operations.

Drone fleetsTelemetryLive videoMissions

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

DroneDeploy API

DroneDeploy · Drones

Drone mapping, projects, imagery, annotations and workflow integrations.

Drone mappingImageryProjectsAnnotations

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

FlytBase APIs

FlytBase · Drones

Drone-in-a-box automation, missions, fleet control and remote drone operations.

Drone automationMissionsFleet controlRemote operations

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

Losant REST API

Losant · IoT

Application and device APIs for IoT telemetry, devices, workflows, events and operational automation.

DevicesTelemetryEventsDevice control

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

MiR REST API

Mobile Industrial Robots · Robotics

Control and monitor autonomous mobile robots, missions, maps and fleet operations.

Mobile robotsMissionsMapsFleet operations

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

Particle Cloud API

Particle · IoT

Manage IoT devices, call functions, read variables and stream device events.

DevicesFunctionsVariablesEvents

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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25/100

Viam APIs

Viam · Robotics

Machine and cloud APIs for robot resources including cameras, motors, arms, sensors, motion planning and fleet operations.

Robot controlTelemetryFleet management

OpenAPI: Unknown · Agent actionable: Yes

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