Every robot will need a record.
Robots change after they're sold. Odom is building the service history that follows each one for life.
It leaves the factory with a file.
A distributor sells it in Europe.
The importer is now responsible for a robot it didn't build.
Then the robot changes.
The factory file still describes the old machine.
A flaw is found and fixed.
Some robots get it. No shared record says which.
A part is replaced.
Same serial number, new abilities.
A big enough change can make the firm behind it the legal manufacturer.
A buyer asks what happened.
A used car has a history. This robot's sits in pieces.
Other machines got here first.
- ShipsUnderwriters couldn't see the hull.
- Steam boilersOwners paid inspectors after 104 explosions in the 1840s.
- Electrical goodsFire insurers backed the lab that became UL.
- AircraftA treaty required log books. They pass with the plane at sale.
- CarsLenders needed to see what was owed. Carfax came in 1984.
- DronesRegulators made owners register, the year one crashed at the White House.
The first to ask was rarely the maker. Usually it was whoever paid for the failure.
Why not robots?
Five million factory robots have no shared record, and neither do forklifts. They change slowly, so a check at handover shows a buyer most of what matters.
New robots change with every update. No check at handover shows that.
The volumes are forecast.The dates are fixed.
About 7,000
humanoids sold in 2025, IFR
Over 510,000
a year by 2030, IDC forecast
About 6.5 million
a year by 2035, Goldman Sachs forecast
- EU liability law extends to software
- New EU machinery rules apply
- Cyber Resilience Act in full
- AI safety rules for machinery due
No rule requires a shared record.
One record for each robot, for life.
One checked file per model. One dated log per robot.
- Built, serial 00417Maker
- Sold in EuropeDistributor
- Software 2.4Maker
- Security fix 2.4.1Maker
- Service, left arm replacedService firm
- Software 3.0, carries loadsMaker
- Resold to a second ownerDistributor
It starts with Chinese robots sold in Europe.
Importers carry the legal risk without the maker's files. The aim is a record that follows each robot to new owners, insurers and lenders.
Why Odom.
- Neutral
- We don't sell or approve robots, so every side can use the same record.
- Sourced
- Every figure and rule here links to its source. The record will too.
- Today
- Pre-product. One founder and AI agents, starting with files made by hand.
Machines get a record when a lender, insurer or regulator demands one.We're betting robots are next.
Mohamed Sharif, founder. sharif@odom.app
Sources
- Lloyd's Register's start in 1760Lloyd's Register Foundation, 6 July 2023.
- British boiler explosions and the 1855 associationP. Bartrip, International Review of Social History, April 1980.
- UL's start in 1894UL Research Institutes, 14 November 2024.
- Log books under the 1919 Paris ConventionConvention text, Article 19, Journal of Air Law and Commerce.
- Aircraft records pass with the plane at sale14 CFR 91.417, United States, read 1 November 2026.
- HPI's start in 1938HPI timeline, undated.
- HPI as a register of financed carsCRIF, 2022.
- Carfax since 1984Carfax, read 1 November 2026.
- US drone registration and the White House crashUS Federal Register, 16 December 2015.
- Five million factory robotsIFR, 24 September 2026. No shared history is our finding from a desk search, not proof.
- Forklifts usually have no titleTaylor Forklifts, 13 July 2026. No shared history is our finding from a desk search, not proof.
- China's national record for humanoidsXinhua, 28 May 2026. Chinese reports call it a group standard for now, with a mandatory one in progress.
- About 7,000 humanoids sold in 2025IFR, 30 September 2026. Counts full-size humanoids. Omdia gives about 13,300.
- Shipments above 510,000 a year by 2030IDC, 23 April 2026. A forecast.
- Shipments of about 6.5 million a year by 2035Goldman Sachs, via 24/7 Wall St. on Yahoo Finance, 14 September 2026. A forecast.
- Product Liability DirectiveDirective (EU) 2024/2853, EUR-Lex.
- Machinery Regulation, including when a change makes someone the manufacturerRegulation (EU) 2023/1230, Article 18, EUR-Lex.
- Cyber Resilience ActRegulation (EU) 2024/2847, EUR-Lex.
- AI requirements for machineryRegulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 3, EUR-Lex, 24 July 2026.