Bauxite Use Cases
Practical solutions for operating robots, vehicles, and edge devices at scale. Bauxite replaces custom networking, identity, and OTA infrastructure with a unified platform for autonomous systems.
Connect ROS 2 Robots Across WANs
Replace VPNs and DDS configuration hacks.
ROS 2 is designed for high-bandwidth local networks. When communicating over WANs, cellular connections, or public internet, discovery fails and latency spikes. Bauxite provides native WAN discovery and encrypted routing without complex VPN overhead or DDS XML tuning.
- ✓ Automatic peer discovery across WAN boundaries
- ✓ Bypasses multicast discovery limitations natively
- ✓ Zero modifications required for SROS2 or DDS applications
Secure Edge Device Fleets
Identity, updates, and fleet management.
Managing security credentials and software updates on edge fleets requires combining disjointed systems. Bauxite leverages TPM 2.0 and hardware security enclaves to establish cryptographic identities, securing software delivery (OTA) and tracking process execution natively at the kernel level.
- ✓ Hardware-backed identities bound to TPM 2.0 / HSM
- ✓ Resilient, cryptographically signed chunk-based OTA updates
- ✓ Kernel-level process execution monitoring and validation
Keep Control Loops Responsive
Keep control traffic responsive during congestion.
Adversarial network saturation or bulk video streams can easily saturate link channels, causing critical control loops to fail. Bauxite implements kernel-level queue schedulers and flow control via eBPF to prioritize safety-critical messages over high-volume telemetry.
- ✓ Traffic prioritization for control and telemetry workloads
- ✓ Preemptive lane scheduling for safety control messages
- ✓ Low overhead compared to user-space proxy queues
Remote Operations Across NATs
NAT traversal and encrypted connectivity.
Operating remote fleets often requires connecting through cellular networks, enterprise firewalls, and restrictive NATs. Bauxite establishes direct peer-to-peer connections when possible and automatically falls back to relays when required.
- ✓ Direct WebRTC-based UDP hole punching across firewalls
- ✓ Encrypted, authenticated tunnels for remote teleoperation
- ✓ Low-latency TURN fallback relays for symmetric NAT setups
Secure Software Delivery at Fleet Scale
Resilient, verified OTA updates without third-party integrations.
Deploying updates to edge devices operating on cellular and unreliable links is notoriously fragile. Bauxite integrates secure, signed firmware and application delivery natively with the device's hardware identity, ensuring safety gates and seamless resume capabilities without needing a separate OTA platform.
- ✓ Cryptographically signed updates with chunk-based verification
- ✓ Targeted rollout controls and fail-safe rollback gates
- ✓ Automatic resume capability after link interruption
- ✓ Hardware-enforced identity verification (TPM 2.0 / HSM)
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