A governance and documentation standard for robotics and autonomous systems in buildings.
Establishing a Standard for Robotics Governance for Emerging Building Technology
ROSA is a documentation based governance standard designed to help property owners and operators prepare for the introduction of robotic, autonomous, and AI enabled systems within buildings.
As robotics adoption accelerates across residential and commercial environments, ROSA provides a structured framework for documenting decisions, responsibilities, and incident handling before those systems become operationally or legally significant.
ROSA is intentionally designed to exist early. It does not require robotics deployment and does not assume automation is present.
How ROSA Functions in Practice
ROSA provides a documentation-first governance framework that properties may use when introducing robotics, autonomous systems, or AI-enabled technologies into building environments.
In practice, ROSA delivers standardized governance policies, deployment and review checklists, resident and staff guidance materials, and structured incident documentation templates. These materials support internal decision-making, clarify responsibility, and create consistent records of how systems are evaluated, deployed, and managed.
ROSA documentation may be used internally and shared externally with insurers, legal counsel, or other stakeholders as reference material. ROSA does not operate, monitor, enforce, or supervise technology deployment. All implementation, compliance, and risk management responsibility remains with the property owner or operator.
The ROSA Lifecycle
ROSA operates through three distinct and intentional states.
ROSA Ready
A baseline designation indicating acknowledgment of the ROSA framework. ROSA Ready does not include documentation delivery, certification, enforcement, or payment obligation.
ROSA Subscription
An optional activation that delivers the full ROSA documentation package, including standardized policies, templates, and annual versioned updates. Documentation is the product. No services are included.
ROSA Certification
An optional, higher tier designation involving a documentation based review against ROSA standards. Certification verifies documentation alignment only and does not guarantee safety, compliance, or outcomes.
Movement between ROSA states is never automatic. Each state requires explicit activation.
Governance exists to establish clarity before pressure exists.
