Editorial Standards & Corrections

How we work

Robot Harbour reports on robotics and physical AI with a simple standard: readers should be able to distinguish verified facts from company claims, forecasts and editorial analysis.

Our editorial standard

• We verify material facts before publication and link to the underlying evidence wherever practical.
• We distinguish observed facts, company statements, forecasts and Robot Harbour analysis.
• We do not treat a demonstration, pilot or reservation as a commercial deployment.
• We state what remains unknown and date verification to the claims actually checked.
• We prioritise information that helps readers assess UK and European availability, support, regulation and commercial readiness.

Sources and verification

Our preferred evidence is an identifiable primary source: a regulator, company filing, official product page, court record, standards body, research paper or authorised statement. Independent reporting adds context and challenges claims. A company source establishes what the company says; it does not independently validate performance. An authenticated first-party social post can establish an announcement, but a demonstration alone does not establish autonomy, reliability or commercial readiness. Aggregators, search summaries and AI-generated answers are discovery tools, not substitutes for the underlying evidence.

We seek independent corroboration where material claims are incomplete or contested. Repeated or syndicated versions of the same report do not count as separate confirmation. Where corroboration is unavailable, we attribute the claim and state the limitation. Quotations and translations must preserve meaning. We credit the originating outlet for its exclusive reporting and interviews, distinguish anonymous sourcing from on-record statements, and do not present another publication’s reporting as our own. Organisations may provide factual corrections before publication, but do not receive approval over our conclusions.

Research and technical claims

We identify publication and review status, including whether a paper is an unreviewed preprint or has been accepted following peer review. We distinguish simulation, physical experiments and customer operation. Performance reporting states what was measured and, where available, the sample size, conditions, comparison and important limitations. A partial-credit completion score is not an all-or-nothing success rate.

Human intervention, teleoperation, external computing and edited or accelerated demonstrations are disclosed where known and material to interpreting a result. Custom research software is not presented as a standard purchased robot capability. We check which code, models or datasets are actually downloadable and under what licence before describing a release as available or open source; promised components remain forthcoming.

The words we use

Announced	A company has described a product or plan; this does not mean it can be ordered or used.
Prototype or demonstration	A system shown in a controlled setting, without evidence of routine operational use.
Pilot	A time-limited trial in a real or representative workflow.
Deployment	A system operating in a named workflow; scale, duration and human supervision still matter.
Commercially available	A genuine supply route exists for the stated customer and region, such as a sale, quotation or rental. A reservation or preorder is labelled separately; an enquiry form alone does not establish stock, fulfilment or delivery.
Company forecast	A forward-looking target from the company, not an independently established outcome.

Directories, availability and verification dates

Company and robot profiles distinguish product maturity from regional availability. UK or European ordering, delivery and local support are assessed separately. “Not verified” means we have not established the position; “not available” requires evidence of an explicit territorial exclusion or confirmed lack of supply in the stated region. Availability of a company’s software does not establish availability of every hardware product.

We separate reservations, orders, first shipments, installed units and projected production capacity. Prices identify the product or generation, currency and, where known, tax, shipping, subscription and optional-equipment conditions. Pending transactions are not completed ownership changes; funding announcements, revenue forecasts and realised results are labelled separately.

Verification dates apply only to the claims checked. Adding a research paragraph or revising one field does not refresh a whole profile’s verification date. We distinguish an event’s date from publication, update and verification dates, and retain uncertainty where primary sources conflict.

Photographs, video and other media

We record an asset’s source, credit and basis for reuse, including licence conditions, press terms or permission. Online availability, a press label or reuse by another account does not by itself establish permission. Embedding an official player and downloading and reuploading a video are assessed separately; native uploads require an appropriate reuse basis.

Captions distinguish original reporting, manufacturer demonstrations, partner facilities, archive or stock photographs, simulation and generated imagery. When a partner facility is used as an illustrative image, the caption makes that distinction explicit. Material edits, speed changes or crops are disclosed where they affect interpretation or attribution requirements. AI-generated or materially AI-altered media is labelled and is not presented as documentary evidence.

Corrections and updates

Send a correction request through our contact page and include the relevant URL plus supporting evidence. We aim to acknowledge substantive requests within two working days. Minor spelling or formatting fixes may be made without a note. A material factual correction carries a dated explanation of what was wrong and what has changed. New evidence that changes the meaning of a story is labelled as an update, rather than used to conceal an earlier error.

Where an error also appears in our directories, trackers, summaries, social posts or video captions, we correct affected versions under our control and publish a visible clarification where editing is unavailable. Removal is exceptional and considered only where publication creates a serious legal, safety or privacy problem that cannot be resolved by correction.

Publication dates are retained when coverage is corrected or updated. Significant changes receive their own dated note.

Ownership and funding

Robot Harbour is published by ECOMOVE UK Limited, company number 12086772. The company also operates in electric-mobility retail and service. Robot Harbour is currently an editorial and information publication: it does not sell robots or provide robotics consulting. Publication costs are met by the publisher.

Our funding disclosure recorded on 14 August 2026 stated that Robot Harbour carried no paid placement, sponsored editorial or affiliate links. Commercial content and compensated links must be labelled at the point of use whenever introduced. The policy revision date above does not renew the date of this funding disclosure.

Commercial independence and conflicts

• Coverage, ranking, correction and removal cannot be purchased.
• Manufacturers may provide factual corrections and primary evidence, but not approve our verdict.
• A relevant financial or professional conflict is disclosed on the affected work.
• Payment, valuable gifts, hosted travel or equipment supplied in return for coverage are not accepted. A temporary loan or hosted visit, if used, is disclosed.

Use of AI tools

Robot Harbour uses AI tools for research assistance, source comparison, extraction, translation, transcription, drafting, editing and production. Substantial portions of copy may be drafted with AI assistance. AI output is not evidence or independent corroboration: material claims, quotations, figures, links and framing must be checked against identifiable, reliable sources before publication.

The publisher retains editorial authority and responsibility for publication and corrections. We distinguish human editorial approval from independent human fact-checking and do not claim either has taken place unless it has. We disclose AI involvement where it materially affects how a reader should interpret an item, and do not fabricate sources, people, qualifications or firsthand experience. Summaries, headlines and social captions must preserve the evidence and qualifications of the underlying reporting.

These standards apply across our articles, directories, market and availability trackers, newsletters, summaries, videos and social channels.

Accountability

Robot Harbour’s founding editor publishes under the disclosed editorial pen name Oliver Haines. This preserves a consistent accountable byline without inventing qualifications, employment history or personal experience. Guest contributors use their own bylines. For editorial questions, evidence or corrections, contact Robot Harbour.

Policy update

18 September 2026: expanded the standards for AI assistance, source attribution, research interpretation, directory verification, media provenance and corrections across publishing channels. The earlier wording about human checks has been revised to distinguish editorial approval from independent human fact-checking.