specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
provider: Dexterity
providerId: dexterity
publisherName: Dexterity Inc.
serviceCategory: PhysicalAI
created: '2026-05-24'
modified: '2026-05-24'
tags:
  - PhysicalAI
  - Robotics
  - Foresight
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: FinOps scaffold for Dexterity's commercial Physical AI deployments. Dexterity's billing surface is enterprise — Mech robot fleets, Foresight licensing, and integration services — rather than a metered developer API. This document maps that enterprise surface to the FinOps Framework so customers and partners can allocate cost, measure unit economics, and reason about Physical AI return on investment in FOCUS-compatible terms. The public Foresight Packing Challenge API is currently zero-cost research access and is included only for completeness.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Make per-robot, per-shift, and per-workflow cost visible to operations, finance, and engineering teams.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag every robot hour, autonomous action, and integration engagement with the consuming business unit, facility, customer, and workflow.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Continuously evaluate robot utilization, decision latency, and pack density to reduce cost per case handled.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Establish budget owners for each deployed fleet and chargeback or showback flows back to the business units running operations.
domains:
  - name: Understand Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Allocation
      - Reporting and Analytics
      - Anomaly Management
  - name: Quantify Business Value
    capabilities:
      - Planning and Estimating
      - Forecasting
      - Budgeting
      - Benchmarking
  - name: Optimize Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Architecting for Cost
      - Workload Optimization
      - Rate Optimization
  - name: Manage The FinOps Practice
    capabilities:
      - FinOps Education and Enablement
      - FinOps Practice Operations
      - Onboarding Workloads
billingMetrics:
  - id: robot_hours
    name: Robot Hours
    description: Hours a Mech (or partner Kawasaki/HiWin arm running on Foresight) is operating in customer facility.
    unit: hours
    scope: per-robot
  - id: autonomous_actions
    name: Autonomous Actions
    description: Discrete pick, place, scan, and transport actions executed autonomously by a Dexterity robot.
    unit: actions
    scope: per-robot
    referenceMagnitude: 100_000_000 autonomous actions executed in production as of 2025
  - id: packing_density
    name: Packing Density
    description: Fraction of usable container volume filled, used as a unit-economics metric for trailer- and aircraft-loading workflows.
    unit: ratio
    scope: per-workflow
  - id: decision_latency_ms
    name: Decision Latency (ms)
    description: Time from perception input to commanded motion, recorded by Foresight.
    unit: milliseconds
    scope: per-action
    referenceMagnitude: 400ms or less in production
focusMapping:
  ServiceCategory: PhysicalAI
  ChargeCategory: Usage
  ChargeSubcategory: PerRobotPerShift
  PricingUnit:
    - hour
    - action
    - case
  BillingPeriod: month
  Tags:
    - Facility
    - Workflow
    - Customer
    - Fleet
notes:
  - Dexterity does not publish unit prices; FinOps figures are scaffold dimensions to be filled in by customers from their negotiated contracts.
  - The Foresight Packing Challenge API is free research access and does not generate billable units.