ScopeBeam

20-job field research pilot

Film the job. Learn what the work really takes.

ScopeBeam is testing whether a short site walkthrough can become a useful work plan, preparation checklist, and evidence-based price range—then improve by comparing the prediction with the completed job.

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The experiment

One real job. Two honest records.

Before the work

What could be understood on site?

  • The original instruction and guided walkthrough
  • Visible work areas, access, condition, and constraints
  • Likely tasks, tools, materials, time, and open questions
  • A human-reviewed plan and price range—not a binding quote

After the work

What actually happened?

  • Tasks completed, sequence, people, and elapsed time
  • Tools and materials actually used
  • Hidden conditions, surprises, and rework
  • Actual cost and the reason any prediction was wrong

What the tradesperson gets

Useful preparation without another customer workflow.

A participant gets a concise job brief, a missing-information checklist, likely tools and materials, and a reasoned time and price range to challenge before work starts.

The point is to reduce forgotten kit, missed scope, and unexplained estimating error. If the pilot does not save time or prevent mistakes, it does not become a product.

Hard boundaries

What ScopeBeam does not claim.

Not a final quote

A tradesperson owns the price and confirms it after the checks the job requires.

Not a safety diagnosis

Video cannot reveal every hazard, service, defect, or hidden condition.

Not a site-visit replacement

The pilot starts with the tradesperson at the job, because that is how real work is understood.

Not robot autonomy

Future robotics work needs verified task graphs, bounded skills, supervision, and stop conditions—not raw video commands.

Built in the field

Help test it on a real job, not another demo.

The first study is deliberately small: 20 jobs, hands-on analysis, and a published account of what worked and what failed.

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