For power grid and petrochemical facility inspections, where thermal imaging and gas sensing payloads and all-terrain mobility justify cost., B2 is easier to deploy today — Omni is the longer bet on capability.
Readiness, uptime, navigation & connectivity
Price accessibility and ROI clarity
Payload, speed, runtime & labor replacement
Environment fit, footprint & long-term upside
University robotics labs: open-ecosystem platform for embodied AI research and reinforcement learning experiments (gait synthesis, terrain adaptation).
Power grid and petrochemical facility inspections, where thermal imaging and gas sensing payloads and all-terrain mobility justify cost.
If immediate deployment is the priority, choose B2. If the goal is to be ready when Omni's capabilities mature, track it.