CTRLbot
two applications // one company
control simplified. intelligence amplified.
io.ctrlbot.iot
We build software that translates human intent into system action. One application works out what is wrong by asking the right questions. One turns an Android phone or tablet into a complete professional AV control system. Each works entirely on its own.
signal.test() // live
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ONE FIGURES IT OUT. ONE RUNS THE ROOM.
two halves of one problemThe world is full of connected devices. The technology is not the problem — the problem is that none of it talks to each other, and when something breaks you are on your own with a 47-page forum thread from 2014. CTRLbot covers both halves: the intelligence to work out the fault, and the hands to operate the equipment.
app — 01ctrlbot.ai
the brains
THE AI
A free web assistant that troubleshoots by asking questions instead of guessing. It states its first assumption, streams YES/NO questions to narrow the fault, then delivers one direct answer with three real sources. No login, no history, nothing retained.
read the story →app — 02ctrlbot iot
the hands
THE APP
A standalone professional AV control system for Android. Bundled driver catalog, live command testing from the room, and a generated full-screen End User Interface at handoff. No separate CTRLbot control processor or server.
read the story →res — 01behind sign in
in build
THE LIBRARY
The resource side: the DataBots device-driver catalog, device and app manuals, CTRLbot utilities — some of them open source — and a small shelf of gadgets. Access opens behind sign in.
see what's coming →org — 01ctrlbot llc
since 2024
THE COMPANY
Simplicity over feature creep. Privacy over data harvesting. Solutions over engagement metrics. A distributed software company that does not manufacture hardware and is not optimizing for your time on site.
read the manifesto →
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THE APP
CTRLbot IoT turns an Android phone or tablet into a standalone professional AV control system. The driver catalog ships inside the app, so it can be searched without downloading anything. Counts are from the snapshot generated 21 July 2026 and change as the catalog is revised — confirm the real equipment during live testing.
73 manufacturers / 124 drivers / 7,561 commandsThe traditional path puts a processor in the rack before the room can say a word.
CTRLbot IoT configures and runs the room from a phone or tablet, installed from Google Play.
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THE AI
it asks before it answersEvery mainstream assistant infers the rest of your sentence and returns six paragraphs. When the inference is wrong you have to notice it is wrong — exactly the thing you cannot do while troubleshooting something you do not understand. CTRLbot.AI interrogates first. Free, no login, and it forgets you when you close it.
question.next()
Answers you can click.
Questions arrive with their answers attached — YES, NO, and on the final question a PASS, each one explaining what that choice would mean for the diagnosis. You supply judgment, not prose.
Try it. The buttons are live.
assumptionWindows blue-screening after an update usually means a display driver, not dying hardware. Let's find out which.
question
st—01The assumption
Within about a second it states what it thinks is going on, so a wrong turn is visible immediately.
st—02The questions
Fast YES/NO questions stream in, personalized with the brand, device, symptom and error code from your prompt.
st—03The confirmation
One sharper question whose answer buttons each explain what that choice would mean, then a playback of everything collected.
st—04The answer
Three real, non-sponsored sources and one direct answer — in the voice of an IT admin who got called in on a weekend.
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THE LIBRARY
behind sign inThe resource side of CTRLbot. Device drivers and manuals from the DataBots catalog, the utilities we build for our own commissioning work — some of them open source — and a small shelf of gadgets. It sits behind a sign in so driver revisions can be versioned against the people using them. It is being built now.
lb—02MANUALS
Device documentation gathered during driver work, plus the CTRLbot IoT user manual — the same source the in-app assistant answers from.
in build
lb—03UTILITIES
The small tools we wrote because commissioning needed them. Some will be open source, published where anyone can read what they do before running them.
in buildAccounts are not open yet. Sign in exists so the shelf can be stocked before the doors come off.
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THE COMPANY
ctrlbot llc / founded 2024CTRLbot is a software company. It does not manufacture hardware, it does not sell a subscription, and it does not run a cloud that your room depends on. Two products ship today and each one is complete on its own — they share a company, a design philosophy, and exactly one integration point.
dst—01ctrlbot.io
The company portal. The product stories, the boundaries, the manifesto, the privacy policy.
dst—02ctrlbot.ai
The assistant itself. Not a marketing page — one text box, no login.
dst—03Google Play
Where CTRLbot IoT is downloaded and updated.
prv—01No accounts
Nothing to sign up for on the assistant. No per-seat licence on the app.
prv—02No analytics
No tracking and no advertising in either product.
prv—03Direct traffic
Device control goes straight to the addresses you configure, never relayed through CTRLbot.
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BUILT DIFFERENT. BY DESIGN.
SIMPLICITY OVER FEATURE CREEP
PRIVACY OVER DATA HARVESTING
SOLUTIONS OVER ENGAGEMENT METRICS
we build software that translates human intent into system action.