Moving Beyond Empiricism: Why RDA Cloud Replay is the New Standard for ROS Validation

The Pain Point: ROS Debugging is a Grind

Field failures often trigger a grueling manual marathon. For most ROS teams, troubleshooting still means downloading massive Rosbags, loading them locally, and scrubbing through hours of sensor data to find a single needle in a haystack.

While traditional tools focus on data visualization, this "code-deploy-fail-debug" loop remains a massive reactive bottleneck. It is unscalable and typically drains over 30% of total engineering hours. As autonomy levels rise, these legacy replay workflows have become the primary obstacle to development velocity.

The Heex Difference: A Smart-Data Logic Paradigm Shift

Heex Technologies flips this model. Instead of recording everything and hoping for the best, we focus on Smart-Data Logic. You define triggers—specific conditions tied to your operational goals—and the system captures only the relevant, context-rich event files you actually need.

This shifts the paradigm from "searching for errors" to "being alerted to errors." By adopting an Event-Driven Architecture, teams transition from reactive firefighting to proactive monitoring.

Accessibility and Automation: Technology for Everyone

Great technology should bridge the gap between intent and execution. We built the Heex platform to ensure that sophisticated data management is accessible to every stakeholder:

• System Abstraction: Work across ROS Topics without requiring deep, low-level message expertise.
• Heex Copilot: Use natural language to describe scenarios. Simply ask: "Alert me when the robot stops for over 3 minutes while the battery is above 50%," and the system accelerates the translation of your intent into executable logic.
• Full Automation: For advanced teams, our CLI and API ensure Smart-Data management fits seamlessly into high-efficiency CI/CD pipelines.

RDA Local: Evolution Over Empiricism

To bridge the gap between development and production, we introduced RDA (Resource & Data Automation). We have evolved the traditional, cumbersome debugging process into a streamlined workflow: RDA parses existing recorded ROS bags based on user-defined conditions through highly configurable triggering scenarios.

RDA Local provides the foundational ability to replay bags and fine-tune logic against historical data with zero risk to the live fleet. It’s about moving faster—turning what used to be days of field testing into minutes of local validation.

RDA Cloud Replay: The Ultimate Democratization

RDA Cloud Replay removes the final barrier to efficiency by eliminating CLI dependencies and local setup friction. It unlocks a seamless, browser-based workflow for the entire organization:

1. Upload: Drag-and-drop real-world "raw" Rosbags into the Heex Cloud.
2. Auto-configure: Instantly map topics and message definitions from your field data.
3. Define & Replay: Set triggers via UI or Copilot and validate with one click.
4. Iterate & Deploy: Refine logic in minutes and push via OTA.

Turning Data into a Strategic Asset: Temporal Regression

Cloud Replay does more than just play back data; it introduces "Temporal Regression." > In simple terms: It allows you to apply today’s logic to yesterday’s logs.

By retro-testing new triggers against historical data, you can uncover latent risks that were lurking in your logs all along. This empowers Operations, QA, and Support teams to independently validate KPIs and edge cases, ensuring R&D is no longer the bottleneck for data insights.

Stop Guessing. Start Validating.

RDA Cloud Replay provides a deterministic sandbox where fast iteration is the norm. In a race where "field data" is the new moat, raw data is often just a storage liability. The true competitive advantage lies in the ability to interrogate and validate that data instantly.

Don’t just store your data. Unlock it.