diff --git a/src/robot/client.ts b/src/robot/client.ts
index 7e6640f71..f845bc0a1 100644
--- a/src/robot/client.ts
+++ b/src/robot/client.ts
@@ -719,6 +719,12 @@ export class RobotClient extends EventDispatcher implements Robot {
     return resp.resourceRpcSubtypes;
   }
 
+  // MACHINE STATUS
+
+  async getMachineStatus() {
+    return this.robotService.getMachineStatus({});
+  }
+
   // MODULES
 
   async restartModule(moduleId?: string, moduleName?: string) {
diff --git a/src/robot/robot.ts b/src/robot/robot.ts
index 746e1a4ce..f279e826f 100644
--- a/src/robot/robot.ts
+++ b/src/robot/robot.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ export interface Robot {
    */
   getCloudMetadata(): Promise<CloudMetadata>;
 
+  /**
+   * Get the current status of the robot.
+   *
+   * @alpha
+   */
+  getMachineStatus(): Promise<proto.GetMachineStatusResponse>;
+
   /**
    * Restarts a module running on the machine with the given id or name.
    *