diff --git a/robot.go b/robot.go
index 14aa9d8fe..661cfed86 100644
--- a/robot.go
+++ b/robot.go
@@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ func NewJSONRobot(robot *Robot) *JSONRobot {
 // It contains its own work routine and a collection of
 // custom commands to control a robot remotely via the Gobot api.
 type Robot struct {
-	Name        string
-	Work        func()
-	connections *Connections
-	devices     *Devices
-	trap        func(chan os.Signal)
-	AutoRun     bool
-	running     atomic.Value
-	done        chan bool
+	Name         string
+	Work         func()
+	connections  *Connections
+	devices      *Devices
+	trap         func(chan os.Signal)
+	AutoRun      bool
+	running      atomic.Value
+	done         chan bool
+	workRegistry *RobotWorkRegistry
 	Commander
 	Eventer
 }
@@ -139,6 +140,10 @@ func NewRobot(v ...interface{}) *Robot {
 		}
 	}
 
+	r.workRegistry = &RobotWorkRegistry{
+		r: make(map[string]*RobotWork),
+	}
+
 	r.running.Store(false)
 	log.Println("Robot", r.Name, "initialized.")
 
diff --git a/robot_work.go b/robot_work.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbc52ea14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/robot_work.go
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+// RobotWork and the RobotWork registry represent units of executing computation
+// managed at the Robot level. Unlike the utility functions gobot.After and gobot.Every,
+// RobotWork units require a context.Context, and can be cancelled externally by calling code.
+package gobot
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/gobuffalo/uuid"
+)
+
+// RobotWorkRegistry contains all the work units registered on a Robot
+type RobotWorkRegistry struct {
+	sync.RWMutex
+
+	r map[string]*RobotWork
+}
+
+const (
+	EveryWorkKind = "every"
+	AfterWorkKind = "after"
+)
+
+// RobotWork represents a unit of work (in the form of an arbitrary Go function)
+// to be done once or on a recurring basis. It encapsulations notions of duration,
+// context, count of successful runs, etc.
+type RobotWork struct {
+	id         uuid.UUID
+	kind       string
+	tickCount  int
+	ctx        context.Context
+	cancelFunc context.CancelFunc
+	function   func()
+	ticker     *time.Ticker
+	duration   time.Duration
+}
+
+// ID returns the UUID of the RobotWork
+func (rw *RobotWork) ID() uuid.UUID {
+	return rw.id
+}
+
+// CancelFunc returns the context.CancelFunc used to cancel the work
+func (rw *RobotWork) CancelFunc() context.CancelFunc {
+	return rw.cancelFunc
+}
+
+// Ticker returns the time.Ticker used in an Every so that calling code can sync on the same channel
+func (rw *RobotWork) Ticker() *time.Ticker {
+	if rw.kind == AfterWorkKind {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return rw.ticker
+}
+
+// Duration returns the timeout until an After fires or the period of an Every
+func (rw *RobotWork) Duration() time.Duration {
+	return rw.duration
+}
+
+func (rw *RobotWork) String() string {
+	format := `ID: %s
+Kind: %s
+TickCount: %d
+
+`
+	return fmt.Sprintf(format, rw.id, rw.kind, rw.tickCount)
+}
+
+// WorkRegistry returns the Robot's WorkRegistry
+func (r *Robot) WorkRegistry() *RobotWorkRegistry {
+	return r.workRegistry
+}
+
+// Every calls the given function for every tick of the provided duration.
+func (r *Robot) Every(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration, f func()) *RobotWork {
+	rw := r.workRegistry.registerEvery(ctx, d, f)
+	go func() {
+	EVERYWORK:
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-rw.ctx.Done():
+				r.workRegistry.delete(rw.id)
+				break EVERYWORK
+			case <-rw.ticker.C:
+				rw.tickCount++
+				f()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return rw
+}
+
+// After calls the given function after the provided duration has elapsed
+func (r *Robot) After(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration, f func()) *RobotWork {
+	rw := r.workRegistry.registerAfter(ctx, d, f)
+	ch := time.After(d)
+	go func() {
+	AFTERWORK:
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-rw.ctx.Done():
+				r.workRegistry.delete(rw.id)
+				break AFTERWORK
+			case <-ch:
+				f()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	return rw
+}
+
+// Get returns the RobotWork specified by the provided ID. To delete something from the registry, it's
+// necessary to call its context.CancelFunc, which will perform a goroutine-safe delete on the underlying
+// map.
+func (rwr *RobotWorkRegistry) Get(id uuid.UUID) *RobotWork {
+	rwr.Lock()
+	defer rwr.Unlock()
+	return rwr.r[id.String()]
+}
+
+// Delete returns the RobotWork specified by the provided ID
+func (rwr *RobotWorkRegistry) delete(id uuid.UUID) {
+	rwr.Lock()
+	defer rwr.Unlock()
+	delete(rwr.r, id.String())
+}
+
+// registerAfter creates a new unit of RobotWork and sets up its context/cancellation
+func (rwr *RobotWorkRegistry) registerAfter(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration, f func()) *RobotWork {
+	rwr.Lock()
+	defer rwr.Unlock()
+
+	id, _ := uuid.NewV4()
+	rw := &RobotWork{
+		id:       id,
+		kind:     AfterWorkKind,
+		function: f,
+		duration: d,
+	}
+
+	rw.ctx, rw.cancelFunc = context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	rwr.r[id.String()] = rw
+	return rw
+}
+
+// registerEvery creates a new unit of RobotWork and sets up its context/cancellation
+func (rwr *RobotWorkRegistry) registerEvery(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration, f func()) *RobotWork {
+	rwr.Lock()
+	defer rwr.Unlock()
+
+	id, _ := uuid.NewV4()
+	rw := &RobotWork{
+		id:       id,
+		kind:     EveryWorkKind,
+		function: f,
+		duration: d,
+		ticker:   time.NewTicker(d),
+	}
+
+	rw.ctx, rw.cancelFunc = context.WithCancel(ctx)
+
+	rwr.r[id.String()] = rw
+	return rw
+}