Willow Garage Employee Directory

Research ServicesCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

Willow Garage is a small to mid-sized research services organization based in Menlo Park, California. It no longer conducts research and development in personal robotics, and its mission is carried on by a group of companies founded by its people. These spin-offs span open-source robotics software, remote presence, mobile manipulation platforms, and perception-related technologies, including Savioke, the Open Source Robotics Foundation, Unbounded Robotics, Suitable Technologies, hiDOF, the OpenCV Foundation, the Open Perception Foundation, Redwood Robotics, and Industrial Perception.

Historically, Willow Garage contributed to the robotics community through foundational software and hardware efforts, notably in the development of ROS in 2007 and the PR2 robot in 2009. This history positions the organization as a catalyst within the broader robotics research ecosystem, even as it has ceased direct R&D activity. The network of spin-offs continues to advance robotics software and hardware capabilities through their various focus areas.

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