Robert Bosch Start-Up Platform North America, LLC, Series 1

Mayfield Robotics

Sarah Osentoski

Kaijen Hsiao

Michael Beebe

Stephanie Lee

Douglas Dooley

Todd Louis Harris

Audrey Steever

Nick C Leindecker

Edward Gerald Solomon

Christian Scott Ross

Christopher Hibmacronan

David L Klein

Jason John Umhoefer

Joshua Morenstein

Karen Marie Ahle

An optical system includes a splitting optic configured to receive a light beam from a light source and form a set of light bands radiating from the optical system at predetermined angles relative to illuminate a scene. The optical system further includes a lens configured to project a field of view of the scene into a two-dimensional format. The optical system further includes an optical sensor arranged offset from the central axis of the lens to capture a segment of the field of view projected by the lens.

Optical system

A sensing method, including: emitting a signal beam; sampling the reflected signal at a sensor with a field of view larger than the signal beam; and determining a surface parameter based on the bright and dark regions associated with the sampled signal.

Sensing system and method

A robotic creature system includes an actuatable head defining eyes, an eyelid mechanism, a body, a drivetrain, and a set of sensors. A method for robotic creature operation includes: detecting an event associated with a technological imperfection and automatically performing a set of expressive actions associated with the event.

Robotic creature and method of operation

Robotic creature

Emotive robotic creature

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Redwood City, CA, United States of America

Sarah Osentoski