
Willow Garage develops hardware and open source software for personal robotics applications. The company is composed of experts in robot design, control, perception, and machine learning, with both a strong theoretical background and a demonstrated drive to produce practical systems. Willow sees personal robots as the next paradigm-shifting personal productivity tool. By investing in open source and open platform adoption models, it aims to lay the groundwork for the use of personal robotics applications in everyday life. Willow Garage was established in 2006 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Willow Garage develops hardware and open source software for personal robotics applications. The company is composed of experts in robot design, control, perception, and machine learning, with both a strong theoretical background and a demonstrated drive to produce practical systems. Willow sees personal robots as the next paradigm-shifting personal productivity tool. By investing in open source and open platform adoption models, it aims to lay the groundwork for the use of personal robotics applications in everyday life. Willow Garage was established in 2006 and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Notable projects: PR2 research robot; Robot Operating System (ROS)
Funding type: Grant funding (National Science Foundation listed)
Personal robotics research and platform development
2006
Robotics
Crunchbase lists a grant with NSF as lead investor.
“National Science Foundation”