Personnel
Carlos Agüero
Research Engineer
Carlos Agüero received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos under the supervision of Dr. José M. Cañas and Dr.…
Hugo Boyer
Software Engineer
Hugo received a mechanical engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. He has over 15 years of professional development experience. …
Sarah Elliott
Software Engineering Intern
Sarah is a software engineering intern at OSRF, where she is focusing on Android and ROS compatibility, with the goal of allowing developers to easily…
Tully Foote
ROS Platform Manager
Tully Foote is the ROS Platform Manager at the Open Source Robotics Foundation. His work at the Open Source Robotics Foundation is a continuation…
Roberta Friedman
Controller, Founder
Roberta Friedman is the Controller at OSRF. Prior to joining OSRF, Roberta was the Controller at Willow Garage, as well as consulting with small to medium…
Brian Gerkey
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Brian Gerkey is CEO of OSRF. Prior to joining OSRF, Brian was Director of Open Source Development at Willow Garage. Previously, Brian was a Computer…
Paul Mathieu
Software Research Intern
Paul Mathieu received his M.S. in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo under the supervision of Pr. Yoshihiko Nakamura.…
Nate Koenig
Chief Technology Officer, Founder
Nate Koenig is the Chief Technology Officer at Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF). Prior to joining OSRF, Nate was a research engineer at Willow Garage…
Steffi Paepcke
Lead User Experience Designer, Founder
Steffi Paepcke is the Lead User Experience (UX) Designer at the Open Source Robotics Foundation. She received a Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction…
Steven Peters
Software Engineer
Steven Peters joined the Open Source Robotics Foundation in November 2012 after completing his dissertation in the MIT Robotic Mobility Group, under…
Morgan Quigley
Chief Architect, Founder
Morgan Quigley joined the Open Source Robotics Foundation in August 2012 after completing his dissertation defense in the Stanford Artificial Intelligence…
Jose Luis Rivero
Build Engineer
Jose Luis Rivero is working on release and test techniques at the OSRF. He received a computer engineering degree from Carlos III University and was…
Dirk Thomas
Software Engineer
Dirk Thomas is the maintainer of the ROS core packages including the build system catkin, message generation, the communication layer as well as the…
William Woodall
Software Engineer
William is a Software Engineer and a robotics enthusiast. He joined the Open Source Robotics Foundation as a member of the ROS development team in…
Board of Directors
Wolfram Burgard
Director of the Board
Dr. Burgard is a professor at the University of Freiburg where he leads the Laboratory for Autonomous Intelligent Systems. His major research interests…
Steve Cousins
Director of the Board
As the President and CEO of Willow Garage, Steve Cousins is leading the charge to accelerate the personal robot revolution. He oversees all business…
Ryan Gariepy
Director of the Board
Mr. Gariepy is the co-founder and CTO of Clearpath Robotics. Clearpath Robotics specializes in the design and manufacture of robust and reliable unmanned…
Brian Gerkey
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Brian Gerkey is CEO of OSRF. Prior to joining OSRF, Brian was Director of Open Source Development at Willow Garage. Previously, Brian was a Computer…
Helen Greiner
Director of the Board
Ms. Greiner is a co-founder of iRobot and currently CEO of CyPhyWorks. She has also been honored as a Technology Review “Innovator for the Next Century”…
Alumni
Stephen Brawner
Software Research Intern
Stephen Brawner is a software research intern. He is a Computer Science PhD student at Brown University working with Chad Jenkins in the Brown Robotics…
Kazuto Murase
Software Research Intern
Kazuto Murase studies Mechano-Infomatics at the University of Tokyo in the JSK Lab. He has been developing a robot with arm and eye, integrating…
Isaac Saito
Software Research Intern
Isaac Saito is a software engineering intern with the ROS Team, working in particular on GUI framework rqt.
Jimmy Sastra
Mechanical Engineer
Jimmy Sastra is a mechanical engineer at OSRF. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania…