Who we are
This team has shipped home robots, self-driving cars, delivery robots, electric mobility, and safety-critical systems — a collective track record built across the most demanding proving grounds in robotics and automotive. Now we are directing that experience at the problem we believe matters most: helping older adults stay independent at home.
Founders
Humphrey Hu, PhD — CEO & co-founder
Full-stack roboticist
A full-stack roboticist across hardware, software, and AI, 16 years in. Berkeley ME and EECS; robotics PhD from CMU. Seven years designing and prototyping consumer robots — at Anki (Vector) and on Apple's robotics team.
Richard Wei — COO & co-founder
Operator and product leader
Two-time YC operator and product leader with a decade in health tech. Helped scale an EHR company through rapid growth to an exit, and founded a preventative-care group for seniors — so he knows the resident, the building, and the clinical buyer.
Lifelong friends bringing their life's work together — a founding team that has built alongside each other for years.
Founding team
Built navigation and simulation for autonomous vehicles. Built safety-critical automotive and mobile systems. Shipped consumer robots at Anki, Amazon, and Apple.
Scott Satkin, PhD
Simulation & test
Simulation and testing for self-driving cars. ~20 yrs.
Yang Zhang
Motion & control
Planning algorithms for Amazon Astro. ~10 yrs.
Xiao-Yu Fu, PhD
Platform, safety & HMI
R&D lead on automotive brake safety. ~18 yrs.
Grant Emmendorfer
Mechanical engineering
Robot design and build. ~10 yrs.
Wing Chuen Lam
Mechatronics
Full design of electric scooters. ~10 yrs.
Tsungwei Chang
Robot operator
Our philosophy
Carried from building robots at Anki, Amazon, and Apple — applied here to the home and senior care setting.
It senses contact, yields, and routes around people — earning its place in the environment rather than demanding space.
Movement is deliberate, not reactive. A person who can read what the robot is about to do before it does it is a person who can trust it.
The robot does not claim warmth it cannot give. It is honest about what it is — a capable tool in service of people who care.
Low mass, small actuators, no pinch points. Safety is structural, not procedural — built into the physical design.
Built by roboticists from Apple, CMU, Anki, and Amazon.