PickNik combines world-class robotics expertise and state of the art open source robotics frameworks to save you time and money. We offer flexible research, development, and support to ensure your project's success.
We collaborate with your team to create next generation solutions that reduce cycle time, increase robustness, generate optimal motions, and improve human lives. And really cool robots.
We will deliver your project to your satisfaction, with full documentation and with no undesired technical debt.
We believe in the benefits of open source; PickNik's flagship software MoveIt is the #1 motion planning and manipulation platform in the ROS ecosystem. By leveraging open source software, we save you huge amounts of R&D costs while avoiding vendor lock in.
"The final product worked seamlessly and was accompanied by extremely thorough documentation of usage, several additional features, and improvements that we hadn't specifically asked for. It was the best experience I've had working with an external consultant."
-Dr. Bhaskara Marthi, Head of Robotics
“I highly recommend Dave. Dave is a self motivated problem solver and tackles problems holistically. He demonstrated a strong ability to navigate ambiguity and help define the requirements”
-Daniel Aden, Engineering
“Always striving to make sure problems are not swept under the rug, that the best solutions are employed, that clean and correct code is written...efficient, high quality code.”
-Dr. Ioan Sucan, Senior Software Engineer
“PickNik’s partnership with us is hugely instrumental in making these systems successful.”
-Chief Innovation Officer,
Industrial Automation Company
“The software came in before the hardware, which is very rare”
-Senior Technical Program Manager,
Major Surgical Company