PickNik Robotic Software Consultants

REALIZE YOUR UNIQUE
ROBOTIC PROBLEMS

We strongly believe in the benefits of open source, including avoiding vendor lock in and allowing your engineers to modify any software as they see fit. PickNik is the lead maintainer of the MoveIt! Motion Planning Framework. In addition, we contribute to and advocate the Robotic Operating System (ROS) including the following components:

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ROS Control and Real-time Systems

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The Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL)

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ROS Navigation Stack

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Gazebo Simulation

SERVICES

MOTION PLANNING

IN HIGH-DOF SYSTEMS

ADVANCED INVERSE KINEMATICS

COMPLEX CONSTRAINTS

REAL-TIME CONTROL

ROBOTIC ARMS

COLLISION AVOIDANCE

FOR CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS

ROS FRAMEWORK DESIGN

SYSTEM ANALYSIS

2D NAVIGATION

MOBILE BASES

VIRTUAL REALITY

FOR REMOTE CONTROL

ROBOT MODELLING

SOLIDWORKS, URDF

MACHINE LEARNING

PERCEPTION, DATA ANALYSIS

MOTION PLANNING

IN CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS

ADVANCED INVERSE KINEMATICS

COMPLEX CONSTRAINTS

REAL-TIME CONTROL

ROBOTIC ARMS

COLLISION AVOIDANCE

AVOID LOCAL MINIMUM

ROS FRAMEWORK DESIGN

SYSTEM ANALYSIS

2D NAVIGATION

MOBILE BASES

VIRTUAL REALITY

FOR MOBILE CONTROL

ROBOT MODELLING

SOLIDWORKS, URDF

MACHINE LEARNING

PERCEPTION, DATA ANALYSIS

CASE STUDIES

VICARIOUS

AI FOR THE ROBOT AGE

Improving Baxter robot to work on the latest Gazebo simulator and ROS release.

FRANKA EMIKA

ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE

Codesprint to make Panda the flagship robot of the MoveIt! tutorials.

CARBON ROBOTICS

ADVANCED ROBOTICS TO THE MASSES

Leveraging MoveIt! for the application layer of a robot hardware manufacturer.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Excellent job... The final product worked seamlessly and was accompanied by extremely thorough documentation of usage, and 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 and I would highly recommend."

DR. BHASKARA MARTHI

Head of Robotics, Vicarious

I can only describe as exceptional... By being able to listen and absorb the information contained in the spec prepared for the project, by being able to identify the key functional requirements and then ask insightful questions regarding those requirements...was able to make major contributions to the code base, and to the project in general, in a very short amount of time."

BRETT ALDRICH

CEO, ReelRobotix

I highly recommend Dave for his work with me on a ROS based real-time reactive performance application for human-safe robotic planning implemented on a KUKA IIWA robotic arm. Dave is a self motivated problem solver and tackles problems holistically. He demonstrated a strong ability to navigate ambiguity and help define the requirements... I hope I have the opportunity to work with him again."

DANIEL ADEN

Engineering, Google

Dave continued (3 years and counting) to be a committed developer for MoveIt!, working mostly on his own, fixing bugs and adding features throughout the MoveIt! codebase. Over the last year Dave has taken the lead with organizing the contributions other developers make to this project. Dave is an engineer I would always work with, no matter the project. His attitude towards work, 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 make him a fantastic developer who writes efficient, high quality code."

DR. IOAN SUCAN

Senior Software Engineer, Waymo Self-Driving Cars