Thursday, September 02, 2010

About Us
Smart Robots, Inc. is a development stage company located in western Massachusetts and in Bowling Green, Kentucky that designs, develops and manufactures intelligent, flexible, networked, programmable mobile platforms and robotic arms.


Joe Bosworth, CEO

When he has not been developing and building robots, Joe has been a business systems analyst and database and data warehouse design architect and software engineer in banking, insurance, local and state government, nuclear power, solar energy, defense logistics, health care, energy distribution and plastics. He was the founder of RB Robot Corporation; a publicly traded company in the 1980's. He was a co-founder and Chairman of the National Personal Robot Association (NPRA). He also chaired the first International Personal Robot Congress (IPRC) in April, 1984 in Albuquerque, NM. Joe is the founder and CEO of Smart Robots, Inc.

Joe Monti, Software Engineer

Joe Monti has been an active member of the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) community for 8 years, contributing to several projects at various levels of involvement ranging from project manager to bug wrangler. Joe is also the co-president and a founding member of the Berkshire Linux Users Group. To say he is a Linux whiz is an understatement. He spends most of his time programming in Java and python, but is familiar with about dozen other languages. Joe has a passion for self learning and attacks problems with intellectual strength and vigor.

Jeff Bachiochi, Electronics Engineer

Jeff Bachiochi (pronounced BAH-key-AH-key) has been writing "from the bench" a hardware/software design column for Circuit Cellar Magazine since 1988. His background includes product design and manufacturing, beginning with Electronic Music Labs (the first analog music synthesizer company) in the 60's. As a design consultant, Jeff helps firms move their product ideas from visions to realities. He can be reached at jeff@smartrobots.com or at jeff.bachiochi@circuitcellar.com or via his web site at http://www.imaginethatnow.com.

Justin Turner, Lead Assembly Engineer

Justin leads the assembly and test activity for Smart Robots in our Kentucky facility in Bowling Green, KY. He is a natural for this kind of work and is well organized, focused, proficient and efficient at what he does. Justin is enrolled as an Industrial Engineering major (with an Electronics minor) as he continues his education at Bowling Green Technical College.

Cody Harris, Software Engineer

Cody Harris is a sophmore at the Florida Institute of Technology and a graduate of the Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science. He brings his experience in Java and systems integration to Smart Robots. Cody is a Cadet Captain with the United States Air Force Auxiliary. In a joint venture between the Hartford Academy and the Air Force he developed an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle platform prototype designed for use in autonomous Search and Rescue. He was also a founding member of a robotics team at the Academy, which rose to the national stage at the FIRST Robotics World Championships. Cody is pursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Don LeClaire, Software Engineer [can you tell which one is Don?]

Don is a seasoned software engineer with 20+ years of design and development experience. His specialty is building Java/Linux enterprise Internet applications, including advertising and publishing systems for VoodooVox, e-commerce applications for MindBranch, and Internet community tools for Lycos. In a former life working for national defense, Don developed optical servo control systems, and advanced sonar simulation and analysis systems for the US Navy's Trident and Fast Attack submarine fleets.

Consulting Engineer
Bob Jones, Design Engineer and Master Toolmaker

Bob Jones brings to Smart Robots a depth of experience in tool making, product design, CAD software (Pro Engineer), mold making, machining and prototype building that is rarely found all in one individual. As the lead engineer on the VisionArm™ project, albeit with efforts from other team members in project management, electronics, software and support engineering, he took the arm from its initial drawings and created in aluminum, steel, brass, gears, motors, etc., the first working prototype of the long-reach light-weight VisionArm™.