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Datadog for robots

Ember Robotics is building the hardware observability layer for autonomous robots, starting with camera diagnostic tools. We worked on optimizing camera performance at Tesla Autopilot and now we're building software that takes mitigating camera failures from hours to minutes.
Ember Robotics
Founded:2024
Team Size:2
Location:San Francisco
Group Partner:Diana Hu

Active Founders

Shivani Mouleeswaran, Founder

Co-founder and CEO @ Ember Robotics. Previously worked at Tesla Autopilot optimizing camera performance for autonomy. Shivani has spent 5 years working on camera systems for autonomous robots and co-founded Ember to improve to the pains she's seen around dealing with robot hardware and system reliability. Fun fact she once earned the title of Camera Queen!
Shivani Mouleeswaran
Shivani Mouleeswaran
Ember Robotics

Ritika Shrivastava, Founder

Ritika is a roboticist who loves helping robots see šŸ•¶! She is a proud UC Berkeley alumna (B.S. EECS '21 & M.S. EECS '22) šŸ», where she researched and taught about computer vision and robotics. Formerly a computer vision engineer at Tesla Autopilot, Ritika is excited to build tools that help roboticists! In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis šŸŽ¾, building gizmos, and reading šŸ“–!
Ritika Shrivastava
Ritika Shrivastava
Ember Robotics

Company Launches

tldr; Got camera problems? Weā€™ve got solutions.

Ember builds software to monitor and resolve robot camera issues - so you can reduce vision failures from the source.

Is robot camera reliability or degraded vision driving you nuts? Book a demo here or reach out to us at founders@emberrobotics.com!

The problem

Weā€™ve spent years working on vision systems for autonomous robots and found similar issues everywhere:

ā˜ Robotics companies work on lean teams that have to do lots of things super fast - hardware reliability is often secondary to core product features

ā˜ Camera failures cause large fires because they float up the stack to critically damage perception, controls, and safety

ā˜ Digging through layers of software / hardware to figure out what went wrong is painful (ex. sometimes you spend hours goose-chasing a ā€œperception issueā€ just to find a loose cable)

Our solution

A camera diagnostics framework that ties in real-time data, logs, and reports to contextualize your robotā€™s vision health. Support the full life-cycle of your robot with features like:

āœ…Ā Out-of-the-box tracking for common issues (disconnection, frame drops, time sync)

šŸ’¬Ā Automated suggestions for error resolution

ā±ļøĀ Real-time alerts

šŸ–ŒļøĀ Image quality analysis tools to optimize computer vision

šŸ“ˆĀ Historical data analysis for predictive maintenance

Try it out: Plug-and-play camera testing

Bench-test cameras or diagnose issues in the field with one easy tool. Fill a config file, launch our service, and get fast metrics on camera health.
demo

Currently we support IntelĀ® RealSenseā„¢ D400 cameras and ROS - more cameras and pub-sub models coming soon!

Meet the team

Hi, we are Shivani & Ritika! We built software at Tesla Autopilot to optimize camera performance for autonomy. Weā€™ve covered the camera stack end-to-end (low-latency image capture, real-time camera monitoring, online camera calibration, multi-trip reconstruction, and SLAM) - weā€™re passionate about helping robots see!

Our ask

Is robot camera reliability or degraded vision driving you nuts? Book a demo here or reach out to us at founders@emberrobotics.com!

If you know anyone working on robots, drones, or other multi-camera systems (surveillance, manufacturing, etc.) we would love a warm intro.

And for those who are just generally robot-curious - always happy to chat!

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