Josh Pieper
Founder at mjbots Robotic Systems
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Pieper is a founder and robotics engineer with 14 years of experience turning research-grade technology into commercial products, currently leading mjbots from a side project to a profitable, bootstrapped company serving customers in 60+ countries. He designs and ships full-stack robotics hardware and firmware—most notably open-source brushless motor controllers (moteus) that convert standard three-phase motors into high-performance servo actuators used in cobots, legged robots, humanoids and logistics systems. Prior roles include program management at Toyota Research Institute and CTO at Jaybridge Robotics, giving him deep experience bridging research, productization, and manufacturing. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines systems-level engineering with hands-on embedded and control expertise, and he’s known for pragmatic open design that accelerates adoption across industry and academia.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMS Computer Engineering, MS Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (91)
quad10
servo10
ros10
robotics10
plot10
implot10
hardware10
robot10
3d-printing10
starlark9
high-performance9
fuse9
fat9
robot-simulator9
delta9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jpieper/pygazebo
Feb 2014 - Nov 2016
Contributions:70 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 2 years 9 months
gazeboroboticspythonpython-bindingsmulti-robot-simulator
mjbots/quad
Feb 2014 - Aug 2022
quad A1 robot software and hardware
Contributions:1026 commits, 1 PR, 31 pushes in 8 years 8 months
roboticsrobotroshardwarerobot-software
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