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 (62)
robotics10
servo10
plot10
hardware10
implot10
robot10
3d-printing10
robot-simulator10
python-bindings10
ros10
mbed9
immediate-mode9
imgui9
storage9
replication9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mjbots/mjlib
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Common libraries
Contributions:459 commits, 2 PRs, 118 pushes in 4 years 3 months
mjbots/nlateral_demo
Jan 2021 - Aug 2023
Demonstration of high rate n-lateral control of moteus controllers with a pi3hat
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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