Revolutionary technology
developed by founders at Caltech
Control Barrier Functions provide a means for ensuring that a robotic system stays within a pre-defined safe region without impacting productivity.
The math was originally invented by 3Laws Founder Professor Aaron Ames in the context of provably-safe adaptive cruise control for automobiles. Andrew Singletary and Thomas Gurriet did their PhD theses under Professor Ames on adapting this math to a variety of robotic systems before co-founding 3Laws to bring the technology to mass production.
Since its introduction in 2014, Control Barrier Functions have made a name for themselves as a foundational technology for safety-critical control, receiving broad academic acceptance and seeing use in aerospace and automotive. Now, 3Laws is bringing this technology to any system that moves.
15000+
Citations across
50+ publications
6
Patents filed
overcore IP
1000+
Papers with “CBF”
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Investors
Our investors have backed 3Laws due to our unique experience in providing safety-critical autonomy software across domains like automotive, aerospace, and robotics.
Meet our Leadership Team
CEO
Andrew Singletary
Andrew Singletary, Ph.D. has showcased the power of control theory in several industry partnerships as part of his doctoral dissertation. He now leads 3Laws in productizing these advances to democratize autonomy.
Chief Scientist
Aaron Ames
A Caltech professor and world-renowned expert in control theory and bipedal robotics. He founded 3Laws Robotics to bring his advanced mathematical constructs to industry, creating safer and more efficient robots.
Member of Board of Directors
Julie Schoenfeld
Julie Schoenfeld is a serial entrepreneur and executive with a passion for identifying talent and assembling effective teams. Julie Schoenfeld managed an innovative team of engineers, designers marketing and sales professionals to provide digital publishing software for premium publishers.
CTO
Thomas Gurriet
Thomas Gurriet, Ph.D. has demonstrated some of the earliest hardware results of guaranteeing safe robot behavior. He is now leveraging his domain expertise and industry experience to lead the 3Laws’ engineering efforts.
COO
Amir Sharif
Amir started his career in technical roles and became a product manager after getting his MBA at Berkeley. He founded Aporeto (Palo Alto Networks) and worked in a founder role at Opsani (Cisco). He is passionate about scale, automation, and efficiency.
VP of Global Sales
Mike Casey
Michael has a proven track record of scaling revenue and sales operations from early stage startups to large public companies. He has built and driven comprehensive go-to-market strategies across multiple technologies, and led sales in Aporeto (Palo Alto Networks).