Tangent Robotics builds dexterous robot hands, light-based touch sensors, and motor-learning systems for manufacturers that need robots to perform delicate, high-precision manipulation.

Founders

• Pedro Piacenza · Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
  Before Tangent Robotics, he was part of the founding team at Columbia Engineering's Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab, where the team introduced the DISCO robot finger, designed hands for NASA's Assistive Free Flyer robots, and built a dexterous robot hand.
• Matei Ciocarlie · Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer
  Before Tangent Robotics, he co-led the manipulation team at Willow Garage and then worked with the founding team at Columbia Engineering's Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab.
• Ioannis Kymissis · Co-Founder, Consultant, Unconventional Electronics
  Before Tangent Robotics, he was an unconventional-electronics expert on the founding team at Columbia Engineering's Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab, where the team introduced the DISCO robot finger and developed robotic hands and touch-sensing work.