Willow Garage

Willow Garage develops hardware and open source software for personal robotics applications. Put simply, it is about connecting machines, sensors and robots to software that controls or monitors them.

The natural audience is manufacturers and operators. They also list Hardware and Robotics, so expect those to show up in the feature set. As a small product team themselves (11 to 50 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. Small vendors mean quick answers and real influence on the roadmap, but check who covers support when someone is out.

Willow Garage is based in Menlo Park, California and founded in 2006. You can read more at willowgarage.com.

Before you commit, look at hardware compatibility, uptime, and support. A short pilot with your real data tells you more than any demo.

If you have worked with Willow Garage, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.