From IBM Research to Willow Garage
Lau earned a computer science degree at Cornell University in 1995 and a PhD at the University of Washington in 2001. She spent 11 years at IBM Research working on business process automation.1,2
She got her start in robotics at Willow Garage, the research lab behind the open-source Robot Operating System, where she worked on simple interfaces for personal robots.2,1
Savioke
After Willow Garage closed in 2013, Lau co-founded Savioke, where she was CTO and Chief Robot Whisperer and helped deploy more than 75 delivery robots in hotels.2,1
Dusty Robotics
Lau saw construction's layout problems while remodeling her house, then visited jobsites to learn the trade. She co-founded Dusty in 2018 with Philipp Herget and serves as CEO. In May 2022 Dusty raised $45 million to expand.1,3
Her awards include Construction Dive's 2023 Up and Coming Women in Construction and Silicon Valley Business Journal's Women of Influence.2
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Photo: Dusty Robotics website.
