HELPING BODIES LIVE BETTER, LONGER.
WE'RE A ROBOTICS COMPANY BUILDING INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL GREAT.
CHANGING THE WORLD
ONE BODY
AT A TIME
aescape - pronounced "escape" and inspired by aesthetics and Aesculaepius, the Greek god of healing and spas, is a robotics company building intelligent, highly personalized wellness experiences designed to help people have better relationships with their bodies.
Founded by serial entrepreneurs and backed by a host of savvy investors, we live at the intersection of body science and computer science, and are hard at work creating the first generation of something we believe will meaningfully improve people's daily lives.
We'll share more when we're ready.
WORK WITH US
"We're a small, incredibly strong team of technologists and scientists with deep experience in robotics, computer vision, machine learning, body sciences, and building successful companies.
Join us for the opportunity to create something truly different that will challenge you every step of the way, and when completed, will help improve the lives of the people who experience it."
— Eric Litman, CEO & Founder
NYC
Senior Robotics Software Engineer - Planning
If this is the right role for you, you’ll help us build core software components that are at the heart of our product and will work with a stellar team along the way. You will be responsible for robot motion planning in a dynamic and safety critical environment. This includes curated mission planning based on human input, motion path generation and simulation for high DoF systems, real-time adjustments, and system certification.
MX/GDL
Computer Vision Engineer
Day to day, you'll get to help us define the fundamentals of software at the heart of our product, and will work with a stellar team along the way. You will be responsible for developing the perception pipelines needed to power our autonomous product. You will help us to improve our perception capabilities, from the tuning of our 3D perception sensors and the implementation of scene segmentation and understanding algorithms; to the design and implementation of the methods required to interpret the body state of our users based on the combination of remote sensing and palpation.
MX/GDL
Lead QA Engineer
If this is the right role for you, you’ll help us build core software components that are at the heart of our product and will work with a stellar team along the way. You will be responsible for planning, leading, and developing our software quality practices, tools, and implementations.
NYC
Senior Software Engineer
You’ll work on advanced robotics applications for a remarkable product that will make people feel great, and once you see what we’re building, you’ll immediately understand why.
MEET THE TEAM
Jon Herman
Robotics Engineer
Jon is a software engineer specializing in autonomous systems, computer vision, and robotics systems. At aescape he designs and implements software for motion planning, trajectory data management, and tools for testing new robotics control systems.
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Eric Litman
CEO
Eric's a deeply technical serial entrepreneur with a passion for fitness and solving big problems. He founded aescape to solve a personal pain point.
Kathleen Lockhart
Head of Product
Kathleen's a biomedical engineer with a track record of launching new products and comes with a deep understanding of the FDA requirements. She's driving our product vision and development efforts and owns strategic partnerships for aescape.
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Daniel Jaeger
Robotics Controls Engineer
Daniel is an engineer experienced with controls and robotic manipulators. His previous work includes path planning for curved surfaces and implementing a hybrid motion-force controller for robotic surface finishing.
Sandino Morales, PhD
Senior Perception Engineer
Sandino is a computer scientist, expert in image-based three-dimensional analysis and reconstruction, and object detection and tracking. He’s responsible for aescape’s vision system and sensor fusion.
Sofia Reynoso
Operations Manager
Sofia has been enhancing team happiness and human potential for Silicon Valley startups in Mexico since 2011, leading office operations, community outreach, and helped increase brand awareness in Mexico and the USA.
Juan Carlos Solana
Applied Machine Learning Engineer
Juan is an engineer experienced in software development, with a background in mechatronics. He worked on developing software for Flight Management Systems for large commercial aircrafts. At aescape Juan drives data generation and establishes the core for our machine learning applications.
Francisco Barbosa, PhD
Perception Engineer
Francisco is a computer scientist, with a focus in visual perception and optimization. He has worked in color constancy, people detection and re-identification, abnormal event detection, and vehicle classification.
Xiaoqian Mu, PhD
Robotics Engineer
Xiaoqian worked on dexterous robotics manipulation in her graduate research with a focus on robot control, motion planning, and impact/contact modeling. She is now working as an engineer on our robotics team.
Matthew Austin
Director, Platform Engineering.
Matthew is an architect and expert in IoT and distributed systems. His previous role was in technology R&D at Accenture, where he designed and built cutting-edge connected devices, edge computing, and data platforms for clients in a variety of industries. At aescape he's leading the development of our backend platform.
Nick Akiona
Head of Robotics Software
Nick is a robotics expert and software architect with experience across a wide range of industries. He previously led robotics innovation for Accenture and is now driving robotics development at aescape.
Robert Hamel
Senior Platform Engineer
Robert is a software engineer with a specialty in full stack architecture design and implementation. Each day he does his best to stay up-to-date in the latest cloud native paradigms and technologies. Formerly of the enterprise architecture practice at Accenture, he is now helping to create aescape’s backend platform.
Matthew Austin
Director, Platform Engineering.
Matthew is an architect and expert in IoT and distributed systems. His previous role was in technology R&D at Accenture, where he designed and built cutting-edge connected devices, edge computing, and data platforms for clients in a variety of industries. At aescape he's leading the development of our backend platform.
Nick Akiona
Head of Robotics Software
Nick is a robotics expert and software architect with experience across a wide range of industries. He previously led robotics innovation for Accenture and is now driving robotics development at aescape.
Robert Hamel
Senior Platform Engineer
Robert is a software engineer with a specialty in full stack architecture design and implementation. Each day he does his best to stay up-to-date in the latest cloud native paradigms and technologies. Formerly of the enterprise architecture practice at Accenture, he is now helping to create aescape’s backend platform.
Taya Page
Product Management Lead
Taya has been leading consumer-facing product development for early and mid-stage startups for over a decade. A data and fitness nerd with a computer science and design background, she is excited to be working on the customer experience.
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Alex Weiner
Senior Software Engineer
Alex is an electrical engineer specializing in embedded systems, computer vision, and robotics systems. At aescape he designs and implements software for robot motion planning in a dynamic and safety critical environment. This includes curated mission planning based on human input, motion path generation and simulation for high DoF systems, real-time adjustments, and system certification.
Anchit Sood
Senior Robotics Software Engineer
Anchit is a robotics engineer specializing in path planning. In his previous role he was in the stone fabrication and automation industry, and that has given him a keen insight into process parameters for 3D contours.
INVESTORS
"I’VE INVESTED IN MORE THAN 400 EARLY STAGE COMPANIES, AND APPRECIATE WHEN I COME ACROSS A SOLID BUSINESS MODEL WITH A FANTASTIC ENTREPRENEUR LIKE ERIC DRIVING IT. I LOVE THE IDEA AND AM EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED."
FABRICE GRINDA / CO-FOUNDER / FJLABS
"AT HALF COURT VENTURES, WE BELIEVE ROBOTICS IS THE NEXT WAVE OF INNOVATION IN THE WELLNESS AND FITNESS SPACE, SO WE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO PARTNER WITH AESCAPE AND THEIR VISION FOR THE FUTURE."
ROB MAY / PARTNER / HALF COURT VENTURES
"ERIC HAS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT TEAM AND A CLEAR VISION TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE HEALTH AND FITNESS INDUSTRY. THE AMBITION REMINDS ME OF THE EARLY DAYS OF KIVA SYSTEMS."
PETER WURMAN / CO-FOUNDER / KIVA SYSTEMS (NOW AMAZON ROBOTICS)
We're supported by a stellar team of investors from a range of backgrounds in robotics, AI, SaaS, sports, hospitality, and beyond.
aescape HQ
185 Wythe Ave, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11249
aescape Mexico
Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico.
