# Summer Robotics

> Summer Robotics is a Campbell, California machine-vision company giving robots what it calls superhuman perception. Its patented Kortx platform fuses event-based sensors with continuous laser scanning - a category the company calls laser-event sensing - to deliver blur-free 3D tracking with sub-5ms latency, 100-micron precision and 100Hz tracking. The technology lets robots see and react in dynamic, unstructured, variably lit environments, including on metal, glossy and transparent surfaces that defeat conventional cameras, unlocking automation in manufacturing, logistics and humanoid applications.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Campbell, California, United States
- **Founders:** Schuyler Cullen (Co-Founder & CEO), Dirk Smits (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~15 employees
- **Products:** Kortx, Laser-event sensing technology, Adaptive robot control / jig-free assembly
- **Notable:** Invented and commercialized laser-event sensing, combining event sensors with continuous laser scanning for the first time, Patented Kortx platform delivering sub-5ms latency and 100-micron precision, Raised a Series A led by Applied Ventures (Applied Materials) in September 2025

## Products & services

- **Kortx** — A machine-vision platform that combines event-based sensors with continuous laser scanning - laser-event sensing - to deliver blur-free 3D tracking with sub-5ms latency, reportedly 5 to 10x faster than traditional camera-based systems. Provides real-time tracking, recognition and 3D surface measurement of parts at 100-micron precision, 100Hz tracking and 20ms reaction times.
- **Laser-event sensing technology** — Summer Robotics' core patented approach: microsecond-precise event sensors paired with continuous laser scanning to perceive metal, glossy and transparent surfaces that defeat conventional cameras, working under a wide range of lighting conditions with roughly 30-minute setup.
- **Adaptive robot control / jig-free assembly** — Perception that enables jig-free assembly, multi-SKU production lines and real-time collision avoidance, letting robots adapt instead of repeating fixed motions.

## Achievements

- Invented and commercialized laser-event sensing, combining event sensors with continuous laser scanning for the first time
- Patented Kortx platform delivering sub-5ms latency and 100-micron precision
- Raised a Series A led by Applied Ventures (Applied Materials) in September 2025
- Secured a strategic partnership with VoxelSensors in October 2025
- Appointed Rick Van Valkenburg (28 years at Perceptron) as Chief Commercial Officer

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Announced strategic R&D and commercial partnership with VoxelSensors during the Belgian economic mission to the USA.
- **2025-09** — Announced Series A funding led by Applied Ventures (Applied Materials), with Solasta Ventures and NAVER D2SF; appointed Rick Van Valkenburg as Chief Commercial Officer.

## Links

- Website: https://summerrobotics.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/summer-robotics
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1JAqJVHMgj3G9110XNFtOg

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Last updated: 2026-06-11