# Willow Garage: company

Canonical ID: `44b1654b-4be3-4c7b-abd5-3a822407fb68`

## Key facts

- **HQ:** Menlo Park, CA
- **Founded:** 2006
- **Dissolved:** 2014
- **Backers:** Funded by Scott Hassan
- **Technology:** Created the Robot Operating System (ROS) and the PR2 research robot
- **Scale:** Spun out Open Robotics and seeded much of modern robotics through its alumni

- **Slug:** willow-garage
- **Status:** defunct (2014)
- **HQ:** Menlo Park, CA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Former / Previously (4)

- [Melonee Wise](/people/melonee-wise.md) Robot Development Manager (secondary-verified)
- [Steve Cousins](/people/steve-cousins.md) CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Keenan Wyrobek](/people/keenan-wyrobek.md) Co-Director, ROS/PR2 Program (secondary-verified)
- [Mirza Akbar Shah](/people/mirza-shah.md) Engineer (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Garage
2. https://spectrum.ieee.org/wizards-of-ros-willow-garage-and-the-making-of-the-robot-operating-system

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