A University of Washington professor and expert in machine learning and robotics is leading a new company focused on off-road autonomous vehicle technology. Byron Boots is the CEO and co-founder of Overland AI, a Seattle startup aiming to help companies that use ground vehicles in complex terrain address safety and labor shortages.
“Overland AI believes that autonomy is not just for roadways and warehouses,” Boots told GeekWire.
Boots is the principal investigator of the UW RACER team, one of three research groups involved with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) competition.
Overland AI was registered as a corporation on Jan. 12, according to Washington state corporations filings. The first public sign of the startup came when Boots posted about it on LinkedIn last week.
But key details remain under wraps. The UW spinout has raised funding, but Boots declined to name investors or provide more information about connections between Overland and DARPA.
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