HEO Robotics

We visually monitor space objects for governments and defense

Y CombinatorSummer 2021ActiveIndustrialsAviation and SpaceSpace ExplorationAerospace

What they do

Problem

Governments and defense agencies lack timely visual intelligence to monitor, identify, and assess satellites and other space objects.

Solution

Software that enables existing Earth observation satellites to image and visually inspect other satellites during close flybys.

Who it's for

Government and defense organizations responsible for space operations and security.

Founders

Will Crowe

Founder

Will has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, with a focus on the astrodynamics of spacecraft swarms with relation to asteroids. He has won international awards for his work, including the Space Generation Advisory Council's "Move an Asteroid" award in 2015. As CEO of HEO Robotics, Will's highlights include taking the world's second commercial in-orbit inspection photo of a spacecraft. Will loves spending time with family and reading.

Hiranya Jayakody

Founder

Co-founder and CTO - HEO Robotics Hiranya Jayakody is the CTO and co-founder of HEO Robotics. He has a PhD in mechatronics engineering from UNSW Sydney and a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. In addition to HEO Robotics, he worked as a researcher at UNSW Sydney focusing on computer vision and machine learning for agriculture as well as robust control of aerial vehicles and space robots.