Cerulion
"Robot middleware that just works"
MIT-founded startup building open-source cross-platform robot middleware with 1000x faster comms than ROS, backed by Y Combinator.
Cerulion is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based robotics software startup founded in 2024 by Lakshay Sharma and Se Hwan Jeon, both MIT robotics PhD researchers. The company builds an open-source, cross-platform robot middleware designed as a ROS/ROS2-compatible alternative that eliminates common pain points such as driver conflicts, build errors, and network dropouts. Cerulion's platform delivers up to 1000x improvements in communications performance over state of the art, leveraging Rust-based networking stacks including Zenoh and IceOryx2.
It is packaged as a desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux, featuring a no-code GUI for visualizing, controlling, and logging robot data without extensive programming. Developers at Amazon Robotics and the Boston Dynamics AI Institute use Cerulion to accelerate development and ship more reliable robots. Cerulion is a Y Combinator S24 company and has raised $500K in pre-seed funding from investors including Y Combinator, E14 Fund, Multimodal Ventures, Network VC, Olive Tree Capital, and Sand Hill North.
The company is a MassRobotics resident startup.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Cerulion Robot Middleware
- Model: Cerulion Platform
- Launch Year: 2024
Open-source cross-platform robot middleware with 1000x faster comms than ROS, no-code GUI, and full ROS/ROS2 backwards compatibility.
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https://www.cerulion.comHEADQUARTERS
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2024
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