Boris Sofman

Co-Founder & CEO at Anki, Inc.
San Francisco, California Consumer Electronics

As an engineer and researcher with experience in building diverse robotic systems — from consumer products to off-road autonomous vehicles and bomb-disposal robots — Boris is making it his life's work to create products that people would not expect to be possible.

Say hello to Cozmo, a gifted little guy with a mind of his own. He's a real-life robot like you've only seen in movies, with a one-of-a-kind personality that evolves the more you hang out. He'll nudge you to play and keep you constantly surprised. Cozmo's your accomplice in a crazy amount of fun.

COZMO

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Story of Boris life

Education

He earned a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.

Robot Corporation, Research Department

Research Intern, 2005

Neato Robotics, Inc.

Roboticist, 2007 - 2011

Sandia National Laboratories

Graduate Professional Intern, 2008

Anki, Inc.

2010 - present time
Based in San Francisco, Anki is dedicated to bringing artificial intelligence and robotics into our everyday lives.

Hobbies

Boris is an avid tennis player, but finds that Anki doesn't allow him to play nearly as often as he'd like.

Each Supercar is a self-aware robot, driven by powerful artificial intelligence (A.I.) and equipped with deadly strategy. Whatever track you build, they'll learn it. Wherever you drive, they'll hunt you down. The better you play, the better they become. Whether you battle A.I. opponents or friends, your tactical options are unlimited. And with continuous software updates, the gameplay always stays fresh. Customize weapons. Swap out cars. Build new tracks. It's easy to pick up, and nearly impossible to put down.

ANKI OVERDRIVE

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Anki, Inc.

We're building on decades of scientific research to make artificial intelligence accessible to everyone. We are dedicated to bringing consumer robotics into everyday life.

Its first product, Anki DRIVE, was named one of "The 25 Best Inventions of 2013" by TIME Magazine. Anki DRIVE is battle racing for the real world. With advanced artificial intelligence, each car thinks for itself and has one goal in mind: victory.

After debuting on stage at Apple's 2013 WWDC keynote following an introduction by Tim Cook, Anki DRIVE is currently on sale through all Apple retail stores (U.S. & Canada), Apple.com and Anki.com.

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Boris did an outstanding job of applying robotics navigation theory to a minimal embedded platform. Boris is able to do much more than theoretical research. He can work with the project and the hardware and make the wheels go.

- Linked In

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Boris is a go-to guy. If you want something done just give the ball to him.

- Linked In