Tackling Worker Scarcity: Brian’s work included exploring how robots could protect the troops. He became a leading expert in the field of robotics, which led to the founding of Black-I, whose first product was a mobile robotic platform that among other functions could extricate wounded soldiers from the battlefield without endangering others. A follow on project for the Defense Department’s elite Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was the development of a heavy lift arm that could replace and augment soldiers required to move heavy objects.

Brian and his team have gone on to develop a range of high tech products for numerous public, private and government organizations, focusing primarily on mobile robots and mobile robotic arms that improve labor availability and enhance productivity. The U.S. government, private companies such as Raytheon and universities such as Princeton and Carnegie Mellon have entrusted Black-I with a range of critical projects.