Automate the Impossible
About Akasha
"Akasha Imaging has a unique DNA, with founders who have shaped the field of computational imaging and are now bringing that technology to market to address real-world challenges"
Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
Our Team
Dr Kartik Venkataraman
Founder, CEO
Prof Achuta Kadambi
Founder, CSO
Prof Ramesh Raskar
Founder, Scientist
Dr Abhijit Ghosh
VP Engineering
Dr Tomas Gerlich
Engineering
David Crouse
Systems Lead
Elemer Illes
Business / Ops
Dr Georgia Giannopoulou
Engineering
Supreeth Rao
Founding Member, Engineering
Agastya Kalra
Engineering
Daniel Amar
Engineering
Tim Flichy
Engineering
Rishav Agarwal
Engineering
Vahe Taamazyan
Engineering
Bridget McNamara
Business / Ops
Mike Yeager
Business / Ops
Lilian David
Business / Ops
Chinmay Talegaonkar
Engineering
Guy Stoppi
Engineering
Kelli McKenney
Business / Ops
Dr Raghav Khanna
Engineering
Daniel Baxter
Engineering
Daniel Bosshard
Business / Ops
Backed By Science
CVPR 2020
Using polarization of light to pick up transparent or translucent objects. A DNN takes the physics of polarization into account.
✓ Top 3% Paper
IJCV 2017
Analysis of surface characteristics and the unpolarized world assumption to make 3D polarimetric imaging pragmatic.
✓ Marr Prize Special Issue
ICCV 2015
A frequency analysis of slope and range data to incorporate and fuse polarization normals for high-resolution 3D imaging.
✓ Top 3% Paper
CVPR Fastforward Video
Our Investors
Akasha ClearSight
It is a one-stop robotic vision system for picking, welding, assembly, inspection and more.
✓ High Resolution 3D
✓ Precise 6DoF Pose in Clutter
✓ Supports Transparent Objects
✓ Supports Shiny Objects
✓ Low Cycle Times
In The News
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Why it matters: As important as the manual abilities of robots are, they need the ability to properly see
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The trick boils down to measuring the exact orientation of light that bounces off an object
The technique could lead to high-quality 3D cameras and, further out, aid in the development of driverless cars
The Akasha ClearSight Deep Imaging System produces extreme 3D images in unstructured environments
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