Christian Fritz

Christian Fritz

Robotics, AI, and Philosophy in Menlo Park, CA

About

I am currently founder & CEO at Transitive Robotics. I created the open-source Transitive framework out of the belief that the robotics industry is lacking a shared, open platform for the development of full-stack robotic software. As a result, robotics companies lose time creating their own cloud middle-ware for robotics and reimplementing dozens of common full-stack components when this time could be better spent on their specific product. I worked for six different robotics startups and have seen this time and time again. Previously, I was VP of Software at Savioke, maker of the Relay delivery robot for hotels and hospitals, where I helped scale the fleet from 5 to over 100 robots operating on three continents. I earned my PhD in computer science (artifical intelligence) from the University of Toronto. You can find my publications and patents below.

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Social Media Publications

  1. VentureBeat, 2017: How robotic delivery will disrupt the grocery industry
  2. El Mundo, 2015: El final del automóvil en propiedad está próximo
  3. VentureBeat, 2014: Mobility-as-a-service: Turning transportation into a software industry
  4. VentureBeat, 2013: Society's next big challenge: infinite data

Publications

Patents

Granted

  1. US 11,720,079 B2 : System and method for computer numerical control (CNC) tool without undercut features operations planning with the aid of a digital computer.
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Christian Fritz, Gregory Burton, Tolga Kurtoglu
  2. US 10,991,063 B2 : System and method for optimization of on-demand microtransit.
    Matthew E. Klenk, Christian Fritz, Rong Yang
  3. US 10,967,469 : System and method for fixture form-closure determination for part manufacturing with the aid of a digital computer .
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Arvind Rangarajan, Tolga Kurtoglu, Christian Fritz
  4. US 10,252,419: System and method for robotic delivery between moving targets.
    Christian Fritz, Adrian Canoso, Robert S. Bauer, Izumi Yaskawa, Steve Cousins
  5. US 10,698,413: Apparatus, System, and Method for Mobile Robot Relocalization.
    Tessa Lau, Christian Fritz, Philipp Herget, Robert S. Bauer.
  6. US 10,564,626 B2: Planning Of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Operations With The Aid Of A Digital Computer.
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Christian Fritz, Gregory Burton, Tolga Kurtoglu.
  7. US 10,300,570: System And Method For Determining Spatial Locations Of Fixture Element Fixturing Points On A Part To Be Manufactured With The Aid Of A Digital Computer.
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Arvind Rangarajan, Tolga Kurtoglu, Christian Fritz.
  8. US 10,191,474: System and Method For Locating Clamping Points For A Part To Be Manufactured Through Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Operations With The Aid Of A Digital Computer.
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Gregory Burton, Christian Fritz, and Tolga Kurtoglu. 2013.
  9. US 9,939,814: Computer System and Method for Automated Mapping by Robots.
    Robert S. Bauer, Alain Minier, Stephan Wirth, Lucas Chiesa, Christian Fritz, Adrian Canoso. 2017.
  10. US 10,089,140: Dynamically adaptive, resource aware system and method for scheduling.
    Shekhar Gupta, Christian Fritz, and Johan de Kleer. 2015.
  11. US 9,934,071: Pervasive State Estimation and an Application to Distributed Systems.
    Shekhar Gupta, Christian Fritz, Johan de Kleer. 2015.
  12. US 9,934,071B2: Job scheduler for distributed systems using pervasive state estimation with modeling of capabilities of compute nodes.
    Shekhar Gupta, Christian Fritz, Johan de Kleer. 2015.
  13. US 9,875,142: System and Method for Efficient Task Scheduling in Heterogeneous, Distributed Compute Infrastructures via Pervasive Diagnosis.
    Christian Fritz, Shekhar Gupta, Johan de Kleer, Robert Price. 2013.
  14. US 9,672,064: Dynamically Adaptive, Resource Aware Scheduler.
    Shekhar Gupta, Christian Fritz, Johan de Kleer. 2014.
  15. US 9,235,658: Automated Fixture Configuration for Rapid Manufacturing Planning.
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Arvind Rangarajan, Tolga Kurtoglu, Christian Fritz. 2013.
  16. US 9,566,679 Computer-implemented system and method for determining spatial locations of fixture element fixturing points on a part to be manufactured
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Arvind Rangarajan, Tolga Kurtoglu, Christian Fritz. 2013.
  17. US 9,292,626: Computer numerical control (CNC) machining tool and method for controlling a CNC machining tool
    Saigopal Nelaturi, Gregory Burton, Christian Fritz, Tolga Kurtoglu. 2015.
  18. US 8,849,634: Method for Identifying the Maximal Packing Density of Shifting-tiles Automated Warehouses.
    Christian Fritz, Minh Binh Do, Serdar Uckun. 2011.

Pending

  1. A patent in the robotic disinfection space. Not yet published.