Ross Melbourne

Technologist · Innovator · Investor

Building things that did not exist before.

Thirty years shipping software — from mainframes to iPhones, with patents in robotics and workforce analytics along the way. Today I build humanoid robots in Texas and invest in early-stage robotics and Physical AI companies.

Ross Melbourne
Fig. 01 — R. MelbourneSouthlake, TX
1989
First automatic org chart shipped
3,000+
Aquire customers
100+
Countries
Patents
Robotics · workforce analytics
Yuri, a dual-arm humanoid robot platform
Fig. 02 — Yuri, dual-arm platform65%+ US-sourced

Physical AI — Sensori Robotics

Building Yuri

I co-founded Sensori Robotics with my brother David. We grew up in England making things because buying them was not an option — and forty years later we are still doing the same thing with better parts.

Yuri is a dual-arm humanoid platform for teams training vision-language-action models: arms, sensing, compute, teleoperation and software arrive as one machine, so the work starts on day one. Built in Southlake, Texas.

sensorirobotics.com ↗

The record

1989 — present
1989
OrgPublisher

The first automatic org-charting software. Nobody had done it; now it is an industry standard.

2011
Aquire sold

3,000 customers, 100+ countries. Sold with zero debt and 100% ownership.

2022
EllyBot ships

A conversational AI built on GPT-3, from the character in Moral Code — months before ChatGPT.

Now
Sensori Robotics

Humanoid robots for Physical AI research, built in Texas with my brother.

Moral Code book cover

The book

Moral Code

I helped Lois write this novel: an ethical AI merges with nanite robots and sets out to protect children from harm.

moralcodethebook.com ↗

Investing

Melbourne Investments

A family angel fund backing early-stage robotics and Physical AI companies with revenue and a credible path to profitability. We invest money, then we stay useful.

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