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Overview

Solo is a truly autonomous platform that represents a breakthrough innovation in the waste water industry. Unlike traditional technology, Solo inspects pipe without an operator present, and the results are coded offline. Because an operator can conduct multiple inspections at the same time, throughput is dramatically increased.

It allows contractors and municipalities to save time, save money, save the environment, and gain control of aging infrastructure.

Save Time

A single operator is able to conduct four inspections at once and keep robots working all day long. The result is throughput of three to five times that of conventional equipment. Customers get critical information required for decision-making faster.

Save Money

The cost to inspect with Solo is far less than traditional methods. Customers can lease Solos when needed and return them when inspections are complete. There are no capital costs or maintenance.

Save the Environment

There has never been a more environmentally friendly sewer inspection technology than Solo. Solo operates on rechargeable batteries. No special storage, maintenance areas, vehicles, or generators required. This means a low carbon footprint customers and communities can feel good about.

Gain Control

Solo allows customers to truly understand their systems and work on their schedules without relying on a third party. Anybody can deploy Solo with minimal training, and decision makers have full command over a wealth of information.

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Role as Product Manager

After Solo was mature from an engineering perspective I moved from being its' Principal Engineer to Product Manager. In this role my focus expanded from the physical robot to the ecosystem around the robot. This included supporting sales and marketing efforts, training of our field technicians & trainers, creating procedures for shop repair personnel, securing intellectual property via patents, meeting with customers, and working to integrate our deliverables to their existing systems.

Additionally, while Product Manager I led development of in-house workflow software to manage and tracking all data collected by robots in the field. The software took data from arrival at RedZone, through PACP coding, through QA/QC, through metric calculation, all the way to packaging and shipment to customers. The software reports metrics to engineering on robot failures, competition rates, data quality, and pipe conditions, and to reporting managers it reports queue sizes, job status, data quality, and data coding rates.

Role as Principal Engineer

Before moving on to be the Solo Product Manager, I was the principal engineer on Solo. In that role I coordinated a team of mechanical, electrical, and embedded software engineers on the successful design, development, fabrication, and testing of all iterations of the robot.

In addition I was the lead mechanical engineer on the product -- designing the tractor sled of Solo which houses an integrated tether storage reel with levelwind system, high-force emergency extraction winch, two drive modules which powered the two coverage tracks, integrated batteries, and motor drive electronics.

Along with other members of the development team, I spent a lot of time testing the robot iterations in the lab and field. As well as troubleshooting robots when they misbehaved due to field failures, mechanical design issues, electrical problems, or software bugs.

Lastly, I was the main point of contact with our manufacturing partner. In this role I was responsible for timely and accurate production drawing releases, ensured complete and accurate Bills of Materials, led testing and assembly procedure releases, performed on-site training and initial assembly checks, and responded to all technical issues which arose during the initial production build.

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