Hello! We are a bunch of enthusiastic explorers, divers, engineers & software developers with a passion for pushing the boundaries of what is believed to be possible!
Because of our wide range of expertise in-house – it has allowed us to be the world leaders in underwater vision technology.
We care about adding interesting and viable updates to our ROV so that our clients have the greatest technology underwater. This is what drives us all, every single day.
Background of Company
Boxfish Robotics began after a chance meeting between three engineers who happened to be trialling home built ROV’s (remotely operated vehicle) at the same time and location in Auckland, New Zealand. Disappointed with the results and feeling ROV technology had been stagnant since the 90’s they vowed to build a better ROV using up to date control algorithms coupled with smart engineering design and software solutions.
Over the course of 5 years, initially part time and then full time, the trio achieved remarkable results. They created an industry leading ROV, that is lightweight, easy to use, easy to deploy combined with unmatched image quality, manoeuvrability, range and depth with elegant simplicity. Boxfish Robotics started shipping their patented ROVs in September 2018.
Later in 2021 they developed their Boxfish autonomous resident and portable AUV to solve the growing demand in autonomous offshore inspection.
Boxfish Robotics is well placed to achieve its strategic goals with a strong core product range, an excellent development and management team.
The attraction initially, was knowing we had the hardest technical challenge ahead of us, and making it work and we did. We have built something that is truly great, and we love that we are pushing the boundaries of technology.
The Co-Founders of Boxfish Robotics
The Boxfish experts
Craig Anderson
Craig is a co-founder of Boxfish Robotics and looks after control systems, software, electrical and electronic development. Craig is an experienced entrepreneur and technical genius. He has founded a number of successful startups. Craig has key skills in electronics, software, optics and telecommunications.
Ben King
Ben is a co-founder and director of Boxfish Robotics. Ben prides himself on technical creativity which is backed up by a history of ground-breaking research, product development and commercialisation in healthcare, robotics and mechanics.
Vera Bronza
Vera looks after Boxfish marketing and sales. She thrives on organising, multitasking and contributing to the company’s growth, using her double degree in Science & Marketing.
Douglas Grant
Douglas is our Lead R&D Engineer who has developed and expanded on the electronics and firmware capabilities of the Boxfish ROVs. Douglas leads our autonomous development and is rapidly expanding our capabilities in that area.
Luke Chang
Dr. Luke Chang completed his PhD in adversarial machine learning and computer vision. As a part of the Boxfish R&D team, he focuses on incorporating the latest machine learning technology into developing robust, AI-driven, fully autonomous drones.
Jamie Bell
Dr. Jamie Bell is our R&D Robotics Engineer, with a background in autonomous navigation, robotic manipulation, and multi-modal sensing. He brings experience from previously creating driverless vehicles, fruit harvesting robots and underwater sensor systems.
Stefan Schlumbom
Stefan is our Senior Product Engineer with comprehensive experience in product design and development, and product industrialisation across multiple industries. Here at Boxfish Robotics, Stefan is putting his talents to work at product optimisation and delivery of individual solutions for customer specific requirements.
Michael Lopez
Michael is our Production Manager. He is responsible for managing the supply chain, controlling inventory, running the MRP system, and helping ensure the Boxfish production schedule is met, and deliveries are made on time.
Joerg Werner
Joerg has been a pivotal member of the Boxfish team since he joined 4 years ago as a Production and Test and training Engineer. Over time, he has expanded his role to include technical service support, leveraging his expertise in technical service management and production support.
Sam Holm
Sam has joined the Boxfish team as a Mechatronics Technician. His background involves development of inductive power systems in harsh environments as well as in engineering consulting. The focus of Sam’s work is to develop ways to increase the efficiency of ROV production and interface with R&D.
Hugh Quach
Hugh focuses on the final assembly, integration of sensors and grabbers, and is responsible for manufacturing the tether reels and tether termination.
Ben Thatcher
Ben delivers hands-on and online client training for Boxfish’s underwater drone technology, along with remote support and troubleshooting.