Industrial-grade robotics for life sciences.
Celltrio brings three decades of factory-automation discipline to cell culture: modular task modules, robust robotics and the Bioflow data platform, engineered and built in Fremont, California.
Modular integration of task modules, software and robotics
Celltrio launched its first products in 2018, built on intellectual property acquired for global exclusivity from its Korean partner — a manufacturer with more than 5,000 robots and 11,000 linear modules installed. Today Celltrio holds 10 patents, with further patent-pending technology in biobanking and cell culturing.
Our founders have led automation companies through IPOs and shipped hundreds of robotic systems into semiconductor, electronics and life-science production. That background is why RoboCell is built like industrial equipment: enclosed, serviceable and designed to run every day.
First products launched
Patents granted, more pending
Robots and systems developed by our team
Robots installed by our manufacturing partner
Management team
- 30+ years in robotics and factory automation
- Former Chief Commercial Officer, Adept Technology (IPO, $100M revenue)
- Led Artificial Muscle, Inc. and Grabit, Inc.
- Past President and Board Chairman, Robotics Industries Association
- BS Industrial Engineering, Purdue; MBA, Southern Illinois University
Jin-Oh Kim, Ph.D.
- 30+ year robotics veteran; President, Korea Association of Robot Industry
- Former director of the robot business at Samsung Electronics
- Professor, Kwangwoon University School of Robotics; visiting associate professor, Stanford
- 400+ robots and systems developed; Joseph Engelberger Award (2008)
Chau Chavez
- 20+ years in finance and accounting
- Former Corporate Controller, Grabit, Inc.
- CPA (California); MBA in Finance, Santa Clara University
- Full-stack engineer and early employee, Comprehend Systems
- Product manager and developer, Robots and Design Co., Ltd.
- BS Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
- MS Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
- 20+ years leading technical operations in robotics and medical devices
- Former VP of Operations, Moon Surgical
- Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Auris Health (acquired by Johnson & Johnson) and Cepheid (acquired by Danaher)
- BS Optics, University of Rochester; MS Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
- 25+ years in finance, accounting and operations leadership
- Former CFO of Zeda, Unimacts Global and Atlas Lift Tech
- Led financial transformation, operational improvements and growth initiatives across global manufacturing and technology businesses
- Engineering background; expertise in financial systems, manufacturing operations and strategic planning
- 20+ years in cell therapy manufacturing and operations
- Former Senior Director & Site Head, Cell Therapy Manufacturing, Novo Nordisk
- Former Senior Director, Manufacturing, Asterias Biotherapeutics
- BS Biology, Azad University; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Purdue University
- Leads regional strategy, commercial growth and strategic partnerships across Asia-Pacific
- 20+ years in life sciences: Bora Pharmaceuticals, Patheon–Thermo Fisher Scientific, Charles River Laboratories, UL Solutions, Pall Life Sciences
- Expertise in CDMO/CRO services, bioprocessing equipment, cell banking and laboratory automation
- Expanding access to scalable cell culture and biobanking automation throughout Asia
Advisory board
Build the lab of the future with us
We hire robotics, software and application engineers in Fremont, California and in Korea. If you want to work on hardware and software that scientists use every day, we’d like to hear from you.
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Our demo lab in Fremont has RoboCell and RoboStor systems running.