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10Things team robotics expertise outline

Team

Built by robotics operators who know the gap between demos and deployment.

10Things is led by Kimate Richards and a deployment-minded team focused on simulation-first robotics, agentic tooling, control workflows, safety, and the practical systems work required to move robots into the real world.

Kimate Richards, founder of 10Things

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Kimate Richards

Kimate Richards founded 10Things after decades inside robotics, cloud, simulation, embodied AI, and spatial computing. He has spent 30 years in robotics, led strategic engagements at Amazon Web Services, and spent more than five years there supporting robotics, spatial computing, embodied AI, and physical AI.

His work centers on the part of robotics that usually breaks between demo and deployment: simulation, integration, control, safety, behavior, analytics, continuous learning, and operational readiness.

Kimate’s public work spans NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab, Omniverse, Warp/Newton, OpenUSD, ROS2, behavior cloning, synthetic data, teleoperation, bimanual manipulation, spatial computing, and human-robot interaction workflows.

NVIDIA Omniverse Ambassador: Kimate is listed by NVIDIA as an Omniverse Ambassador in Robot Simulation — “building scalable platforms with Omniverse and OpenUSD to move robotics from prototype to production.” Link.

Mentorship & student sponsorship

Kimate also invests in the next generation of robotics builders.

CSU Chico capstone sponsor

Robotics tool changer and holder

Kimate sponsored graduating mechanical engineering students building a low-cost robotics tool device changer and holder intended to save training time for end effectors and purpose-built robot functions.

Student robotics sponsor

Autonomous mobile robot platform

Student work credited Kimate as a sponsor supporting an autonomous mobile robot project involving ROS2, electrical hardware, embedded systems, and assistive upper-body robotics.

Internship mentorship

Embodied AI and robot learning

Kimate mentored student work on bimanual manipulation, behavior cloning, synthetic data, and sim-first workflows — turning advanced robotics research into practical learning loops.

CEO expertise

Why Kimate is a seasoned robotics operator.

Talks, podcasts & livestreams

NVIDIA Omniverse livestream · October 2026

Video to Data Challenge: From Human Video to Robot Skills

Kimate joins the NVIDIA Omniverse livestream to discuss turning human video into robot skills.

Watch from Kimate’s appearance at 1:10:38
Podcast

Building the Android OS of Robotics with Kimate Richards

Pixel Reconstruct interview on deploying robots safely, reliably, and at scale — including sim-to-real transfer, continuous learning, and safety-first design.

YouTube
Livestream

Over the Horizon

Kimate joins Over the Horizon for a public conversation on robotics, physical AI, and the path from demos to deployable robot systems.

YouTube
NVIDIA Omniverse livestream

Build a Household Robot Workflow With NVIDIA Isaac and Cosmos

NVIDIA Omniverse livestream covering household robot workflows, Isaac, Cosmos, and simulation-backed robotics development.

YouTube
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Interview

The First Useful Humanoids Will Have Wheels!

Over The Horizon segment on wheel-based humanoid utility, practical deployment, and why useful robots may look different from science fiction.

YouTube
NVIDIA Omniverse livestream

CAD-to-Control Robot Simulation With NVIDIA Omniverse

OpenUSD, Omniverse, Isaac Sim, CAD-to-control workflows, simulation fidelity, and sim-to-real robotics.

YouTube
NVIDIA Robotics Office Hours

Isaac Automator and agentic robotics tools

NVIDIA Robotics office hours appearance previewing how 10Things makes robotics easier with agentic tooling.

YouTube
Conference interview

Generative AI in Humanoid Robotics & Future Systems

Humanoids Summit interview on generative AI, humanoid robot development, training, and future systems.

YouTube
AWE XR talk

Scan Today, Build Tomorrow!

Heidi Buck and Kimate Richards on AWS spatial computing, 3D workloads, Magic Leap 2, and Boston Dynamics Spot.

YouTube
Podcast

Robo Success safety conversation

Conversation on robotics safety and why real-world robots need systems that fail safely, not dangerously.

Source

Conferences & events

Humanoids Summit · 2026

Robot Training & Tuning for Real-World Apps

Kimate Richards on training and tuning robots for real-world applications.

Watch the talk
NVIDIA GTC

GTC developer community and robotics ecosystem

NVIDIA GTC livestreams, Omniverse community appearances, and robotics ecosystem coverage.

Livestream
CES / Eureka Park

10Things robot control demonstrations

Teleoperation, cloud-based control, Gemini, GR00T, PI 0.5, Isaac Sim/Lab, and Enactic OpenArm demos.

Example demo
Humanoids Summit

Generative AI and humanoid robotics

Conference appearances and interviews on generative AI, humanoid robots, and deployment-oriented robotics systems.

Interview
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AWE XR

Spatial computing, AWS, Magic Leap, and Spot

Conference talk and demos showing live robot telemetry and robot control through spatial computing interfaces.

Talk
Humanoids Summit

China's Robotics Surge: Collaboration, Innovation & Global Impact

Humanoids Summit conversation on China's robotics momentum, international collaboration, innovation, and global impact.

YouTube
Global robotics

MODEX, World Robot Conference, IROS, and robotics summits

Ongoing robotics ecosystem participation across logistics, humanoids, research, and international robotics events.

WRC video

Publications & profiles

Substack · October 2026

Why the Wrist Camera Has to Go

Kimate argues for active vision, touch, and memory over wrist cameras, drawing on robotics research and Aida’s design.

Read
AWS Physical AI

Embodied AI Blog Series Part 1

A scalable cloud workflow for training and iterating on embodied AI models.

Read
AWS Physical AI

Build a spatial object tracking pipeline with Create ML on Amazon EC2 Mac

Apple Vision Pro object tracking workflows using Create ML and cloud infrastructure.

Read
AWS Physical AI

Getting Started with Vision Pro and AWS

Spatial computing development patterns connecting Apple Vision Pro and AWS services.

Read
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Medium

Robot Learning: World Sensing

Aria / Realbotix B-Series, seeing, hearing, remembering, computer vision, voice agents, ROS2, and HRI.

Read
Medium

Robot Learning Priorities, Social Standards & User Context

Unified user context, multimodal sensing, memory, and interaction design for robot learning.

Read
Profile

Distinguished Alum Kimate Richards

Chico State profile covering Kimate’s engineering background and career path.

Read

Selected technical demos

Isaac Sim Assist + ROS2AI scene diagnostics for Isaac SimNewton physics + generative articulationsOrange picking with Gemini Robotics + Isaac Lab
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Realbotix Aria MCP Agentic ROS2Control Code Intro — 10ThingsIsaac Sim vs RViz / Gazebo / MuJoCo / GenesisSpot + Apple Vision Pro + GenAI
Oliver Choy, co-founder of 10Things

Chief Operating Officer

Oliver Choy

Oliver Choy brings nearly two decades of technical consulting and delivery leadership to 10Things. He has led complex enterprise technology programs across cloud, data, AI, digital platforms, healthcare, retail, media, and financial services — translating ambiguous technical opportunities into operating models, delivery systems, and customer-facing offerings.

Oliver led a portfolio of senior technical advisors across dozens of enterprise engagements at Snowflake, with a focus on operating cadence, delivery quality, reliability, and repeatable consulting excellence. Previously, he held Director-level platform engineering leadership roles at Slalom, focused primarily on AWS, cloud architecture, data platforms, and high-performing technical delivery teams.

His startup experience includes involvement with 500 Startups and years spent helping early-stage ideas become clearer products, sharper operating models, and more credible go-to-market motions.

At 10Things, Oliver focuses on business architecture, operational cadence, and execution discipline — helping turn the founder’s deep robotics expertise into a company that can sell, deliver, learn, and scale.

Adam Purdie (Spidey), Founding Robotics Architect at 10Things

Founding Robotics Architect

Adam Purdie (Spidey)

Adam Purdie brings 25 years across software, cloud, and robotics to 10Things. He builds the software and architecture that connect robots in the field to the cloud, spanning simulation, deep learning, and hands-on hardware prototyping. His background in embedded systems, DevOps, and platform and security automation grounds that work in reliable, repeatable deployment.

Previously, Adam was Head of Platform Engineering at Andromeda Robotics. After joining as a Senior Robotics Architect, he built and led the team responsible for the cloud platform, delivery automation, and iPhone and web control systems for a fleet of humanoid robots, including securing the platform ahead of US deployments.

Before Andromeda, he spent five and a half years at Amazon Web Services as a Senior Solutions Architect and robotics and machine learning specialist. He supported robotics workshops at four re:Invent conferences and re:MARS, and built custom robotics systems, including a new DeepRacer.

Known in robotics circles as “Spidey,” Adam designs and builds robotic spiders from scratch, from mechanical design and electronics to embedded software. He shares that enthusiasm through talks and hands-on workshops, including bringing a fleet of robots to the Garma Festival to teach more than 100 young people about software and robotics.

Extended bench

Engineering depth and hardware access for real robot deployments.

10Things is also supported by interns and contracted robotics engineers contributing to the robotics build.

Engineering bench

Robotics, mechatronics, software, electrical, and systems engineers

10Things brings together roboticists, mechatronics engineers, simulation specialists, controls developers, software engineers, electrical engineers, and systems engineers who understand sensors, embedded constraints, integration risk, and field readiness.

Hardware partners

Robotic parts, platforms, and vendor access

10Things works with multiple hardware vendors to help customers source the robotic parts, components, and platforms needed for prototypes, pilots, and deployment-oriented builds.