Robotics engineering · Santiago, Chile

What has no off-the-shelf answer

Vessel Robotics designs, develops, and builds custom technology in robotics, automation, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence.

Let's talk See our projects
  • Robótica industrial
  • Sistemas embebidos
  • Ingeniería de hardware
  • Consultoría tecnológica
  • Visión computacional
Open-pit mine: benches, haul road and a service camp in the distance.
2026
Founded in Santiago
End to end
Concept to deployment
Mining
First client on site
Capabilities

We engineer what can’t be bought

When what an operation needs can’t be bought ready-made, it has to be engineered. We work end to end, from concept to deployment, and we also advise when what’s needed is engineering judgment rather than a finished product.

  • Industrial robotics

    Machines and manipulators built for the operation they serve, not adapted from a catalogue.

  • Embedded systems

    Firmware and hardware designed together, from board bring-up to field deployment.

  • Computer vision

    Detection and measurement pipelines running on real production footage.

  • Hardware engineering

    Electronics, enclosures and integration engineered for harsh environments.

  • Automation

    Control logic and tooling that removes the manual step nobody wanted to own.

  • Technology consulting

    Engineering judgment when what you need is a decision, not a product.

Projects

What we are building today

Milestone 1 delivered

Automatic wear monitoring for OTR tyres

  • Embedded systems
  • Edge computing
  • Backend and dashboard
Client NeumaDiesel Servicios Industriales
Three people in protective equipment inspect stacked OTR tyres; one points at the tread.
In development B2B client

B2B platform for time and people management

A B2B platform for time management and people management. It will have artificial intelligence built in.

  • B2B
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Custom software
Note

We build custom software for companies only. Further detail is shared under agreement.

How we work

From the technical question to a system in operation

  1. 01

    Diagnosis

    We learn the operation and the problem on site. If what you need can be bought, we’ll say so.

  2. 02

    Concept engineering

    We define requirements, constraints and architecture. We evaluate the alternatives and discard the ones that don’t hit the number.

  3. 03

    Prototype and validation

    We build a working prototype and test it against a staged validation plan, on the bench and in representative conditions.

  4. 04

    Deployment

    Installation, integration and commissioning in the real operation, with the engineering support it needs.

Specialties
  • Robótica industrial
  • Sistemas embebidos
  • Ingeniería de hardware
  • Consultoría tecnológica
  • Visión computacional
Start a conversation
Who we are

An engineering team, not an agency

Trained at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. The team covers the whole system: artificial intelligence and autonomy, control and power electronics, embedded systems, robotics software and hardware design.

  • Matías Houston

    CEO and co-founder

    Electrical Engineer, Robotics Major at PUC. Robotic hardware, electronics and embedded systems: redesign and industrialisation of the end-of-arm tooling of an industrial robotic cell, and instrumentation for particle physics at the SAPHIR Millennium Institute.

  • Iñaki Gacitúa

    COO and co-founder

    Electrical Engineer PUC and PhD student in Engineering Sciences, electrical engineering. Control, power electronics and industrial firmware: low-field magnetic resonance imaging, IoT in mining, and the power system of the autonomous catamaran Caleuche UC.

  • Guillermo Carey

    CTO and co-founder

    Robotics Major at PUC. Physical AI and computer vision: ACT imitation-learning policies on a LeRobot manipulator at Physical AI Hack 2026, and an autonomous mobile harvesting robot with ROS2 and object detection.

  • Gustavo Blanco

    Lead Engineer

    Bachelor of Engineering Sciences PUC, Robotics Engineering Major and winner of the Major’s Academic Excellence Award. Third place in the glacier retreat challenge of the 2024 FACh Datathon.

  • Ignacio Gajardo

    Robotics Engineer

    Bachelor of Robotics Engineering PUC and Master’s student in Engineering Sciences. Coordinates the Caleuche UC team, co-authored its technical design paper for the RobotX Challenge 2024, and was a visiting researcher at the Wearable Robotics Laboratory, University of Notre Dame.

Contact

Got a technical challenge that doesn’t come ready-made?

Write to us and we’ll look at it. Thirty minutes with an engineer, not a salesperson.

Location
Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile