Fig. 00.1 · PiXi Lab · main benchInnovation lab · Bay Area × Taiwan
PiXi Lab is where PiXi's next hardware is imagined, sketched, printed and flown. Industrial design, human-machine interfaces and the physical form of sovereign AI, from a garage-scale studio in San Francisco to the fabs of Taiwan.
Programs 4 active · Prototypes iterated weekly
Principle One module system across every device
Software eats the world. Then it needs a body. We design the body.
Industrial designers sit next to interface designers, embedded engineers and AI researchers. The same table, the same prototype.
Form, materials, structure. Housings that read as tools, not gadgets.
Sketch · CAD · CMF · DFMScreens, light, haptics, voice. Interfaces for command centers and roadside kiosks alike.
Command UI · Kiosk · Voice · Light languageEdge compute, sensors and models packaged as devices that work offline first.
Edge inference · Sensors · Power3D print, CNC, carbon layup, flight test. From SF studio to Taiwan supply chain in one week.
Print · CNC · Composite · Test rangeFour device families explored in the open. Each one is a body for the PiXi platform: identity, connectivity, mobility, low-altitude and AI, in physical form.
A small autonomous system that rolls, flies and hovers. Wheels double as prop guards; a symmetric carbon frame keeps it stable in every mode. Battery, camera, balance and hook modules snap in without tools.
A heavy-lift multirotor with two articulated arms and a multi-tool head for towers, insulators and telecom masts: wash, brush, torque, replace. Keeps people off the line.
A compact autonomous cabin that brings a government counter to a village square: enroll an ID, see a nurse, open an account. Transparent walls, a light-language edge strip and a single big glass panel that greets you by name.
A minimal electric two-wheeler for field agents and last-mile carriers. Its removable pack is the same PiXi Energy Module that powers our drones and kiosks: swap at any node.
Battery, balance, camera, hook. Four modules, one latch, zero tools. Explode the drawing to see how the P-01 stacks, then find the same modules in the pod, the bike and the kiosk.
Structural highlights: high-strength carbon frame, symmetric layout for multi-mode stability, integrated wheel and propeller protection.
A minister, a field nurse and a drone operator should each understand the state of a system in one glance. We design a single interface language across the command room, the roadside kiosk and the vehicle dashboard.
State before detail. Color and light carry status; text confirms.
Touch, voice and a physical light strip on every device speak the same language.
The interface always tells the truth about connectivity and data age.
A hardware system that reads as one family across a drone, a cabin, a bike and a kiosk. Honest materials, one accent, no gloss.
Two-week loops from idea to object. A design studio with the Bay Area's software instinct, wired straight into the world's densest hardware supply chain.
Field problem in, twenty forms out.
Day 1–2CAD, foam, quick renders.
Day 3–5SLS and CNC in the studio.
Day 5–7Composites and electronics with Taiwan partners.
Day 7–10Range, rain box, drop, real users.
Day 10–13Decide. Then start again.
Day 14Design, HMI, AI and prototyping under one roof, with a small flight cage and a lot of whiteboard.
PiXi's Taiwan engineering base at Taipei Innopad — composites, electronics, motors, optics and pilot production, wired into the Hsinchu supply chain.
We're hiring designers and engineers who want their work to leave the screen. Also: a three-month residency for industrial designers with a portfolio and a stubborn streak.