Oblique Research

Independent AI studio · Pasadena, CA

A home that
runs better.

Building software and exploring robotics for the everyday work of running a home.

Explore the work Meet the studio
AI-generated concept of a humanoid, Reachy Mini, and Microduck beside a home’s pool-facing glass doors
The home is the laboratory.AI-generated concept · current and future robotics

Software for the home

Make the everyday easier.

Know what’s happening. Make the next action clear.

Property operations

SessionLens

Deployed

Reservations, gate context, and property readiness. One shared view across iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.

Request beta access ↗How it works →

Free TestFlight beta · feedback welcome

SessionLens on iPhone and Apple TV today, with upcoming Duo concepts
iPhone + Apple TV today · Duo coming soon · illustrative hardware & sample data
Illustrative chat demo from the ClawDomo microsite

Connected home

ClawDomo

Deployed

An LLM-powered “better Alexa,” with more helpful household inferences as models improve.

Explore ClawDomo ↗Inside the system →

Movie companion

Scene Break

In development · iPhone & iPad

A bathroom dash. A coffee rescue. A minute to reset. Find a break in the movie, keep an eye on the countdown, and catch up when you return.

Explore Scene Break ↗

Interfaces & robotics

Bring help into the room.

Explore how household context becomes shared information and physical assistance.
Reachy Mini robotReal SessionLens iPhone interface with Reachy’s camera and room view

Reachy Mini + actual SessionLens iPhone capture

Embodied AI

Reachy

Deployed

The studio’s first embodied AI. Voice, vision, and expressive movement connect SessionLens to the room.

Meet Reachy →
SessionLens E1003 operations display concept on rear glass overlooking the pool
AI-generated concept · illustrative interface, mounting & data

Shared operations display

SessionLens e-paper

Roadmap

Who’s arriving, what’s ready, and what needs doing. A glanceable touch display for the household.

Seeed reTerminal E1003 · development follows Reachy

The planned setup

SessionLens → Home Assistant → E1003 / ESPHome. A lightweight display for arrivals, gate readiness, weather, pool temperature, and service tasks.

Planned touch actions handle lights and checklists. State timestamps, confirmed commands, and battery behavior will be validated on the received hardware.

E1003 hardware ↗

Physical assistance

Robotics Playground

Interactive prototype

Watch three robots run parallel service routes, drive one yourself, or test learned walking and recovery in a reconstructed backyard.

Scripted previews and live MuJoCo policy tests are clearly labeled. Pickups remain animated; hardware autonomy is unverified.

Explore the playground ↗Research details →
Robotics Playground showing the current backyard model, learned walking and recovery controls, and simulation telemetry
Actual interactive playground · scripted and physics modes labeled

Hardware

The robotics lineup.

Reggie (Reachy Mini) is the studio’s first deployed robot. Other platforms are in various stages of development, simulation, or partnership discussions.

Reachy Mini

Menlo Asimov 1

1X NEO

Weave Isaac 1

Nori

Duckling

Unitree

Platforms identify the research, not partnerships. 1X logo courtesy of 1X.

Further afield

Sidequests.

Parallel experiments in fitness, health, and property finances.
SessionLens Fitness dashboard with camera motion capture, warm-up, fueling estimates, power, heart rate, and cadence
AI-generated concept · illustrative interface & data

SessionLens Fitness

Concept prototype

Camera-based movement review, warm-up guidance, fueling estimates, and training metrics in one session.

Health Atlas schematic with generic data sources
Illustrative sources · no personal data

Health Atlas

Private prototype

Health records, trends, and source-linked questions for clinician review.

IncomeOperationsReporting
AI-assisted property finances · exploration

Oblique Holdings

Current exploration

Property finances, maintenance, and owner reporting, with human review.

Calling the Baselane team

A Baselane MCP connector would help connect the dots. Let’s talk ↘

The toolkit

Built with.

Go deeper into the systems →
AI development
Claude Code · OpenAI Codex
Connected home
Home Assistant · Lutron RA3
Ubiquiti / UniFi · Sonos · Tesla
Apps & interfaces
SwiftUI · TypeScript · React
iPhone · iPad · Apple TV · Web
Physical & spatial
Python · MuJoCo · Three.js
Vision Pro · Reachy · ESPHome

The studio

Small studio.
Hands-on by design.

Oblique Research is led by Steven Kaplan, a product builder with experience at Microsoft, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Audible.

A real household is the testbed: start with a recurring task, build a useful system, and learn from daily use.