About
Built in Redmond, Oregon.
LYKE Inc. is an early-stage robotics company founded in 2024 and based in Redmond, Oregon. We develop practical hardware and embodied-AI systems that help robots perceive, reason, and act in the physical world.
The Work
Two efforts. One direction.
LYKE was founded on a straightforward premise: the gap between what robots can do in controlled demonstrations and what they can do reliably in real environments is still large, and closing it requires working on both the hardware and the AI together.
The MRC01 is LYKE's near-term hardware product — a rigid, industrial-rated mobile foundation designed to solve a practical deployment problem for collaborative robot arm installations. It is engineered for mobility, stability, and real production environments.
Project Dark Brew is LYKE's embodied-AI R&D effort — a development platform for building and validating the perception-to-manipulation chain required for intelligent robotic manipulation. The work progresses from simulation and repeatable validation toward integrated physical systems.
Mission
Robots That Work Reliably in the Real World.
Build the hardware and software that lets robots work reliably in the physical world — not just in demonstrations.
Approach
Build. Test. Validate.
Validate before claiming
We distinguish clearly between concepts, work in development, and capabilities that have been tested or validated.
Hardware and AI together
The MRC01 and Project Dark Brew are separate efforts, but they reflect the same conviction: reliable robot performance requires both the physical platform and the intelligence layer to be right.
Evidence over hype
Technical claims should reflect what has actually been designed, built, tested, or validated. Future capabilities are identified as future work.
The Team
Engineering Experience Built for Real-World Robotics.
Scott Lyman
Founder & CEO
Mechanical engineer and systems leader with experience across robotics, automation, aerospace, regulated manufacturing, and product development. Leads LYKE's company strategy, systems architecture, mechanical development, and robotics R&D.
James Patrick "Pat" Wiggins
Senior R&D Engineer
Mechanical, embedded-systems, electrical-controls, and instrumentation engineer supporting LYKE's hardware, sensing, control, and prototype development.
Stephen Langenderfer
Mechanical Design Consultant
Mechanical designer focused on CAD development, mechanisms, manufacturability, and translating robotic concepts into buildable hardware.
River Lyman
Technical & Robotics Support
Supports LYKE's robotics development through assembly, testing, simulation, and hands-on technical work across prototype and embodied-AI projects.
Location
Redmond, Oregon.
LYKE is based in Redmond, Oregon, in the high desert of Central Oregon. The region gives us room to build, test, and iterate while remaining connected to Oregon's manufacturing, engineering, and research community.
Work with us.
LYKE is open to conversations with manufacturing companies evaluating the MRC01, automation integrators, and research institutions interested in R&D collaboration around Project Dark Brew.