Xikaku is an American company headquartered in Venice, California, and the commercial arm of LP-Research, Inc., our Tokyo-founded sensor and sensor-fusion R&D group. Together we turn two decades of motion-sensing research into products that ship worldwide across automotive, aerospace, robotics, industrial, and AR/VR.
From a Tokyo robotics lab
Our three co-founders â Klaus Petersen, PhD, Huei Ee Yap, PhD, and Zhuohua Lin, PhD â met at the Atsuo Takanishi Laboratory at Waseda University in Tokyo, one of the world’s leading humanoid-robotics labs, with long-standing research collaborations with Rodney Brooks (MIT) and Marc Raibert (Boston Dynamics).
LP-Research and the LPMS series
The team founded LP-Research in Tokyo and launched the LPMS inertial measurement series â compact, high-precision IMUs and AHRS modules now deployed in research labs, automotive test fleets, industrial automation, and navigation-grade systems around the world.
LPVR and in-vehicle tracking
The LPVR product line brought sensor fusion to virtual and augmented reality, solving one of the hardest problems in in-vehicle XR: stable 6-DoF head tracking inside a moving car, motion-base simulator, or aircraft. LPVR is used today for AD/ADAS vehicle-in-the-loop testing, driver and pilot training, and industrial mixed-reality workflows.
Xikaku â Venice, California
Xikaku, Inc. was founded in Venice, California to scale and commercialize our IMU, sensor-fusion, and LPVR solutions for the US market. Xikaku leads product, engineering, and go-to-market for the Americas; LP-Research continues as our sensor-hardware and research engine in Tokyo.
Across our US and Tokyo offices, a growing team of engineers, scientists, and designers builds the sensors and sensor-fusion software that let autonomous systems understand where they are, how they are moving, and what is around them.