Geoffrey Barrows

Geoffrey Louis Barrows (born 1970) is an American inventor and the founder of Centeye, a company that specializes in the development of insect vision for robotics. Barrows owns more than six patents for his technology.

Geoffrey Barrows has developed innovative optic-flow sensors to allow both aerial and ground vehicles to travel autonomously, by using the same techniques living creatures such as flying insects do to gauge their altitude and proximity to obstacles in their path.

Early life and education Geoffrey was born in Sacramento, California, United States in 1970. As his father was a career officer with the United States Air Force, his family moved frequently, with stops in Massachusetts, Alabama, Nebraska, New York, and Germany. Barrows spent 6 years in Germany as a pre-teen before his family settled in Washington, D.C.,(farafax, Virginia) US. He was listed as a "Trending 40" Federal Innovator and Entrepreneur in 2015.