Pasadena-Based Rockley Photonics Collaborates With Caltech to Develop the Next Generation of Health Monitoring

Rockley Photonics, a Pasadena-based provider of photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, has started a new research collaboration with Caltech’s ‘Sensing to Intelligence’ (S2I) Center that will focus on the development of next-generation solutions combining advanced sensors with artificial intelligence.

The scope of the partnership involves a number of divisions and departments at Caltech, including Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Medical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical sciences, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a Rockley Photonics statement said.

The S2I Center seeks to bring together two typically isolated disciplines – the field of sensing and imaging and the field of computation and algorithms – by adopting a holistic, interdisciplinary approach.

By bringing these two fields together, Caltech seeks to develop more powerful and intelligent sensing systems that will align with Rockley’s approach to health and wellness monitoring, the statement continued.

Rockley Photonics and Caltech have previously collaborated on research projects including packaged optics and the design and integration of advanced photonics and electronics.

“Over the years, we have had a wonderful relationship with our Pasadena neighbors at Caltech, and it is an honor to continue our research agreement with them through the S2I Center,” Dr. Andrew Rickman, CEO and founder of Rockley Photonics, said. “This new partnership will combine our experience building Rockley’s unique biomarker sensing platform, which incorporates a spectrophotometer-on-a-chip, with Caltech’s extensive research capabilities.”

Azita Emami, Director of the S2I initiative at Caltech, said the partnership will provide an opportunity to leverage integrated sensor technologies and machine learning algorithms to create intelligent sensor systems that will help avoid information overload for patients and doctors.

“We believe that the potential for transforming personal healthcare and well-being is limitless,” Emami said.

The collaboration will also explore new applications for cloud-based services, exploiting the advanced capabilities of platforms such as Amazon Web Services, the Rockley Photonics statement said.

Headquartered in Pasadena, Rockley Photonics has offices in Irvine and San Jose, and international offices in the UK and Ireland as well as in Finland.

For more information, visit www.rockleyphotonics.com.