I lead the Indianapolis R&D group for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. I am also the Chief Engineer for our Life Science Automation product line. My professional interests lie in collaborative robotics: making automated sample prep systems usable by scientists and clinicians with minimal training.

Outside of work, I am interested in simple and independent living.

• Bicycling and air-cooled Volkswagens for transportation
• Sustainable farming including apiaries (beekeeping) for food and pollination
• Open-source software, hardware, and science for community ownership of intellectual property
• Cooperatives for local, community ownership of capital

You can keep up with what I’m thinking about in a few ways.

• My linklog (although stale; what time I have goes into books)
• Recent and past reading

Many years ago I was an academic computer scientist. I have copies of some of my publications from that time.

You can reach me using my first name at this domain (ashleyfamily.org). My PGP key is available.