He co-founded Clearpath Robotics with Matt Rendall, Bryan Webb, and Patrick Martinson in 2009, and subsidiary OTTO Motors in 2015.
[5] Gariepy is a founding member of the board of directors of Next Generation Manufacturing Canada,[6][7] a founding member of the board of directors of the NSERC Canadian Robotics Network,[8] and an IEEE Robotics and Automation Society keynote speaker.
[9] He is the sole Singularity University Canada Robotics Faculty Member,[10] and is also an associate with Creative Destruction Lab's Space program.
[11] In 2015, Gariepy was recognized by the University of Waterloo with the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal alongside the other Clearpath Robotics co-founders.
[12] Gariepy is often credited as the first roboticist and first entrepreneur to openly pledge not to make 'killer robot' (Lethal autonomous weapon) systems.