Axel Krieger
Chief Robotics Officer & Co-founder | Semaphor Surgical
Axel Krieger, PhD is Chief Robotics Officer and Co-founder of Semaphor Surgical and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Axel serves as Director of the IMERSE Lab and is best known for leading the development of the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), the milestone system that demonstrated autonomous soft-tissue surgery on living tissue. At Semaphor, he is translating that breakthrough into commercial surgical autonomy.
All Sessions by Axel Krieger
May 27, 2026
Building the Data Flywheel for AI-Native Robots
Robots don’t get smarter by accident; they improve through a deliberate data flywheel. This panel explores how real-world robot data is captured, curated, and fed back into perception, autonomy, and system performance. Drawing on lessons from field-deployed robots, we’ll explore how to design the data flywheel from day one, turning pilots into scalable, field-ready platforms that continuously learn and improve in production.
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