Dr. YJ Lim is the principal technical product lead at MathWorks, specializing in robotics and autonomous systems with over 25 years of experience. Previously, he was the project manager at Vecna Robotics, focusing on advanced robotics development. Before Vecna, Lim was the chief innovation officer at Hstar Technologies, working on mobile robotics. He also led teams at Energid Technologies in robotic engineering services. Lim earned his Ph.D. from RPI and a Master’s from KAIST.
The integration of AI into robotics has transformed how robots and autonomous systems perceive, learn, and act across industries: from intelligent bin-picking to collaborative tasks in modern factories. Now, with the rise of Generative AI, we're witnessing a fundamental shift in how robotics systems are built, trained, and deployed. This talk will discuss how to develop intelligent robotic systems using both traditional AI approaches and the latest advancements in robotics foundation models. Learn how to design end-to-end workflows that incorporate deep learning, reinforcement learning, transformer-based vision-language-action (VLA) models all within a single, simulation-driven platform. Highlights: