Mikell Taylor

Mikell Taylor has spent 25 years making useful robots – from a robotic prom date to uncrewed underwater vehicles to cutting-edge industrial robotic systems. She currently leads robotics strategy for the Autonomous Robotics Center at General Motors and previously led the Amazon Robotics team that developed Proteus, Amazon’s first AMR. She is passionate about building robots that are practical, reliable, and good partners for the people that work with and around them. Mikell is a recognized leader in the Boston technology community and was named one of the Boston Globe Tech Power Players in 2023. Outside of work she is on the board of Mbadika, a STEM non-profit focused on ideas and those who create them, and coaches her eldest kid’s LEGO robotics team, where she commands far less respect than at her actual job. She holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Olin College, where she was a member of the inaugural class of graduates.