Aaron Parness is Director of Applied Science at Amazon Robotics. Parness received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2009, advised by Mark Cutkosky. He earned a BS in mechanical engineering and a BS in creative writing from MIT in 2004. Parness is currently director of applied […]
Jasmine Lombardi brings more than 25 years of experience in customer success, professional services, software development, project management, global systems implementation, and business operations. She leads a team of over 110 customer success professionals across North America, Europe, the UK, […]
Ari is known for building and leading high performing software and hardware teams that solve novel challenges. Her team at Pickle is leading the commercialization of Physical AI enabling robots to do physical work that delivers ROI for customers. Prior […]
Rohit John Varghese is the director of systems engineering and product at Contoro Robotics, a company developing AI-driven logistics robots for shipping container unloading. He has been part of the founding team of two successful startups that together have raised […]
Noland Arbaugh is the world’s first human to receive a Neuralink brain-computer interface, a device designed to bridge mind and machine. Some call it a brain chip. Others call it an implant. But Noland calls her Eve. Noland grew up curious, kind, and faith-driven. […]
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 […]
Dr. Dave Coleman is founder and chief product officer of PickNik Robotics and an industry thought leader in unstructured robotics. PickNik has been successfully delivering robotic manipulation innovations on and off earth over the past 9 years to over 100 […]
Pras Velagapudi is Chief Technology Officer at Agility Robotics. He brings decades of experience in robotics planning and control, and creating and deploying robots into home, industrial, and outdoor environments. He most recently was a VP of Engineering and Chief […]
Dr. Jan Zizka is the CEO and co-founder of Brightpick. A technology visionary, Jan sets Brightpick’s strategy and is closely involved in developing new robot and AI technologies. He has filed over 20 patents ranging from 3D sensing methods to […]
Brian Gerkey is CTO at Intrinsic, where he’s helping to democratize access to robotics. Brian was previously co-founder and CEO at Open Robotics, and is a board member of the Open Source Robotics Foundation. He has also worked at Willow […]
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