Speakers 2023

Zach Goins is a Senior Autonomy Software Engineer at Scythe Robotics, a leading developer of outdoor mobile robots, including an autonomous commercial lawnmower. Coming from the non-traditional background of business school at the University of Florida with a side hustle […]

Prabh Gowrisankaran is Performance Motion Devices’ (PMD) Vice President of Engineering and Strategy, responsible for future-proofing PMD and its customers who innovate in a fast-paced technology environment. With a degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance & Strategy […]

Dr. Michael Grey began working with Open Robotics six years ago, after completing a Ph.D. in Robotics at Georgia Tech. He is now a Software Engineering Manager on the Open Robotics team at Intrinsic, an Alphabet company. He has been […]

Viam is a modern robotics platform that makes it easy to turn great ideas into production robots. Founded in 2020 by Eliot Horowitz, Viam is headquartered in New York City. Previously, Horowitz co-founded MongoDB where he wrote the core code […]

Niels Jul Jacobsen is CEO of Capra Robotics, which builds mobile robots for both indoor and outdoor usage. He has worked in industrial robotics and automation for more than 30 years. He is the founding father of Mobile Industrial Robots […]

More than two decades of leadership experience, including 14 years in improving AI systems. Engaged with and became key vendor for Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon and others. Worked with NLP, AR/VR, and vision teams for improving AI systems used […]

Richard Johannes has been in the interconnect industry for over thirty years. Richard has a degree in mechanical engineering and has extensive practical experience in cutting-edge electronic and electro-mechanical systems. He has an extensive background in the development and testing […]

Tobias Luksch works as a Manager of R&D for robotics within the healthcare business unit at ITK Engineering GmbH, a development partner offering engineering solutions with a focus on standards-compliant software and systems development. As part of his role, he […]

Adrian Macneil is the CEO and co-founder of Foxglove, a company dedicated to increasing the GDP of robotics through foundational tools and infrastructure. Foxglove’s powerful visualization and data management accelerates robotics development from prototype to production. Prior to founding Foxglove, […]

Jeff Mahler is a Co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer for Ambi Robotics. In this role, Mahler oversees the vision and execution of the company’s advanced solutions, such as AmbiOS, the supply chain’s first operating system designed for robotic parcel […]