Alberto Rodriguez — Director of Engineering
I'm the director of robot behavior in the Atlas humanoid program at Boston Dynamics, where I lead teams working on HW controls, RL, VLAs and applications to create the most advanced mobile manipulator in the world, and bring the Atlas humanoid to scale. My passion is to work at the intersection of hardware and software to build robots with physical intelligence. Before joining Boston Dynamics, I was faculty at the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT where I led the MCube Lab (http://mcube.mit.edu).
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Robotics Expert specializing in advanced humanoid systems and manipulation technologies.
Experience: 11 yrs 10 mos
Career Highlights
- Leader in advanced mobile manipulator development.
- Expert in hardware and software integration for robotics.
- Former faculty at MIT with a focus on robotics research.
Work Experience
Boston Dynamics
Director, Robot Behavior -- Atlas (1 yr 3 mos)
Associate Director, Manipulation -- Atlas (10 mos)
Manipulation R&D Lead (2 yrs 7 mos)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Visiting Scientist (1 yr 4 mos)
Associate Professor with Tenure (2 yrs 3 mos)
Assistant Professor (6 yrs 10 mos)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Carnegie Mellon University
Engineer's degree at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Licentiate degree at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya