Alberto Rodriguez

Director of Engineering

United States11 yrs 10 mos experience

Key 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.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Robotics Expert specializing in advanced humanoid systems and manipulation technologies.

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About

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).

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Boston dynamics

3 roles

Director, Robot Behavior -- Atlas

Promoted

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Associate Director, Manipulation -- Atlas

Promoted

Apr 2024Feb 2025 · 10 mos

Manipulation R&D Lead

Sep 2021Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Massachusetts institute of technology

3 roles

Visiting Scientist

Sep 2023Jan 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Associate Professor with Tenure

Promoted

May 2021Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Assistant Professor

Jun 2014Apr 2021 · 6 yrs 10 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Robotics

Sep 2007Jul 2013

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Engineer's degree — Telecommunications Engineering

Sep 1999May 2006

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Licentiate degree — Applied Mathematics

Sep 2000May 2005

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