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Siddhartha Srinivasa is a full-stack roboticist and professor at the University of Washington. He founded the Personal Robotics Lab in 2005, which has since cultivated over 100 alumni that progressed to prestigious institutions and companies like Boston Dynamics and Google. His contributions span robotic manipulation and human-robot interaction, for which he is recognized as an IEEE Fellow. His research engages with advanced algorithms such as CBiRRT, CHOMP, and others to build sophisticated end-to-end systems, including projects like HERB, ADA, and CHIMP. His work has garnered back-to-back paper awards at ICAPS in 2018 and 2019. Beyond academia, he played a pivotal role in Amazon's Robotics AI Organization and joined Cruise as a Distinguished Engineer, directing efforts in scaling self-driving car technology worldwide. He is passionate about STEM education and engaging with a broad audience about robotics, and in his spare time, he enjoys tennis and has captained sports teams during his academic tenure.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA, USA
Full professor specializing in robotics and human-robot interaction, leading research projects and supervising graduate students.
Cruise • San Francisco, CA, USA
Focusing on motion planning and control in the deployment of self-driving technology.
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