30 Women in Robotics you need to know about 2019

30 Women in Robotics you need to know about 2019

From Mexican immigrant to MIT, from Girl Power in Latin America to robotics entrepreneurs in Africa and India, the 2019 annual “women in robotics you need to know about” list is here! We’ve featured 150 women so far, from 2013 to 2018, and this time we’re not stopping at 25. We’re featuring 30 inspiring #womeninrobotics because robotics is growing and there are many new stories to be told.

So, without further ado, here are the 30 Women In Robotics you need to know about – 2019 edition!

Alice Agogino

Alice Agogino

CEO & CTO

Squishy Robotics

US/CA

Danielle Applestone

Danielle Applestone

CEO & CoFounder

Daughters of Rosie

US/CA

Cindy Bethel

Cindy Bethel

Professor and Billie J. Ball Endowed Professorship in Engineering

Mississippi State University

US/MS

Sonja Betschart

Sonja Betschart

Co-Founder & Chief Entrepreneurship Officer

WeRobotics

EU/CH

Susanne Bieller

Susanne Bieller

General Secretary

International Federation of Robotics (IFR)

EU/DE

Noramay Cadena

Noramay Cadena

Managing Partner

MiLA Capital

US/CA

Madeline Gannon

Madeline Gannon

Principal Researcher

ATONATON

US/PA

Colombia Girl Powered Program

Colombia Girl Powered Program

Girl Powered - VEX

LATAM/Colombia

Verity Harding

Verity Harding

Co-Lead, DeepMind Ethics and Society

DeepMind

UK

Lydia Kavraki

Lydia Kavraki

Nora Harding Professor

Rice University

US/TX

Dana Kulic

Dana Kulic

Professor

Monash University

AU/VIC

Jean Liu

Jean Liu

President

Didi Chuxing

China

Amy Loutfi

Amy Loutfi

Professor at the AASS Research Center, Department of Science and Technology

Örebro University

EU/SW

Sheila McIlraith

Sheila McIlraith

Professor

University of Toronto

CA

Nancy McIntyre

Nancy McIntyre

Community Innovation Manager

REC Foundation

US/CA

Malika Meghjani

Malika Meghjani

Assistant Professor

Singapore University of Technology

ASIA/Singapore

Cristina Olaverri Monreal

Cristina Olaverri Monreal

BMVIT Endowed Professorship and Chair for Sustainable Transport Logistics 4.0

Johannes Kepler University

EU/AT

Wendy Moyle

Wendy Moyle

Program Director

Menzies Health Institute

AU/QLD

Yukie Nagai

Yukie Nagai

Project Professor and Director of Cognitive Developmental Robotics Lab

University of Tokyo

JP

Temitope Oladokun

Temitope Oladokun

Robotics Trainer

TechieGeeks

AF/Nigeria

Svetlana Potyagaylo

Svetlana Potyagaylo

SLAM Algorithm Engineer

Indoor Robotics

Israel

Suriya Prabha

Suriya Prabha

Founder & CEO

YouCode

India

Amanda Prorok

Amanda Prorok

Assistant Professor

University of Cambridge

UK

Ellen Purdy

Ellen Purdy

Director, Emerging Capabilities & Prototyping Initiatives & Analysis

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

US/WDC

Signe Redfield

Signe Redfield

Engineer

Naval Research Laboratory

US/WDC

Marcela Riccillo

Marcela Riccillo

Specialist in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics - Professor Machine Learning & Data Science

SADIO and ITBA

LATAM/Argentina

Selma Sabanovic

Selma Sabanovic

Associate Professor

Indiana University Bloomington

US/IN

Maria Telleria

Maria Telleria

Cofounder/CTO Canvas ( Pneubotics)

also RSS best paper? finalist

US/CA

Ann Whittaker

Ann Whittaker

Head of People and Culture

Vicarious Surgical

US/MA

Jinger Zeng

Jinger Zeng

Community & Partnership

Auterion

China