Class Meeting 14: Careers in Robotics Panel


Today's Class Meeting



Careers in Robotics Panelists


Meg Sindelar

Meg Sindelar

Computer Vision Algorithms Engineer

Applied Research Associates

Meg recently graduated from Northwestern University with a MS in Robotics. Meg got her BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She now works at Applied Research Associates in North Carolina as a Computer Vision Algorithms Engineer where she works on Visual Inertial Odometry systems for both vehicle and dismount applications.

Luis Rayas

Luis Rayas

Senior Robotics Engineer

Chef Robotics

Luis has a B.S. from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Luis has worked as a software engineer for many companies including Lime Brokerage, Google, and Verb Surgical. He's currently leading the software and robotic controls efforts for Chef Robotics, where he is working to bring flexible robotics to the food industry.

Dylan Glas

Dylan Glas

Senior Applied Scientist

Amazon Lab126

Dylan Glas studied Aerospace Engineering and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT, earning two B.S. degrees and one M.S. degree, after which he completed a Ph.D. in robotics from Osaka University. In academia, Dylan has worked as a senior researcher at the Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR) Institute and as a Guest Associate Professor at at Osaka University, where he worked as a software architect on the ERICA android robot. Dylan has also worked in industry developing the Xiaoyi educational home robot at Huawei and is now working on the Astro robot as at Amazon Lab126.