Meet the Team
Stuart Bowers
Stuart Bowers
Stuart Bowers
Stuart most recently worked as a VP of Engineering at Tesla and has been actively working with AI and Machine Learning for over 15 years across Microsoft, Facebook, and Snapchat.
Stuart is passionate about helping students to explore AI and robotics and democratizing access to research grade robots.
Lee Redden
Stuart Bowers
Stuart Bowers
Lee is the Chief Scientist and co-founder of Blue River Technology (acquired by John Deere in 2017), and a John Deere Fellow.
Lee's background is in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science with a deep focus on machine learning and computer vision.
Teresa Nguyen
Stuart Bowers
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Teresa is a Physician at Stanford Medicine (Stanford BS'14, MD'20) who has over a decade of experience in scientific and clinical research. She was also previously a Scientific Researcher at Genentech where her work lead to the discovery of therapeutic molecules for the treatment of chronic pain.
At Hands On Robotics, Teresa leads the res
Teresa is a Physician at Stanford Medicine (Stanford BS'14, MD'20) who has over a decade of experience in scientific and clinical research. She was also previously a Scientific Researcher at Genentech where her work lead to the discovery of therapeutic molecules for the treatment of chronic pain.
At Hands On Robotics, Teresa leads the research initiatives for medical applications of AI-enabled robots for improved peri-operative and inpatient pediatric care.
Gabrael levine
Gabrael levine
Gabrael levine
Gabrael is the creator of multiple open-source robotics projects including the Blackbird Bipedal Robot and OpenTorque Actuator.
He currently attends Stanford University as an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and specializing in AI.
Nathan Kau
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Nathan Kau
Nathan completed his undergraduate and masters degree in mechanical engineering at Stanford, where he started a number of open-source robotics projects in the student robotics group including Stanford Doggo and Stanford Pupper. After joining up with Hands-On Robotics, he developed and taught the open-source course in robotics and AI now c
Nathan completed his undergraduate and masters degree in mechanical engineering at Stanford, where he started a number of open-source robotics projects in the student robotics group including Stanford Doggo and Stanford Pupper. After joining up with Hands-On Robotics, he developed and taught the open-source course in robotics and AI now continued by Hands-On Robotics. He is now a Research Engineer at Woven by Toyota in Tokyo, focusing on robot navigation.
Jie Tan
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Nathan Kau
Jie is a research scientist at Google Research. His research focuses on robotics, machine learning, and simulation. Jie is passionate about the education of AI and robotics. He is interested in delivering a learning experience for all ages through hands-on work with real robot hardware.
Selena Sun
Liana Tilton
Jaden Clark
Selena is a junior at Stanford studying EE/CS with a concentration in robotics and graphics. She has worked on drones at Zipline and autonomous cars at Nvidia, and currently conducts research on RL for control and safety verification of hardware systems. She's excited about making RL accessible to more students!
Jaden Clark
Liana Tilton
Jaden Clark
Jaden is an undergraduate at Stanford University, where he majors in computer science and works on optimal control and machine learning in the Multi-Robot Systems Lab. There, he designs novel methods for multi-robot motion planning in the real world, and recently developed and deployed new algorithms for robots to efficiently survey Penguin populations in Antarctica.
Liana Tilton
Liana Tilton
Liana Tilton
Liana is an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, where she studies Electrical Engineering and Robotics. She is the founder of WashU Robotics Club and has over six years of robotics research experience at Yale and Stanford. She is passionate about teaching and making robotics more accessible.
Alex Hattori
Alex Hattori
Liana Tilton
Alex received his master's and undergraduate degrees at MIT, where he worked in the Biomimetic Robotics Lab. He helped design and manufacture the original Mini Cheetah robot, as well as the next ten. He continues developing dynamic legged robots like STRIDE, his wheeled biped. He hopes to spread the joy of robotics to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Saachi Datta
Alex Hattori
Saachi Datta
Saachi is a medical student at Stanford with a background in bioengineering research and device development and is a founder of a nonprofit working with children across the country. She is passionate about the intersection of medicine, technology, and patient-centered innovation, and she is excited to be part of the team to positively impact pediatric care.