Automation has changed the world, and robotics speaker Marc Raibert knows better than anyone what lies ahead. As a keynote speaker, Marc Raibert captivates audiences with stories drawn from his engineering, business, and teaching careers. His talks are a glimpse into the future of robotics and mankind.

Above all, Marc Raibert is the founder, CEO, and current president of Boston Dynamics. There, Raibert is responsible for the world’s most advanced robotics. Boston Dynamics produces incredibly mobile robots, including the world-famous BigDog, Atlas, Spot, and Handle. Agile, perceptive, and remarkably quick learners, these machines bring the stuff of comic books to real life.

Previously, Raibert’s work as a professor at MIT and Carnegie Mellon focused on dynamic behavior in robotic systems. This behavior—the ability to sense the surrounding environment and adjust accordingly—gives Boston Dynamics’ robots their remarkable poise, balance, and dexterity. As a professor, Raibert founded the Leg Laboratory, which engineered dynamic behavior into designs that mimicked nature. Boston Dynamics, founded in 1992, applies the Leg Laboratory’s insights to increasingly complex robots. Furthermore, Raibert is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.