Marc Raibert
Executive Director at RAI Institute
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Marc Raibert is a pioneering roboticist, founder of Boston Dynamics, and the Executive Director of the RAI Institute. A former professor at MIT and Carnegie Mellon, he established the Leg Laboratory, which laid the scientific groundwork for dynamically balancing robots. He earned his Ph.D. from MIT after a B.S. from Northeastern University.
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48 Years
Current Role
Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Priorities
Topics Marc cares about
Dynamic Robotics
His entire career, from the MIT Leg Lab to founding Boston Dynamics, has been dedicated to creating robots with lifelike mobility, balance, and agility, such as Atlas and Spot.
Legged Locomotion
Inspired by the movement of animals, his foundational academic and commercial work has focused on enabling robots to walk, run, and hop across varied terrains.
Career
Work history
4-2022
Executive Director
RAI Institute
11-2019
Founder, Board of Directors
Boston Dynamics
11-1992 - 3-2022
Chief Executive Officer
Boston Dynamics
11-1992 - 11-2019
CEO
Boston Dynamics
1-1986 - 5-1995
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In the press
Media appearances
Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics. Featured in Lex Fridman Podcast
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Marc Raibert, Founder and Executive Director, AI Institute – Making Robots Smarter in Body in Mind. Featured in Boston University – CISE/Hariri Institute
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Education
1973 - 1977
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1968 - 1973
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Northeastern University
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