Jerry Pratt Email & Phone Number

I am a builder of humanoid robots and humanoid robot organizations. Since 1994, I have been a key contributor to a half dozen bipedal robots and a consultant, subcontractor, or advisor to about a dozen more. From 2002-2022 I built and led the IHMC Robotics Lab, which, among other things, won second place in the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge. I have been enthusiastically, sometimes patiently - sometimes not, following enabling technologies for humanoids, and occasionally contributing to those enabling technologies. Most indications now point towards humanoids being possibly ready for prime time! Therefore, I am focused on building Persona AI, a humanoid startup, with the goal of putting humanoids to work. I am a big fan of organizations with widely distributed decision making authority, with autonomous teams that collaboratively put together the 100,000 pieces of the puzzle. I find joy in watching highly-functioning teams build high-performance robots, and am excited to build yet one more organization to do so.I am putting together the founding team for Persona AI. Please contact me if you are interested in discussing possibilities, and spread the word to adventuresome colleagues.

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  Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

  Computer Science