Boston Dynamics appoints ex-Amazon executive Rohit Prasad as CEO
Boston Dynamics, a humanoid robot manufacturer owned by Hyundai Motor Group, announced on October 7 that Rohit Prasad has been appointed as their new CEO, effective immediately. • Prior to this role, Prasad held the position of senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa and Artificial General Intelligence at Amazon. • The company stated that Prasad will leverage his expertise in transforming physical AI advancements into profitable ventures. • Prasad assumes the position from Robert Playter, who resigned in February. • Hyundai Motor Group revealed in January their ambition to establish a factory with the capacity to produce 30,000 robot units annually by 2028, when they intend to commence deploying these robots across all their manufacturing facilities.
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