Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down after more than 30 years with the company and plans to retire; CFO Amanda McMaster will take over as interim CEO
Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, has stepped down from the company. Playter took over as CEO in 2019 and led the company through its acquisition by Hyundai in 2020.
What an awesome experience it has been to work with Rob these past five years. His legacy inspires me to continue pursuing the policies and government leadership the industry needs to grow and succeed.
Robert Playter is retiring. - A former NCAA Division I National Champion gymnast - Athletic career highly influenced his work in robotics - At the MIT Leg Lab, programmed a bipedal robot to do the world's first 3D robotic somersault - 26 years at Boston Dynamics, serving as CEO […
Robert Playter is an icon of the global robotics industry, and the entire Boston Dynamics team wishes to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude for his leadership. From the earliest days of hopping robots, to the world's first quadrupeds, to spearheading the entire
I can imagine that the last set of gymnastic demos with the Atlas robot were a “full circle” moment for Rob Playter given that his PhD from 1995 was on the dynamics of gymnastics. — dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.... [embedded post]