Ken Goldberg

Ken Goldberg is the craigslist Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley, where he leads the AUTOLab and supervises research in robotics, automation, and robot learning. His work spans robotics, AI-driven manipulation, social information filtering, and the intersection of engineering with art and new media. Goldberg holds dual undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and earned his MS and PhD from Carnegie Mellon University. Since joining Berkeley's faculty in 1995, he has held appointments in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Art Practice, and the UCSF Medical School, where he contributes to medical robotics research. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers, received nine US patents, and co-founded multiple research centers and companies. As President of the Robot Learning Foundation, Goldberg continues to shape the global research landscape in intelligent robotics and human-machine collaboration.