Why Shield AI: The Complexities of Human-Machine Interaction
A conversation with Ali Momeni, Senior Principal Scientist and Director of User Services & Experience at Shield AI Prior to Shield AI your work was in creative arts. What project are you most proud of? What was it and why? “Tragedy of the Commons” by Ali Momeni and Robin Meier, Photo by Aurélie Cenno I […]
What Happens When Robots Work Together
You have dedicated your career to researching collective intelligence. How do you think about teams of robots working together? Where does that begin and how does it work? We start with a single robot. We move to small teams of robots working together. And at the same time, we develop the frameworks that are required […]
What is State Estimation in Robotics?
What excites you about the work you do with state estimation at Shield AI? Pushing the envelope. GPS-denied navigation and mapping have been an active research topic for years. Researchers have made great strides, and, building on top of that work, we are able to demonstrate really compelling autonomous capabilities. Of course, there is still […]
What is DevOps & Why Does it Matter?
The word DevOps, short for Developer Operations, has become an overloaded and overused term. If you ask a sampling of your colleagues what it actually means, you’ll probably get vastly different answers. This post aims to clarify some of the confusion from our vantage point here at Shield AI. First and foremost, DevOps is a […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Andrew Reiter
You started your education in chemical engineering. Why did you ultimately pursue a career in AI & robotics? I had been interested in robotics from a young age, but as I went into college I had a strong interest in chemistry and engineering so I chose to study chemical engineering. As a junior in college, […]
What is the Role of Trust in Robotics?
How did you approach the experience of building GAMS/MADARA? I came from a middleware group called the Distributed Object Computing group at Vanderbilt. My training was primarily in middleware, but I had a real passion for AI. I wanted to influence how we develop distributed AI, and how we represent and command a swarm of […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Brandon Tseng
What is more important, the journey or the outcome? What matters on every journey isn’t necessarily the outcome, it is the path, the learning, and the growth. No matter the outcome, I believe that 2 things make a journey great: The adversity faced along the way. The more daunting the trials, the better, more interesting, […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Nathan Michael
How did research concerning multi-agent and multi-robot collaboration become one of the central thrusts of your academic career? I began working with multi-robot collaboration and coordination through my Ph.D. effort. Working with an advisor, I focused my work on teams of robots and how we think about designing feedback control strategies to drive a team […]
Robotic Teams and Reliability
You’ve conducted extensive research on man-machine collaboration. Why have you chosen this focus? The concept of man-machine collaboration is very intuitive; we’re pairing a set of robotic systems with one or more people. The barebones tech behind connecting man to machine and machines to other machines is well-studied. I think the hard part about effective […]
Why Shield AI: Values that Motivate
When I first interviewed at Shield AI, I sensed an energy rooted in a passion for the mission from everyone I met. To this day, I feel that same excitement and sense of focused purpose daily. I come to work excited to continue learning, to develop even stronger friendships, and to make a real difference. […]
