On the left, Hello Robot’s Stretch 4, and on the right, A&K Robotics’ Cruz autonomous pod. | Source: Hello Robot, A&K Robotics
Consumer-facing spaces are dynamic, crowded, and highly unpredictable, requiring robots to safely navigate around constantly changing obstacles, operate in diverse lighting conditions, navigate narrow passages and cluttered spaces, integrate with existing infrastructure, and balance autonomy with safety.
As robots move beyond warehouses and other controlled environments and into everyday life, solving these navigation challenges will be critical to achieving broad consumer acceptance and large-scale deployment.
At RoboBusiness 2026, Aaron Edsinger, the co-founder and CEO of Hello Robot, and Matt Anderson, the co-founder and CEO of A&K Robotics, will take part in the session, “Shared Spaces: Navigating Challenges for Indoor Robots.”
RoboBusiness will be on Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif. Edsinger and Anderson will give their talk at 3:30 p.m. PT on the first day of the show in the Engineering Theater.
Meet the speakers
Aaron Edsinger is co-founder and CEO of Hello Robot, which developing practical, safe, and accessible robots for people. With a passion for building robots and robot companies, he has founded four companies focused on bringing human collaborative robots to the consumer, manufacturing, healthcare and research markets.
Two of these companies, Meka Robotics and Redwood Robotics, were acquired by Google in 2013. As robotics director at Google, Edsinger led the business, product and technical development of two of Google’s central investments in robotics, and worked closely with senior vice president and C-level executives to define the overall robotics strategy.
Edsinger is a recognized robotics innovator with a broad understanding of the entire robot product design stack, including human–robot interaction, UX design, and mechanical design. He is also an expert in design for manufacture, industrial design, software architecture, and real-time control, as well as design of force-controlled arms, actuators, hands and humanoids.
Matt Anderson is co-founder and CEO of A&K Robotics, which is building autonomous mobility infrastructure for complex, human-centered environments such as airports. He leads the company’s product strategy, which includes Cruz, a self-driving mobility robot that carries passengers through high-traffic, dynamic environments such as airport terminals, and Kineos AI, a platform for socially intelligent autonomy that enables systems to move naturally through dynamic spaces.
Anderson brings credibility with enterprise and public-sector partners by translating advanced autonomy into institution-ready solutions. He has over 10 years of experience building and bringing to market advanced technologies ranging from autonomous aerial drones to surgical devices.
Matt is an alumnus of Creative Destruction Lab’s AI and Machine Learning program. In a past life, he was a Chartered Accountant working in finance, investment, and business development.
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