1. Helen Greiner was born on December 6,1967 and is a co-founder of iRobot and former CEO of CyPhy Work, Inc.
23 Facts About Helen Greiner
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Helen Greiner's father came to England as a refugee from Hungary, and met his wife, Helen's mother, while he was attending Imperial College London.
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When Helen Greiner was five, her family moved to Southampton, New York, US.
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At the age of ten, Helen Greiner went to see the popular film Star Wars.
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Helen Greiner has said she was inspired to work with robots by R2-D2 in the film.
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Helen Greiner graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and earned her Master's in computer science.
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Helen Greiner holds an honorary doctor of engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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In 1990, along with Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle, Helen Greiner co-founded iRobot, a robotics company headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, which delivers robots into the consumer market.
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Helen Greiner co-designed the first version of the iRobot Roomba.
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Helen Greiner served as President of iRobot until 2004 and Chairman until 2008.
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Helen Greiner built a culture of practical innovation and delivery that led to the deployment of 6,000 PackBots with the United States armed forces.
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Helen Greiner has worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
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In 2008, Helen Greiner founded CyPhy Works, creator of the Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications and Pocket Flyer multi-rotor drones.
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Helen Greiner served on the board of the Open Source Robotics Foundation.
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Helen Greiner left the company in late 2017, and subsequently resigned from her position on the board of directors to support a broader mission within the US Army.
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In September 2020, Helen Greiner was appointed as CEO and Chairman of robotic gardening startup, Tertill.
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Helen Greiner was listed as one of the Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2000.
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Helen Greiner received the Pioneer Award from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International in 2006.
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In 2007, Helen Greiner was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame.
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Helen Greiner received the 2008 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation for her work at iRobot.
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Helen Greiner spoke at TEDxBoston in 2013, discussing how robots can save lives, performing work that is either too monotonous or dangerous for humans.
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Helen Greiner received the DEMO God Award at the DEMO Conference in 2014.
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Helen Greiner will be one of several speakers at GoFly's 2020 Final Fly Off.