Nadia Cheng Director of Research and Development, Empire Robotics, Inc.
Nadia Cheng is the Director of Research and Development at Empire Robotics, a hardware startup in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Empire Robotics is developing a highly adaptive robotic gripper for industrial automation. Nadia received her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. She was also a National Defense Science and Engineering Research Fellow, has worked at the MIT Media Lab, and has held internships at various government and private institutions. Nadia has publications in robotics, air traffic management, tangible user interfaces, and nature-inspired cocktail garnishes, and has also worked in areas including medical devices, assistive technologies, and 3D printing.