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Robert Knight
UMACo-founder and Chief Robot Officer
Knight has spent more than 25 years designing and rapidly manufacturing humanoid robots. He constructed CRONOS and worked on ECCERobot, and later designed the open-source SO-100 arm used by the LeRobot community.
Career & education
Current role
Co-founder and Chief Robot Officer
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