Organizing Committee Member

Dr. Andrew Goldenberg

Dr. Andrew Goldenberg

CEO


Anviv Mechatronics Inc.


Canada


Biography

Andrew Goldenberg PhD, PhD(Hon), FIEEE, FASME, FAAAS, FCAE, FEIC Founder of the field of Robotics at the University of Toronto where he has been since 1982 as a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, cross-appointed in the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, and in the Electrical and Computer Engineering, and currently a Professor Emeritus. Has supervised to date 46 Ph.D. and 64 MASc theses. Publication record over 11000 citations (128 archival journal papers, 294 papers in major conferences, 15 book chapters and 105 patents granted and applied). Founder and CEO of Engineering Services Inc. (ESI) - www.esit.com, established in 1982. From 2000- 2001 Dr. Goldenberg was also the President of Virtek Engineering Science Inc. (VESI). Dr. Goldenberg is also President of Anviv Mechatronics Inc. (AMI), which he founded in 2006. In May 2015 ESI has been acquired by a Chinese consortium located in Shenzhen, P.R. China. Became a public company in November 2016 listed in Hong Kong and Dr. Goldenberg was appointed as Chief Technology Officer of the public company. He terminated this appointment in May 2019. As of May 2019, Dr. Goldenberg has returned to the University on a part-time basis to work on graduate research in the use of Artificial Intelligence in advanced Robotics, focusing on Personal Service Robots. He has also founded AI-Embedded Robotics Inc. and ESIRAI Inc. both involved in the development of AIdriven robotics products. As of May 2019, Dr. Goldenberg has returned to the University on part-time basis to work on graduate research in the use of Artificial Intelligence in advanced Robotics, focusing on Personal Service Robots.

Research Area

Artificial Intelligence in advanced Robotics, focusing on Personal Service Robots.