Ryan Gariepy

Ryan Gariepy (born October 25, 1986) is a Canadian engineer, roboticist, and technology entrepreneur. He co-founded Clearpath Robotics with Matt Rendall, Bryan Webb, and Patrick Martinson in 2009https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clearpath-robotics, and subsidiary OTTO Motors in 2015https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/otto-motors-2. Gariepy currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of both Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors. He was an intern at Kiva Systems in 2007 (now Amazon Robotics)https://www.icra2019.org/program/plenary-keynote-speakers.
== Early life ==
Ryan Gariepy was born in Barrie, Ontariohttps://www.simcoe.com/news-story/5806490-robotics-company-founded-by-barrie-man-expanding-to-silicon-valley/, on October 25, 1986. He later entered the University of Waterloo, and obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mechatronics Engineering in 2009, and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2012.
== Career ==
While pursuing his masters degree, Gariepy co-founded Clearpath Robotics, also in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, focused on streamlining field robotics research for universities and private corporations. In 2012, Gariepy became a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Open Source Robotics Foundationhttps://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/open-source-robotics-foundation-officially-announced. He also serves as a co-organizer for the Robot Operating System Developer Conference, dating back to 2012https://roscon.ros.org/2012/organization/.
Gariepy's business and personal interests have led to his involvement in multiple other industry, not-for-profit, and technology organizations, including as a founding member of the Board of Directors of Next Generation Manufacturing Canadahttps://www.ngen.ca/who-we-are https://financialpost.com/technology/a-robot-in-every-factory-the-230-million-bid-to-help-automate-ontarios-manufacturing-sector, an 
IEEE keynote speakerhttps://www.icra2019.org/program/plenary-keynote-speakers#3-ryan-gariepy, and Robotics Faculty Member with Singularity University Canada https://sucanada.org/faculty/ryan-gariepy/. He is also an associate with Creative Destruction Lab's Space program alongside luminaries such as Chris Hadfield and Anousheh Ansari https://www.creativedestructionlab.com/people/?stream=space.
He appears to be a key person involved in the Clearpath Robotics partnership with Boston Dynamicshttps://techcrunch.com/2020/03/03/boston-dynamics-unveils-otto-motors-collaboration-to-bring-our-robot-overlords-to-the-warehouse/https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2020/05/18/boston-dynamics-and-otto-motors-partner-to-develop-warehouse-robotic-solutions/32286/.
== Advocacy ==
In 2014 Gariepy is often credited as the first roboticist and first entrepreneur to openly pledge not to make 'killer robots' (Lethal autonomous weapons)https://www.wired.com/2015/02/can-now-build-autonomous-killing-machines-thats-bad-idea/https://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/2015_09/Features/Getting-to-Know-Ryan-Gariepy, and continues to back initiatives to ensure AI and autonomous systems are developed ethicallyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47259889.
He has also commented publicly on the social changes widespread automation will bring, as well as the need to conduct further studies regarding basic incomehttps://fortune.com/2017/05/24/automation-job-loss-universal-income/https://www.ciodive.com/news/technobabble-technologys-case-for-a-universal-basic-income/444109/https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/five-ways-to-prepare-tech-employees-future-work.
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* Meet the Clearpath Robotics Team
* Ryan Gariepy on linkedin
* Ryan Gariepy - Chief Technology Officer @ Clearpath Robotics
* Ryan Gariepy - IEEE Entrepreneurship
* Ryan Gariepy Google Scholar
* Ryan Gariepy - Faculty - Singularity University
* Ryan Gariepy's email & phone | Clearpath Robotics's CTO email
* Getting to Know Ryan Gariepy | Arms Control Association
* Ryan Gariepy | AI Directory - Global Artificial Intelligence
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