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Cambridge, MA-based Soft Robotics Appointed Mark Chiappetta as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Soft Robotics Inc. is addressing the unmet needs of robotic manipulation through our proprietary and novel soft gripping technology. Our company is focused on reducing the complexity, expanding the adaptability, and disrupting the cost of robotic manipulation systems. We believe that by solving this problem, we can enable automation in new areas of logistics, manufacturing, and material handling.
About the Person
Mark J. Chiappetta is a high energy technology leader with over 20 years of experience in high growth, start-up and mid-size companies. He is an established inventor with over 30 issued and numerous additional pending patents in the field of robotics and automation, and remains proficient in the design, development, and manufacture of revolutionary products utilizing the latest in robotics technologies. Before joining Soft Robotics, Inc., Mr. Chiappetta spent 2.5 years at BIONX Medical Technologies as Senior Vice President of R&D where he oversaw the development of the BiOM robotic ankle-foot prosthetic and 15 years at iRobot Corporation in a variety of technical and leadership roles with his last being Vice President of iRobot's Advanced Systems and Technology group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chiappetta worked for Joseph F. Engelberger who is known world-wide as the "Father of Robotics."
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