AUTONOMOUS 2026
Daniel Theobald
Founder
VECNA ROBOTICS
Daniel Theobald is a founder, builder, and investor in robotics and automation. He co-founded MassRobotics, the non-profit world leader in robotics innovation, founded Vecna Robotics to transform manufacturing and logistics with autonomous mobile robots, and founded Mekable to help industries automate their workflows. Chairman of the Founders Guild, he holds 67 patents with 30 more pending, and champions human-centered automation that frees people to focus on creativity, community, and the work that matters most.
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Physical AI in the Supply Chain
Navigation feels solved; grabbing a random box from a messy trailer still is not. The multi-billion-dollar frontier of manipulation and fulfillment, from the companies cracking it.