Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly is a Senior Robotics Engineer at Boston Dynamics since July 2018, where responsibilities include developing control software for the Atlas humanoid robot and implementing the whole-body model-predictive control architecture that facilitates parkour maneuverability. Prior experience includes serving as a Senior Robotics Engineer at Rethink Robotics, focusing on path-planning and trajectory generation for the Sawyer robot, and conducting research as a PhD candidate at Cornell University, concentrating on nonlinear control techniques for bipedal walking robots. Earlier roles include visiting researcher at MIT's Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics Lab, research assistant at Tufts University's Biomechanical Lab, and a mechanical engineering summer intern at FALA Technologies Inc. Matthew Kelly holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and a BSME from Tufts University.