Paul Ekegren

Paul Ekegren has over 25 years of experience designing, prototyping, and testing various types of machines and mechanisms. Prior to joining Kane Robotics, Paul served as Chief Engineer at MicroDexterity Systems which developed surgical robotic systems that were successful in several cadaver labs. MicroDexterity was acquired by Stryker Corporation where he served as Principal engineer for nine years designing and developing several parallel and serial robotic arms in force control applications. Paul has also designed large industrial automation systems such as FASTek for Advanced Steel Recovery. Paul led the team for FASTek, which revolutionized how an industry loads scrap steel into shipping containers, by taking an inventors concept and designed the first of its kind, commercial product. Paul has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Mexico.