Brigid Blakeslee

Brigid Blakeslee is a researcher in perception, robotics, and computer vision, currently working as a Senior Research Engineer at Raytheon Technologies, where their focus includes mapping, localization, human-robot collaboration, and autonomous exploration. They previously held positions as a Senior Research Engineer and Research Engineer at United Technologies Research Center and worked as a Controls Engineer at Sikorsky, developing perception algorithms for autonomous helicopter flight. Brigid's academic background includes a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University, an M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and they are pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Robotics at New York University. Early in their career, Brigid interned at Honeybee Robotics and Columbia University, contributing to projects in electrical engineering and robotics.