Ryan Gariepy
{{Short description|Canadian roboticist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ryan Gariepy
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|25}}
| birth_place = Barrie, Ontario
| nationality = Canadian
| alma_mater = University of Waterloo (BSc, MSc)
| occupation = co-founder and chief technology officer of Clearpath Robotics
| relatives = Ray Gariepy, grandfather
}}
Ryan Gariepy (born October 25, 1986) is a Canadian engineer, roboticist, and technology entrepreneur. He co-founded Clearpath Robotics with Matt Rendall, Bryan Webb, and Patrick Martinson in 2009, and subsidiary OTTO Motors in 2015. Gariepy currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of both Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors, and as a founding board member of Open Robotics.{{Cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-source-robotics-foundation-officially-announced|title=Full Page Reload|website=IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News}} He is named on over 40 patents and patents pending in the field of intelligent systems.
Early life
Ryan Gariepy was born in Barrie, Ontario,{{Cite web|url=https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/5806490-robotics-company-founded-by-barrie-man-expanding-to-silicon-valley/|title=Robotics company, founded by Barrie man, expanding to Silicon Valley|website=Simcoe.com}} on October 25, 1986. He was valedictorian of the St. Peter's Catholic Secondary School class of 2004, where he received seven awards. He later entered the University of Waterloo, where he obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mechatronics Engineering in 2009, and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/outstandinggrads.ca/outstanding-graduates/recipients/2014-recipients/ryan-gariepy|title=Outstanding Graduates - Ryan Gariepy|website=sites.google.com}}
He was an intern at Kiva Systems in 2007 (now Amazon Robotics).{{Cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/the_nutcracker_performed_by_dancing_kiva_robots|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529024309/http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/the_nutcracker_performed_by_dancing_kiva_robots|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2011|title=Full Page Reload|website=IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News}}
Career
Gariepy co-founded Clearpath Robotics, also in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. In 2012, Gariepy became a founding member of the board of directors of Open Robotics. He also serves as a co-organizer for the ROS Developer Conference, dating back to 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://roscon.ros.org/2012/organization/|title=Organization | ROSCon 2012}}
Gariepy is a founding member of the board of directors of Next Generation Manufacturing Canada,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngen.ca/who-we-are|title=NGen | Who We Are|website=www.ngen.ca}}{{Cite web|url=https://business.financialpost.com/technology/a-robot-in-every-factory-the-230-million-bid-to-help-automate-ontarios-manufacturing-sector|title=A robot in every factory: The $230-million bid to help automate Ontario's manufacturing sector|website=Financial Post}} a founding member of the board of directors of the NSERC Canadian Robotics Network,{{Cite web|url=https://ncrn-rcrc.mcgill.ca/fr/people/board|title=Board members|website=RCRC}} and an IEEE Robotics and Automation Society keynote speaker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.icra2019.org/program/plenary-keynote-speakers|title=Plenary & Keynote Speakers|website=www.icra2019.org}} He is the sole Singularity University Canada Robotics Faculty Member,{{Cite web|url=https://sucanada.org/faculty/ryan-gariepy/|title=SingularityU Canada - Faculty - Ryan Gariepy - Robotics Faculty|website=SingularityU Canada}} and is also an associate with Creative Destruction Lab's Space program.{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativedestructionlab.com/person/mentor/|title=Mentor Archives|website=Creative Destruction Lab}}
In 2015, Gariepy was recognized by the University of Waterloo with the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal alongside the other Clearpath Robotics co-founders.{{Cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/alumni/events-and-awards/awards-and-medals/alumni-awards/2015-alumni-awards|title=2015 Alumni Awards|date=December 17, 2015|website=Alumni}}
Gariepy is often credited as the first roboticist and first entrepreneur to openly pledge not to make 'killer robot' (Lethal autonomous weapon) systems.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/02/can-now-build-autonomous-killing-machines-thats-bad-idea/|title=We Can Now Build Autonomous Killing Machines. And That's a Very, Very Bad Idea|via=www.wired.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/2015_09/Features/Getting-to-Know-Ryan-Gariepy|title=Getting to Know Ryan Gariepy | Arms Control Association|website=www.armscontrol.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47259889|title=Call to ban killer robots in wars|date=February 15, 2019|via=www.bbc.com}}
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