Artificial intelligence
10 Google DeepMind robotics researchers
These ten current and former Google DeepMind robotics researchers hold or held research scientist and research leadership roles at the company, with work on robotics. A reader can learn what robotics research at Google DeepMind involves from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex X. Lee
LinkedInExperience: Research Scientist · Google DeepMind
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind since August 2019; the profile describes work on foundation models for robotics with a focus on dexterous manipulation and generalization, and experience with vision-language-action models, diffusion policies, imitation learning and reinforcement learning. Previous roles include Researcher at Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (2013–2019).
Dushyant Rao
LinkedInExperience: Research Scientist · Google DeepMind
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind since November 2017, based in London; the profile describes research in robotics and embodied AI. Previous roles include Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Oxford (2016–2017), PhD Candidate at University of Sydney (2012–2015) and Research Engineer at ResMed (2010).
Jie Tan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Research Scientist · Google DeepMind
Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind (2023–2025) and Director at Google DeepMind since October 2025, based in Mountain View. The profile describes a Senior Staff Research Scientist and Tech Lead Manager role leading the Robot Mobility team and the Embodied Reasoning team. Previous roles include Staff Research Scientist at Google (2020–2023) and Senior Research Scientist at Google (2018–2020).
Keerthana Gopalakrishnan
LinkedInExperience: Staff Research Scientist & Research Lead, Gemini Robotics · Google DeepMind
Staff Research Scientist and Research Lead, Gemini Robotics at Google DeepMind since October 2025; the profile describes research leading the development of the Gemini Robotics model series. Previous roles include Senior Research Scientist and Research Lead, Humanoid Manipulation at Google DeepMind (2023–2025), Software Engineer at Google DeepMind (2021–2023) and Machine Learning Engineer at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (2019–2020).
Ken Caluwaerts
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Research Scientist · Google DeepMind
Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind since May 2026, based in Los Angeles; the profile headline ties the role to Google DeepMind Robotics. The profile also lists a Staff Research Scientist row at Google DeepMind since May 2023. Previous roles include Research Scientist - Brain at Google (2018–2023) and Principal Software Engineer at Autodesk (2016–2018).
Laura Graesser
LinkedInExperience: Senior Research Scientist · Google DeepMind
Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind since July 2023, based in Montreal; the profile describes work on reinforcement learning and robot learning research and co-authoring a textbook on deep reinforcement learning. Previous roles include Senior Research Engineer, Robotics at Google (2021–2023) and Research Engineer, Robotics at Google (2018–2021).
Ryan Julian
LinkedInExperience: Research Scientist and Tech Lead for Humanoids, Robotics · Google DeepMind
Research Scientist and Tech Lead for Humanoids, Robotics at Google DeepMind from 2021 to 2025; the profile describes the humanoids program as creating robotics foundation models for humanoid robots in real-world deployment. Now Research Scientist at NVIDIA since 2025. Previous roles include Student Researcher, Robotics at Google (2019–2021).
Sumeet Singh
LinkedInExperience: Staff Research Scientist - Robotics · Google DeepMind
Staff Research Scientist - Robotics at Google DeepMind since October 2025, based in Mountain View. Previous roles include Senior Research Scientist - Robotics at Google DeepMind (2023–2025), which the profile places in New York City, and Research Scientist at Brain Robotics at Google (2019–2023).
Taylor A. Howell
LinkedInExperience: Research Scientist · Google DeepMind
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind since July 2024; the profile headline ties the role to Google DeepMind robotics and describes interests in high-performance robotics, including simulation, planning, control and machine learning. Previous roles include Research Scientist at Fauna Robotics (2024) and Research Assistant at Stanford University (2018–2022).
Tingnan Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Staff Research Scientist · Google DeepMind
Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind since September 2024, based in Mountain View; the profile describes work at the intersection of reinforcement learning and legged robot control. The profile also lists a Team Lead Manager row at Google DeepMind since May 2024. Previous roles include Staff Software Engineer at Google DeepMind (2023–2024) and Software Engineer at Google (2016–2023).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's focus to your question, since manipulation, legged locomotion, humanoids, simulation and control, and robotics foundation models each involve different research work. Consider whether the person came from the earlier Google robotics research group or joined from academia or another robotics company, since that shapes how they compare approaches.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do robotics foundation models change the way robot learning research is done?
- 02What are the hardest parts of moving a robot learning method from simulation to real hardware?
- 03How do robotics researchers collect and use real-world robot data at scale?
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