Chief Technologist | Amazon Robotics
Tye
Brady
Advancing robotics, extending human capability
Tye Brady, a member of the Amazon Fulfillment, Technologies and Robotics leadership team, is one of the world’s leading strategic thinkers, reimagining the world of robotics and automation, leading strategic development of robotic systems for the world’s largest robotic fleet of industrial mobile robots that help ship billions of packages around the world. With more than 30 years of hands-on experience in robotic systems, Tye heads advanced technology and research efforts to further establish Amazon as the preeminent robotics organization in the world, and is shaping how robotics can benefit industry, community, and the Amazon customer.
He has driven the establishment of a higher education outreach program that has developed new R&D programs and DEI initiatives with more than 50 universities as well as the development of the Amazon Innovation Lab in the Boston area, designed to incubate emerging robotic technologies and automation concepts for warehouse fulfillment. Prior to Amazon Robotics, Tye spent 15 years with Draper Laboratory holding a variety of technical and leadership roles, each advancing technologies and teamwork for robotics and spacecraft engineering.
Tye is a founding partner of MassRobotics, a not-for-profit organization that has become the world’s largest robotics innovation center and serves on a number of boards to promote STEM learning and advancement within his community. He is the recipient of the Exceptional Public Service Medal for outstanding technical leadership from NASA where his work generated a foundational lunar landing architecture that helped land a robot on the moon for the first time in 50 years.
Tye holds more than 30 patents and has authored more than 30 publications related to robotics and autonomy. He is regularly featured in major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Wired Magazine, PBS Nova, NBC, Bloomberg, BBC, and many others.
Tye holds a Master’s Degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from MIT and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace from Boston University.
Innovation, Unencumbered: Tye Brady in the news
Generative AI, Humanoid Robots and Mobile Manipulation
Robots and Its Diverging Views of Automation
Robotics at Amazon
Amazon’s Robots and Its Vision For Work
Up Close With Amazon’s Sparrow Robot
The Amazing Ways Amazon Is Using Robots
The Endless Possibilities
of Robotics
Awards & Events
Public Service Medal | Outstanding Technical Leadership
– NASA
Tech Power Player 50 | Ranked #10 Contributions to Robotics and AI
– Boston Globe 2022, 2023 and 2024
Distinguished Alumni | Outstanding Accomplishments in Robotics, Automation and Space
– Boston University
We build our machines so that humans are at the center of the robotics universe. At the very highest level, we aim to extend human capability and build collaboration between people and machines.
People will always be at the center of a robotics universe. We know more robots, more jobs that we see through the productivity increases that we have.
We think about not only what is in robotics currently, but what can be in robotics in the near future.
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