Hi! My name is Alex Baucom and I am passionate about robotics, engineering, and science. I love learning, solving problems, and building things and I want to use these talents to design robots and systems to benefit humanity. Whether that be driverless cars, minimally invasive surgery, space and ocean exploration, or something else, I want to have a part in developing technologies that will improve people’s lives and help further our understanding of the universe.

On a more personal note, I was born and raised in Ventura, CA and went on to get a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Mechatronics from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Upon graduating I got married to my beautiful wife Ashley and moved to Philadelphia, PA to continue my education at the University of Pennsylvania where I received a Master's Degree in Robotics at the GRASP Lab.

After my degree, I moved to Mountain View, CA where I worked for two years as a Robotic Algorithm and Controls Engineer at Intuitive Surgical. I then spent 9 months developing a robotic security system as Robotics Engineer at Cobalt Robotics. I currently work as a Software Engineer on the Planner team at Waymo helping design the “World’s Most Experienced Driver”. I also had the incredible opportunity to work with Mark Rober on his Domino Robot project which set up over 100,000 dominos.

In my free time I enjoy reading, playing board games, building robots, experimenting with 3D printing, eating ice cream and optimizing my Factorio layouts.

If you have any questions, comments, or just want to chat about robots, feel free to get in contact with me.