Dr. Rares Ambrus is Co-Founder and Head of AI at Walden Robotics, and leads ML research, engineering, and strategy.

Dr. Ambrus has 13 years of industry R&D experience, including overseeing ML research, model training, evaluation, and deployment. Most recently, he was head of computer vision and machine learning at Toyota Research Institute (TRI). Prior to TRI, he worked on state-of-the-art systems in robotics, automated driving, and virtual and augmented reality, building and managing world-class technical teams across Asia, Europe and the United States.

Dr Ambrus holds a PhD in robotics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, has published over 70 papers in peer reviewed conferences and journals, and holds more than 50 granted patents.