Robert Bock

Robert Bock, Ph.D., is the CEO of R-DEX Systems, Inc., an innovation-driven technology firm specializing in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced sensor solutions for a broad range of military and civilian applications. Dr. Bock’s expertise is in machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics & autonomous systems, IoT, sensor exploitation technologies, and advanced technology commercialization. He received a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, all in physics. R-DEX’s spinoff, Pelican Robotics, provides AI-powered robotics to help retailers meet the demands of modern e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment. Pelican Robotics’ flagship products, Pelican Pick™ and Pelican Pack™, leverage AI, 3D vision, and intelligent grippers to provide fully autonomous pick-and-place solutions for a wide range of applications, including order picking, pick walls, sorter induction, and mixed-case palletizing and depalletizing.