Panel 3 — Real-World Robotics

Emma Forman

DoorDash and Myca Collective

Emma Forman is the founder of Myca Collective, a global community for leading women in food and agriculture. She also serves on the product team at DoorDash Labs, where she’s helping build the first autonomous vehicle purpose-built for delivery. With over 7 years of experience across the food system, spanning nonprofits, CPG, retail, and logistics, Emma brings a cross-sector perspective on how technology can reshape the way food is grown, made, and moved.

Neel Adwani

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Neel Adwani is a PhD candidate in Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), focused on democratizing robotics through teleoperation. His work centers on building robotic hands and intuitive control interfaces that allow everyday users to train robots for real-world tasks. By enabling scalable data collection through human guidance, his research aims to accelerate the transition from teleoperated systems to fully autonomous robots.

Dr. Jun Liu

Founder of TouchTronix Robotics

Dr. Jun Liu is the Founder of TouchTronix Robotics. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The State University of New York at Buffalo. He is passionate about understanding fundamental physics at materials surface and interfaces and developing related technologies for future Human-Robot Interaction, dexterous manipulation, and healthcare applications. He has 60+ refereed publications in high-profile journals such as Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, and Science Advances, and holds multiple US/PCT patents. He is the recipient of many awards such as 2022 SONY Faculty Innovation Award, 2020 Microsystem and Nanoengineering (MINE) Young Scientist Award (Springer Nature).