About Benjamin Burchfiel
Benjamin Burchfiel is a chief technology officer and director at Walden Robotics.
Experience
This experience comes from Benjamin Burchfiel's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Benjamin Burchfiel in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Walden Robotics, Inc. Current
Co-Founder & CTO (2026 – Present)
Director
2026 – Present · Cambridge, MA
General-purpose robots for manufacturing and logistics companies.
TI
Toyota Research Institute
Head of Physical AI R&D - Large Behavior Models
2020 – 2025
BU
Brown University
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2019 – 2020
DS
Duke University, Department of Computer Science
PhD Student - Computer Vision & Robotics
2013 – 2019
AI
Aurora Innovation
Intern - Perception and Machine Learning
2017
MM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Software Developer - Data Analytics
2013
US
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Computer Science
Research Assistant - Computer Vision & NLP
2011 – 2012
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Benjamin Burchfiel works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
Walden Robotics, Inc. · Form D, Jul 15, 2026
Russell Tedrake
Chief Executive Officer and director
Kerri Fetzer-Borelli
Chief Operating Officer
Adrien Gaidon
Chief Strategy Officer
CB
Colin Beirne
Director
David Johnson
Chief Product Officer