Siddhartha Srinivasa is a Research Scientist with Intel Research Pittsburgh. He also holds an Adjunct Faculty position at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a co-PI of the Personal Robotics project, in which an anthropomorphic robotic arm and a mobile robot coordinate to accomplish useful manipulation tasks in populated indoor environments.  His research focuses on enabling robots to interact faster, better, and smoother with the real world. He received his PhD from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University where he developed robust controllers for robotic manipulation. He also has a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.