Henrik Christensen

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the Joseph Engelberger Award in 2011 and a Fellow of AAAS & IEEE.
Serves as a Fellow at Temasek (since 2025) and Director of the Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego.
Co-Founder and Advisor at ROBO Global, an investment firm (since 2013).
Main editor of the US National Robotics Strategy, contributing to editions in 2009, 2013, 2016, 2020, and 2024.
Founding Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM@GT) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Serves as a Board Member at Hillbot and Praxis Solutions, Inc (both since 2023).
Holds a PhD and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Aalborg University.

Biography

Henrik Christensen is a prominent Danish roboticist, researcher, entrepreneur, and investor, recognized for his extensive contributions to Robotics, AI, and Computer Vision. He is currently a Fellow at Temasek, a position he assumed in 2025, and serves as the Director of the Contextual Robotics Institute at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.