The talk will consist of three main themes. First how Ali built his own first robot during his graduate studies and finding a career path into robotics as a specialization. Second how IBM is leveraging the value of robotics in their business endeavors. And third how you can build your own robot at home. Robotics is now becoming a cutting edge technology with the power many new AI algorithms. With the ability to reason and interact with the world we hope they may help change the world.