Mind Robotics Appoints Doug Field as President

Field will oversee product development, engineering and operations as part of his new role. Before joining Mind Robotics, Field served as Chief EV, Digital and Design Officer at Ford.

He previously led Apple’s Special Projects Group and Mac hardware engineering and served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Tesla, where he oversaw the development of the Model 3.

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Mind is developing robots designed to handle a wide range of industrial tasks. Its AI models and hardware aim to give robots the dexterity and physical reasoning needed for complex manufacturing work.

Rivian is a key customer and launch partner, providing a real-world, high-volume manufacturing environment to train and deploy Mind’s robots.

“Doug is a remarkable leader with a track record of delivering new technologies in successful products, and I couldn’t be more excited to be building Mind with him,” said Scaringe. “He has an incredible ability to foster great teams that take on big, complex ideas and deliver products that reset expectations.

“Integrating AI and robotics is one of the most important—and difficult—engineering challenges of our time,” said Field. “Mind has assembled an exceptional team and has a unique advantage: the ability to deploy and learn inside a real, high-volume factory from day one.

About Mind Robotics

Founded in 2025 by RJ Scaringe, Mind Robotics is an AI-enabled robotics company based in Palo Alto, California. The company is building a full stack platform that combines AI foundation models, specialized robots, and deployment systems to automate industrial and manufacturing work at scale. A fast growing team with strong expertise in AI, robotics and manufacturing supports it.

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