Karen Khachikyan

Founder, Robin the Robot

Karén Khachikyan was born and raised in Yerevan, Armenia. He graduated with highest honors from the National Polytechnical University in Armenia with a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and received consecutive Presidential awards as the Best Bachelor Student, the Best Master Student, then the Best PhD Student of Armenia. During his university years, Karén started working at Synopsys as an Analog Design Engineer – he was the designer of the first-in-market DDR5 memory Synopsys IP. He has authored 11 scientific papers published in industry-leading conferences and journals.

 In 2019 Karén founded Robin the Robot with the mission of reshaping patient care through the use of socially assistive robots and making quality caregiving accessible to everyone. Robin the Robot has been recognized as a "2021 Times Magazine Best Invention of the Year", and an honoree in "Fast Company's 2021 Innovation by Design Awards". Robin has been deployed at over 20 medical facilities including UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, UMass Memorial Medical Center, HealthBridge Children's Hospital, and many more pediatric clinics.