# Clark Teeple

> Roboticist with a passion for systems-level design at the intersection of hardware and software

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/clarkteeple

I am a roboticist with a broad technical background, and experience in both the academic and product development spaces. I thrive in collaborative teams, and I particularly enjoy working on complex problems at the intersection of hardware and software. I am interested in applying my creative engineering mindset to solve impactful, real-world problems in robotics and beyond.

## Work Experience
### Staff Systems Engineer @ Boston Dynamics
Jan 2024 – Present | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

### Staff Hardware Engineer R&D @ RightHand Robotics, Inc
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
As a hardware engineer at RHR, I utilize my cross-functional robotics expertise to develop products and features at the intersection of hardware and software.

In my primary project, I am the technical lead for the development of a high-performance, industrial-grade 3D camera product as part of the recently-announced RightPick 4 piece-picking system. I lead a cross-functional team of subject-matter experts, and coordinate the hardware design and software architecture to ensure seamless integration with the rest of the RightPick 4 system.

I have also made countless smaller contributions to the RightPick codebase, including additional robot behavior improvements and bug fixes.

### Senior Hardware Engineer, R&D @ RightHand Robotics, Inc
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Postdoctoral Fellow @ Harvard Microrobotics Lab
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### PHD Candidate @ Harvard Microrobotics Lab
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Ma
MY WORK: 🌎 cbteeple.com/research
LAB WEBSITE: 🌎 micro.seas.harvard.edu

### Undergraduate Researcher @ Michigan Microdynamics Lab (Prof. Kenn Oldham, University of Michigan)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
My work explores the viability of using 3D printing as a rapid-prototyping technique for micro-robots and micro-robotic appendages made from thin-film PZT/polymer materials.

MY WORK: 🌎 cbteeple.com/research
LAB WEBSITE: 🌎 microsystems.engin.umich.edu/

### Advanced Navigation System for People with Low Vision @ ENG 490, Multidisciplinary Senior Design
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MORE INFO: 🌎 cbteeple.com/senior-design-eng-490

### Summer Intern @ MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Lexington, MA
Group 81: Chemical, Microsystems, and Nanoscale Technologies

• Developed control systems and a LabVIEW user interface to automate the operation of a portable mass spectrometry platform for use in improving canine explosives detection training.

• Developed LabVIEW data acquisition and processing interface to automate data collection from a common airport explosives detection machine.

LAB WEBSITE: 🌎 www.ll.mit.edu/employment/division8.html#81

### Student Researcher @ Lahann Lab, University of Michigan
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Helped design several fluidic device prototypes in attempts to control fabrication of tissue engineering scaffolds.
• Designed and conducted experiments to characterize the prototypes and determine the best device.
• Currently using the improved interface I implemented over the summer (SURE Fellowship) in conjunction with these fluidic devices to generate novel scaffold architectures.

MORE INFO: 🌎 cbteeple.com/older-work
LAB WEBSITE: 🌎 lahann.engin.umich.edu/

### SURE Summer Research Fellowship @ Lahann Lab, University of Michigan
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Univeristy of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Check out my video: https://youtu.be/y3Ql_DA7ELc

• Designed and Implemented a LabVIEW / CAD interface to expand the capabilities of the lab’s existing mechatronic manufacturing process for tissue engineering scaffolds.
• Used new capabilities to generate novel scaffold architectures.

### Manufacturing Engineering Intern @ Kandu Incorperated
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Holland, MI
• Designed and built fixtures to aid physically/mentally disabled clients with production tasks
• Analyzed production lines in order to improve product flow and increase efficiency.
• Interacted with clients and production supervisors to determine effectiveness of production processes
• Improved procedure accuracy and formatting for several production jobs.

### Production Worker/Engineering Intern @ Kandu Incorperated
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Holland, MI
•	Worked on the production floor, primarily in one Kandu's new medical device lines
•	Operated and maintained several machines on a daily basis
•	Assessed the quality of the end products
•	Worked with the engineer in charge of the production line to streamline production and increase overall efficiency.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering Sciences (Robotics)
Harvard University

### Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/clarkteeple
- Portfolio: https://cbteeple.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-31