Yotto Koga is a member of the AI Lab, working on robotics and machine learning problems. Most recently, he has been exploring the application of various deep learning techniques to robotic tasks and perception, with the goal of making robots adaptable and with proper software tools, making the use of robots accessible to a greater number of Autodesk customers in the manufacturing and construction industries.

Prior to Autodesk, he was co-founder of two startups, Haiku Media and Motion Factory, specializing in digital actor, autonomous behaviors, and 3D game middleware technology. He has a PhD from the School of Engineering, Stanford University focused on robotics and reasoning for manipulation tasks.