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Career profile
Russell Mendonca
DeepMind Robotics
Palo Alto, California, United States
Career path.
Google DeepMindResearch Scientist
Dec 2025 - Present- Tesla
Optimus AI
Sep 2024 - Dec 2025 - RAI Institute
Research Internship
Jun 2023 - Sep 2023 - Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute
PHD Student
Aug 2020 - Sep 2024 - Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Feb 2017 - May 2020