Mind Robotics Appoints Doug Field as President

Technology leader from Tesla, Apple, and Ford joins Mind Robotics as the company moves toward industrial-scale deployment.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mind Robotics today announced the appointment of Doug Field as President. Working closely with Mind founder RJ Scaringe, Field will oversee all aspects of the business, including product, engineering, and operations. Most recently, Field served as Chief EV, Digital and Design Officer at Ford. Before that, he led Apple’s Special Projects Group and Mac hardware engineering, and was Senior Vice President of Engineering at Tesla, where he oversaw development of the Model 3.

Mind is building universally capable robots to transform industrial work. Its foundation models and hardware are being developed with the dexterity and physical reasoning that complex manufacturing tasks demand. Rivian is a key customer and launch partner, providing a live, high-volume manufacturing environment for model training and deployment.

“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. That’s exactly what Mind needs as we deploy robots into real factories and beyond.”

“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. I’m thrilled to join RJ in building a team, culture, and technology that will redefine what we can make in America.”

About Mind Robotics: Mind Robotics is an AI-enabled industrial robotics company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded by RJ Scaringe in 2025, Mind Robotics is building the full-stack platform of foundation models, purpose-built robotics, and deployment infrastructure to automate industrial and manufacturing tasks at scale. Mind Robotics is powered by a rapidly growing team with deep expertise spanning AI, robotics, and industrial manufacturing.