Dr. Thavida Maneewarn is the Director of Yannix and Raina Robotech company and an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Field Robotics, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand. Dr.Thavida received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering specializing in control and robotics from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, in 2000. She began her career as a researcher at the Institute of Field Robotics, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Thailand, where she was promoted to Deputy Director of Research from 2003-2014. She was also formerly the President of the Thai Robotics Society and the IEEE RAS-Thailand Chapter Chair. Her research projects include boiler tube inspection robots, public relations semi-humanoid robots, agricultural robotics, autonomous driving systems for unmanned ground vehicles, and indoor mobile robots.