Mel Torrie Founder & CEO of Automated Solutions (ASI) began his career at NASA, but if that's not impressive enough he went on to found ASI which has built $200 million worth of robots that drive millions of miles a year, haul millions of tons of ore, and farm thousands of acres.
They have built the world's largest robots 400-ton autonomous mining trucks in Australia that allow the operators to live near their homes and operate trucks hundreds of miles away instead of having to be away from their families for weeks at a time.
They also build Artificial Intelligence AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION for vehicles and many other things.