Jessica Yip
Co-Founder & COO
A&K Robotics
Jessica Yip is the Co-Founder and COO of A&K Robotics, leading the operational execution behind the company’s AI-driven autonomous mobility platform. She has scaled deployments, built customer adoption programs, and ensured A&K’s systems integrate seamlessly into complex operating environments. Grounded in hands-on delivery, Jessica is also a recognized voice on robotics commercialization, speaking from real deployment experience at global industry forums.
Jessica brings more than 10 years of operational leadership experience across high-technology, real estate, and hospitality, managing complex portfolios and scaling teams and processes before co-founding A&K Robotics. She’s also a Fellow of C100 and a founding Industry Committee member for the Canadian Robotics Council. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia.
Schedule
25 mins
St. Lawrence Centre — Bluma Appel Theatre
Embodied Intelligence: Building and Designing Physical AI
Physical AI is quickly reshaping traditional industries with autonomous machines that perceive, reason, and learn from real-world interactions to perform complex tasks. Unpack what it really takes to build and design physical AI for mobility and organizational productivity in a human-centred world.
