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Marek Wartenberg is a Senior Robot Dynamics and Controls Engineer at Veo Robotics, responsible for industrial robot characterization to improve the performance of Veo's products. He completed his PhD in Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where his doctoral research focused on MRI-compatible surgical robots. Prior to that, he worked on development of novel robotic prostheses for battlefield amputees under a series of DARPA contracts at Liberating Technologies Inc. In addition to robotics, Marek is experienced in biomechanics, control signal instrumentation and sensor feedback for system identification.