Gary McMurray is a Principal Research Engineer and Division Chief for the Food Processing Technology Division at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He is also the Associate Director for Collaborative Robotics at Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech. The Food Processing Technology Division conducts cutting edge research in sensors for food quality and food safety, robotics, and water/energy sustainability for the poultry and broader agricultural industries. Mr. McMurray’s research has focused on the development of robotic technologies and solutions for the agribusiness community, including the protein and the fruit and vegetable industries. He is an expert in visual servoing - the use of vision for the real-time control of robotics, and the author of over 50 refereed technical papers and journal publications in robotics. He is also a member of an advisory board for the Foundation of Food and Agricultural Research.