Tatum Robotics CEO Samantha Johnson to be featured alumni speaker at Boston Convocation

Samantha Johnson, founder and CEO of Tatum Robotics, will be the featured alumni speaker at Boston Convocation on September 8. The company originated from her Northeastern University master's thesis and now has 10 full-time employees and has raised several million dollars. Its first product, Tatum1, is a robotic smartphone for the DeafBlind community that communicates with others through tactile sign language, can connect to Wi-Fi and cloud services, and has already enabled users to book doctor's appointments, call family members, and read for extended periods independently.