James J. Kuffner Jr. (born 1971) is an American roboticist and chief executive officer (CEO) of Woven Planet Holdings. Dr. Kuffner is also Chief Digital Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor Corporation. Kuffner continues to serve as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and as Executive Advisor to Toyota Research Institute. Kuffner earned a Ph.D. from the Stanford University Dept. of Computer Science Robotics Laboratory in 1999.