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AI is eating itself... Plus all the best robot events (with promo codes)
I pointed out a few links last week that are definitely catching a lot attention worldwide. In a nutshell, we are now generating lots of bad data, via generative AI, and poisoning the well in which AI learns. More and more humans, not just spambots, are posting AI generated text. This includes freelancers and mturks using AI to label data… which kind of defeats the point but definitely demonstrates human ingenuity!
Big thank you to everyone who has become a paid subscriber - it makes you an angel investor in the work I do at Silicon Valley Robotics and as a startup advisor, and accelerator. And maybe we can do more to share your experience and expertize with the robotics startup community. Mentor Office Hours, maybe startup profiles. We’ll keep exploring.
Quick Reads:
Dancing cyborgs: Japanese researchers develop robot arms to ‘unlock creativity’ - Reuters
Want four extra arms? Japanese scientists create wearable, spider-like robotics appendages - YahooNews
LogOn: Robot Jellyfish Aims to Explore the Oceans - VOA
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Names New CEO, Develops Phone2Proc to Train Robots - Robotics 24/7
Panasonic develops new multi-material 3D printer for the production of wearable electronics - 3D Printing Industry
Secretive hardware startup Humane’s first product is the AI Pin - TechCrunch
Pneumatic Actuators Give Robot Cheetah-Like Acceleration - IEEE Spectrum
NASA’s first robotic moon rover test drives in Silicon Valley - ABC7News
Micropsi Industries Showcases Vendor Agnostic Version of MIRAI Platform at Automatica - Robotics 24/7
A robot gardener outperformed human horticulturalists in one vital area - PopSci
An egg-shaped robot is serving coffee in Brooklyn, challenging the area’s bearded baristas - Yahoo News
New bioinspired robot flies rolls walks and more - CalTech
From autonomous weapons and nukes to robots and AI: how do we regulate technologies that have unforeseeable consequences? - El Pais
We need a new social contract for the coming golden age of robotics - Big Think
As Mobile Robot Market Matures, Vendors Continue to Improve Fleet Capabilities - Robotics 24/7
Kodiak, Loadsmith to put 800 trucks on new autonomous freight network - TechCrunch
Zoox becomes first company to deploy fully autonomous pod on public roads in Nevada - Carscoops
Uper CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says self-driving cars could one day make up 20% of drivers on the platform - Fast Company
Why Europe struggles to scale its deep-tech startups - Pitchbook
Months after its last raise, Realtime Robotics drums up another $9.5 million - TechCrunch
Dexory nabs $19M to bring visibility to warehouses through analytics and autonomous robots - TechCrunch
Improved autonomy leads to profitable robot deliveries for Cartken - SupplyChainDIVE
Why Transformative AI is really really hard to achieve - The Gradient
Robotics Events:
Learn about the next wave of industrial robotics at Disrupt’s Hardware Stage - Sept 19-21 in San Francisco - Early Bird Prices Rollback - Save up to $800 until July 5th
(plus Actuator says you save $600 till August 11 and save 15% on top of that with promo “ACTUATOR”)
July 11-12 - VB Transform: Get Ahead of the Generative AI Revolution - VentureBeat (I have some tickets to give away)
Sep 19-21 - FIRA USA Salinas - FIRA
Sep 28 - The Autonomous Systems Showcase - Deep Tech Showcase
Oct 1-5 - IROS in Detroit - IEEE RAS
IROS is calling for demos - and so is Hello Robot.
Hello Robot is going to have multiple Stretches at IROS and we'd love to see some cool work from our community demonstrated at the Expo! We plan to make a few robots available for community members who would like to showcase their research at IROS, but aren't able to bring their own robots with them.
Demo submissions are due July 15 - if you'd be interested in using one of our robots to participate, please reach out to us as soon as you can!
Cool Robots:
The MagPi magazine issue #131 takes robots for a walk - The MagPi Magazine
Deeper Reads:
Top Robotics Seed Investors - Signal NFX
(not comprehensive but a great start to your fundraising research)
Could Advanced AI Drive Explosive Economic Growth - Open Philanthropy
Bringing Manufacturing Back to America - FreightWaves
FYI: Science Policy News - AIP
Robotics and Science Fiction - Robot Talk Episode 54