Supply chain and integration may be the best defensible moat for robotics founders
Supply chain and integration may be the best defensible moat for robotics founders
Which makes a change from the usual fuss about AI
Supply chain and integration may be the best defensible moat for robotics founders
The Chip War by Chris Miller is an interesting book, but the highlight that Neal Khosla has pulled out has a lot of implications for robotics startups and founders.
https://twitter.com/nealkhosla/status/1651687062373007360
Quick Reads:
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mHUB to Transform Illinois’ Advanced Manufacturing Competitiveness with Expansion in Mew $50M Innovation and Commercialization Center - PRWeb
This AI hunts for hidden hoards of battery metals - Spectrum
BrainBox AI Announces US$20 Million Investment from Quebec Government and ABB; and Enters into Agreement to Acquire ABB Multi-Site Retail Business - GlobeNewswire
Joby Aviation to get investment from Tesla shareholder Baillie Gifford - Reuters
3 Societal Drivers Pushing the Adoption of Automation - Henrik Christensen on RoboGlobal.com
Christine Boles discusses key robotics technology from Intel - Mike Oitzman at The Robot Report
Kodiak Robotics is adding an electric, autonomous semi truck to its fleet next year - Rebecca Belan at TechCrunch
Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the USA - Brian Heater at TechCrunch
Robots Open World of Opportunities for A3 President - Karen Hanna at Machine Design
Watch Apple’s iPhone recycling robot Daisy punch out screws, freeze batteries, and more - Michael Potuck at 9to5mac
Video of puppet singing Vanessa Carlton in San Francisco goes viral -Dan Gentile at SFGATE
Universal Robots Announces Partnership with Global Technology Integrator Denali - Automation
Critics call out NYPD surveillance robot over transparency concerns - ARI EPHRAIM FELDMAN at ny1
An architecture to coordinate the behavior of different robots in a team - Ingrid Fadelli at Tech Xplore
White House calls in tech firms to talk AI risks - Agence France-Presse at ABS-CBN News
Robot vacuum company Neato Robotics is shutting down after 18 years - Cromwell Schubarth at Silicon Valley Business Journal
Neato Robotics, a Robotic Vacuum Pioneer, Shuts Down Once, the company's “laserified” vacuums made their robots the ones to beat - EVAN ACKERMAN at Spectrum.ieee
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) to join SRI - SRI International
Neato Robotics is being shut down after 18 years - Brian Heater at TechCrunch
Germany has a plan to tackle a rapidly aging workforce: recruiting robots - Hannah Ward-Glenton at CNBC
Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices -MistyWest
Last Week in AI #217: Generative AI and the First Amendment, robots dribble + catch + balance, AI video-to-video on your phone, and more! -Lastweekin.Ai
How China might crush the West in the race to AGI if we don’t up our regulatory game - GARY MARCUS at Substack
Understanding the World of Warehouse Robots -FetchRobotics
We need to discuss what jobs robots should do, before the decision is made for us -The Conversation at Robohub.org
Amazon Apprenticeship Program Upskills Workers for Robotics Careers - Eugene Demaitre at Robotics247
Meet the new breeds of VC closing Europe's deeptech funding gap - Cihat Cengiz and Sven Jungmann at Sifted
Robot vacuum maker Neato Robotics is shutting down - Ben Patterson at TechHive
Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI's Series A pitch to investors - Tim Smith at Sifted
The UK has gone rogue with its AI policy — and that could be bad news for the rest of Europe - Robin Rohm at Sifted
Deeptech ideas VCs want to be pitched - Sadia Nowshin at Sifted
250+ female angel investors in Europe | Newly updated: a comprehensive list of active female angel investors in Europe - Sifted reporters at Sifted
Meet the startup sending scientists around the world to build a database of all life - Freya Pratty at Sifted
Rumman Chowdhury is launching the largest-ever public red-teaming exercise involving the major LLM providers. The White House has got behind it too.
70% of technical innovations can be attributed, either directly or indirectly, to advanced materials.
Robotics Events:
May 1-3 Robotics Automation and AI Investment Summit - Cascadia Capital
May 3 - Bots&Beer at 219 Design in San Francisco - Silicon Valley Robotics
May 9-11 - Xponential in Denver - AUVSI
May 10-11 - Robotics Summit and Expo in Boston - The Robot Report
discount code - SVR25
May 19 2-5pm - Robotics Technical Network in SF - Silicon Valley Robotics
May 19 6-8pm - Founders & Funders Network in SF - Silicon Valley Robotics
May 22-24 - Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara - Embedded Vision Alliance
including: May 23 Women in Vision Reception - Embedded Vision alliance
discount code - SUMMIT23-SVRWIR
May 22-24 - Automate in Detroit - A3
May 29th- June 2nd - ICRA in London - IEEE RAS
June 5-6 - IEEE Conference on AI in Santa Clara - IEEE CS
June 7-8 - Robotics Investment Summit in Boston - Cybernetix Ventures
June 14-17 - VivaTech in Paris - VivaTechnology
June 19-22 - TechConnect World in Washington DC - TechConnect Org
June 20-22 - FITMA in Mexico City - Feria Internationale
June 20-22 - Sensors Converge in Santa Clara - Sensors Converge
June 26-29 - Collision in Toronto - Web Summit
June 27-30 - Automatica in Munich - VDMA
June 27 - coming soon The Future with Robots at the Commonwealth Club SF
Oct 1-5 - IROS in Detroit - IEEE RAS
Deep Reads:
COSMOS MAGAZINE: Petra Stock: Australian Robotics: A revolution in real time: Transferring robots out of the lab and into the real world
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Promote Responsible AI Innovation that Protects Americans’ Rights and Safety
THE ROAD TO AI WE CAN TRUST: Gary Marcus: AI risks, short-term and long—and what we need to do about them. Finding common ground with Geoff Hinton
WIRED: Gary Marcus used to call AI stupid, now he calls it dangerous
AI VILLAGE at DEF CON announces largest ever public Generative AI Red Team
TECH DEBT: Benjie Holson: So You Want to Do Robots: Part 10
Facing the Future:
Pola Demianiuk creates robotic clothing that "assists the body to be dressed"