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Robotics, Automation and AI Conferences
The master list of academic conferences you need to know about UPDATED!
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California is the robotics capital of the world.
China has fewer robotics startups than the USA. The UK has more than Germany, France or Switzerland and other surprising facts about the real robotics…
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🦾 Robotics Funding Rounds in 2025
So far... Going forwards I'll update the list every month
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THIS is why hardware is HARD!
The graveyard of failed startups is a fascinating place to visit.
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Unboxing my secret robot addiction - part 2
Well, not so secret really. Crowdfunding has a lot to answer for!
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Market projections for humanoids range from $38 billion to $24 trillion
Some interesting charts and insight into BOM, supply chain and labor costs
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Recognition for Hello Robot, HEBI Robotics and more Hugging Face hackathons
And is Alphabet quietly becoming the Berkshire Hathaway of Tech, AI and Robotics?
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Bad timing for a Boston Dynamics IPO
Or is it? Hopefully better timing for Agility and congratulations to Chef Robotics, CMR Surgical and the others who raised funding last week.
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Business models for humanoids explained
Eleven distinct value propositions for building humanoids, not including 'just because we can'.
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In Silicon Valley, robotics is a little fish in a big pond...
But robotics here is still a bigger fish than robotics anywhere else in the world... although robotics elsewhere seems larger because it's in small…
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Masayoshi Son planning massive AI robotics hub in the US
SF Deep Tech Week and open house robot playground coming up!
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Call for Startups AND Robotics Companies of Global Scale
The IERA Award is looking for submissions, so is Automate, plus if you're studying, why not apply for a Women in Robotics Scholarship! And lots of…
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