The honeymoon is over for NYPD’s subway robot pilot, and the headlines are all over with ‘useless robot’ stories. Aaron Prather put me on to a great post by Will Healy from Universal Robots about Buyer’s Remorse that I think is a must read! (both posts)
Woah! 🤯 HALF of MANUFACTURERS have REGRET from a recent technology purchase according to a recent Gartner Digital Markets 2024 report! How can we let this continue??
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Robotics Jobs:
iRobot is just the highest profile downsize in the last week. I’m sorry to hear that another field robotics startup, Small Robot Company, filed for bankruptcy this week. Success looks deceptively simple, but statistically speaking it’s very hard to achieve.
For everyone in the robotics industry needing to look for new jobs, Brian Heater at Tech Crunch has refreshed his list of robotics companies that are hiring.
Robotics News:
Charleston marine robotics company Deep Sea Vision believes it has spotted Amelia Earhart’s plane in the Pacific - PR Newswire
Antartica mysteries to be mapped by robot plane - BBC
Microsoft and OpenAI are in talks to inject $500 million into humanoid robotics startup Figure AI, report says - Business Insider
Robots are fighting robots in Russia’s war in Ukraine - Wired
AVWERX unveils Prime program to develop, test emerging autonomous technologies - Executive Gov
DIU is shopping for autonomous robo-boats with swarming capabilities for US Navy - DefenseScoop
AI vision and autonomous lifeboats could be the future of sea rescue - TNW
Robots taking jobs still need humans in warehouses - WSJ
Snap recalls its autonomous pixy camera drones warning of battery fire risk - Hackster.io
