Inclusive Hiring workshop, opportunities and news

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ARM is looking for papers and speakers for technical sessions for the upcoming Dev Summit Oct 19-21: https://devsummit.arm.com/en/call-for-papers

WeRobot Conference deadline for poster sessions is June 1st and they're looking for stories of real world robot deployments and/or new form factor robots and human interaction: https://werobot2021.com/

Tom Galluzo, the founder and CTO of IAM Robotics is launching the Crazy Hard Robots podcast and is interested in a range of perspectives on the robotics industry: https://crazyhardrobots.com/

ICRA 2021 starts this weekend and, as well as a packed program, the workshops are always interesting, especially the Robotics Debate on June 4 at 6am PDT

And here's an example of the most recent jobs on https://svrobo.org/robojobs - companies who pitch at our job fair or post their jobs report successfully hiring! 

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The Senate is considering major expansions to research security policy as part of debate on the Endless Frontier Act, including a proposal to empower the government to block universities from accepting certain foreign gifts and contracts.

The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues... Cade Metz in NYTimes

VLAB Indoor AgTech Event on Thursday May 28

American Robotics acquired by Ondas Holdings for $70.6M ... Steve Crowe in The Robot Report

Artificial raises $21M led by Microsoft's M12 for a lab automation platform aimed at life sciences R&D ... TechCrunch

Ohmni Robot in Vietnam's First AI & Robotics Tech Training Program ... OhmniLabs

Building a fleet of autonomous service robots just got faster cheaper and leaner with Ohmni modular systems ... OhmniLabs & SVRobo

Sicking Around: Astrobee Tests Gecko-Inspired Adhesives in Space .... NASA

Halodi Robotics secures $10.1M in funding for humanoid robots .... Halodi Robotics & SVRobo

Agility Robotics Cassie is now astonishingly good at stairs .... Evan Ackerman at IEEE Spectrum

Drones and sensors could spot fires before they go wild .... Michelle Hampson at IEEE Spectrum

What robots can and can't do for the elderly .... Katie Engelhart at The Atlantic

AMP Robotics - CNBC Disruptor .... CNBC

Meet four startups automating warehouse picking .... Jen Miller in Supply Chain Dive

Construction's 'perfect storm' is a boon for ABB's robots .... Reuters

How Crocs used robots to rule the comfort economy .... Greg Nichols in ZDNet

In Orbit launches Time Capsule to provide greater insights into robot fleets .... Mark Allinson in Robotics and Automation News

Precision Robotics HK expands IT infrastructure for robotics surgery ... FutureRiot

Warehouses look to robots to fill labor gaps, speed deliveries .... Wall St Journal

Living with Moxie, the robot companion for kids ... Engadget

How the miracle of robotic surgery can save American lives no matter where they live .... The Hill

This brain controlled robotic arm can twist, grasp and feel ... Wired

World's leading robot dinosaur maker Dino Don wins big on Shark Tank .... PRNewswire

Engineered Arts Mesmer robot to greet guests at G7 in June .... Cision

Making robots more aware of humans .... TechStory

ABB robots increase automation in solar industry .... Robotics and Automation News

Pizza robot maker Picnic raises another $16.3M .... TechCrunch

Top three takeaways from The Spoon Food Robotics Summit .... The Spoon

Starship Technologies says demand for delivery robots has quadrupled in last year .... Robotics and Automation News

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The Endless Frontier Act is headed to the Senate floor next week despite an unresolved feud over the roles the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy should play in the flagship R&D initiative the legislation proposes.

When: Thursday, 27 May 2021 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Pacific Daylight Time) Hosted By: Andra Keay

Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics - the non profit tech cluster supporting innovation and commercialization in robotics technologies in Northern California.

Event Code of Conduct: https://svrobo.org/about-us/code-of-conduct/

Register for this event now at : https://svrstartupworkshop2.eventbrite.com/?aff=rss Event Details: Hiring is harder than fundraising. Work through your process with founder of Women in Robotics, and Black in Robotics ally, Andra Keay.

Silicon Valley Robotics startup accelerator program at Circuit Launch presents a session on inclusive hiring for early stage startups with Andra Keay, founder of Women in Robotics, ally of Black in Robotics and Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics.

Recruiting is harder than fundraising because you are competing head to head with Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook etc. AND all the other cool robotics startups out there. A diverse hiring pipeline is a huge advantage for you, but very hard to achieve. Your first few hires create your ongoing startup culture, and the temptation is to pick people you know (or know of) which is how you spiral into increasing diversity debt.

WORKSHOP. Bring examples of your job listings, your recruitment pipeline, interview and selection process, your procedures re pay and benefits, your website, your culture and any info re retention or ongoing workplace issues you are experiencing.

Using a robotic 'Third Thumb' can impact how the hand is represented in the brain, finds a new study.

The brain-computer interface user was able to transfer objects with a robotic arm at twice the speed of doing it without the tactile feedback.

Researchers have, for the first time, decoded the neural signals associated with writing letters, then displayed typed versions of these letters in real time. They hope their invention could one day help people with paralysis communicate.