Masayoshi Son planning massive AI robotics hub in the US
SF Deep Tech Week and open house robot playground coming up!
SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son is envisaging setting up a $1 trillion industrial complex in Arizona that will build robots and artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Son is seeking to team up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co for the project, which is aimed at bringing back high-end tech manufacturing to the U.S. and to create a version of China's vast manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, the report said.
Plus we’re going to do it again! More LeRobot hackathons… and regular open house so that anyone can use LeRobot arms and LeKiwis (and other robots) for training. Stay posted!
COMMUNITY NEWS
The IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) is the flagship automation conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) and constitutes the primary forum for cross-industry and multidisciplinary research in automation. Its goal is to provide broad coverage and dissemination of foundational research in automation among researchers and practitioners.
CASE 2025 will be held on August 17 – August 21, 2025, in Los Angeles, California, USA. The pre-conference workshops will be held on August 17, 2025. This is a great opportunity to showcase to the world’s leading automation, robotics and engineering community.
Sponsor and exhibitor information can be found here and you can also apply for the IEEE RAS IAB Startup Zone (discounted exhibit space and conference registration).
Deep Tech Week is back in SF with a full calendar of events, including a closing party with plenty of space for robot demos! You can apply to showcase here.
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Robotics News
My day stomping around with robot legs - charge! - The Sunday Times
Hexagon’s AEON humanoid robot brings AI-powered automation to factories - Fast Company
Robot eyes are power hungry. What if we gave them tools inspired by the human brain? - The Conversation
Humanoid robots offer both disruption and promise. Here’s why - World Economic Forum
Meet the nine private humanoid robot firms shaping the future - Investing
A robot surgeon? I’ll put my money on that - The Sunday Times
Exclusive: Nvidia, Foxconn in talks to deploy humanoid robots at Houston AI server making plant - Reuters
Black-I Robotics wins autonomous mobile robot picking challenge - The Robot Report
Danish military using robotic sailboats for surveillane in Baltic and North seas - APNews
What Veho learned testing delivery robots in Texas - Supply Chain DIve
AI Cleaning Robot Firm Raises $800 Million to Sell Machines For a Low Monthly Cost - The Information
Celebrity Tattoo Artist Bang Bang Introduces the Newest Technology in Art: A Robot That Can Do Your Ink (Exclusive) - People
Miniature robot maker Virtual incision nabs new CEO - Fierce Biotech
A swarm at sea: Supplying troops with on-demand autonomous watercraft - The Hill
Why pilots will matter in the age of autonomous planes - IEEE Spectrum
Austin company gets the greenlight for autonomous Texas-Mexico elevated railway - KXAN
Waymo brings its cars to NYC for testing, applies for autonomous driving permit - Reuters
Applied Intuition raises $600M (valuation $15B) for autonomous driving tech - The Robot Report
This humanoid robot could help with labor gaps, its developers say - Reuters
Humanoid Robot Development Seen as Vital to the Future of Manufacturing - Bloomberg
300 million humanoid robots are coming - and here are the companies that will benefit - MarketWatch
Why are we building humanoid robots? - Robohub Robot Talk Podcast
Robotics Events
SF Deep Tech Week from June 20 to June 28
Bots & Beer & Boardgames - July 2
Actuate - Sep 23-24
SVR Robotics Investment Summit​ - Sep 25
ROSCON Singapore - Oct 27-30
SVR Robotics Leadership Summit - Dec 10
Humanoids Summit - Dec 11-12
Join the organizing team at Silicon Valley Robotics - bots&beer@svrobo.org
So many good articles to read and think about! Excellent!
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https://open.substack.com/pub/stevenscesa/p/the-long-tomorrow-redefining-retirement?r=28v6pr&utm_medium=ios