After editing out the non-robotics and non-events in the database, there were 62 funding events in January this year, including a lot of familiar names like Formant and Formic, Starship, Wayve, Vecna, Fotokite, May Mobility, Wandelbots and Labrador Systems. It's a very strong and diverse range of robotics companies! (Next newsletter I have the February fundings for you.)
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Robot Surgery Talk for the SCV Robotics and Automation Society Chapter Meeting, 16 March 2022 06:30 PM to 08:00 PM (America/Los_Angeles), Location: San Jose, California, United States, Register now: http://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/303347
Eventbrite - Global Robot Cluster, APARA presents AI & Robotics in Construction - Thursday, March 17, 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
Eventbrite - Robotics Australia Group presents Future Opportunities for Robotics in Australia - Wednesday, 16 March 2022 - Find event and ticket information.
In this webinar Matt Robinson will discuss the value of leveraging open source software. He will also discuss when it might be appropriate to use proprietary software. Matt touch on the following points...
Ethics: the New Frontier of Technology, 18 March 2022 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (America/Boise), Location: Boise, Idaho, United States, Register now: http://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/304459
More interesting things in robotics in 2022! - The Oak D-Lite is "The Swiss Army Knife of Computer Vision" and Silicon Valley Robotics would like to give you one
Some fun news: I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again. I have no doubt it will be a difficult challenge given our very ambitious plans... 93 comments on LinkedIn
One positive development last week was news that Silicon Valley headquartered RIOS Intelligent Machines has just established an R&D centre in Brisbane. The firm came out of stealth mode in 2020, was founded by Xerox PARC engineers, and has developed “AI-powered robotic workcells” for factory and logistics settings.
Mollia Ltd. is a Hungarian technology startup developing adaptive and teachable software for the kinetic control of humanoid robots. The key novelty in their product is a linguistic style learning system that transcribes human movement in a uniform system of geometric building blocks. The company envisages that in the future, robots will be available for the average household. Still, while they wait for this to become a reality, they are developing a game in which regular people can teach robots various movements in the virtual space. If the game becomes successful, it will result in a broad set of motions that will eventually be transferable to actual robots for such applications as expeditions to Mars.
With the shortage of labor, companies are now looking at how robots can replace some of the lost labor force. See here for example. The truth is that this is not really a novel idea, as companies…
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What will be the impact of automation on the economy? Bruegel's own Giuseppe Porcaro discusses with Aaron Benanav, Laura Nurski, and Alexis Moraitis.
AMT recently updated its Manufacturing Mandate, which outlines our legislative and policy recommendations to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. AMT uses this document in discussions with government officials and staff ...
