Moving manufacturing back to the US - challenges and opportunities

Sometimes it’s the obvious things that are overlooked. Why aren’t there pictures of women building robots on the internet? Or if they are there, why can’t we find them when we search? I have spent years decades doing outreach activities, providing STEM opportunities, and doing women in robotics spea…

Silicon Valley is changing. Robotics and AI are in the headlines, funding is increasing, business is booming and people are flocking to join robotics companies. Silicon Valley Robotics keeps changing too. See our latest membership benefits updated for 2021-22, our co-work space and our Indepth Networks!                     […]

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MFG 2021 + MTForecast. Nov 3-5

Over the course of the two-day meeting (Nov 4-6), we will host a collaborative forum for discussion of current efforts in AI-HRI, with additional talks focused on the topics of ethics in HRI and ubiquitous HRI.

We are excited to announce that CoRL 2021 will be a hybrid conference, with in-person events in London, UK, and also remote access for virtual attendees. Nov 8-11

The #1 Artificial Intelligence conference. Webinars, training, demos, and more. Free event. Nov 8-11, 2021.

SPECTATORS: Quarterly hack & race at Circuit Launch (w/ Brazilian BBQ) resumes! 12/11/21

Join us 12/11/21 at the Sunnyvale Holiday Ice Rink!

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Know inspiring leaders or organizations supporting those who identify as women and BIPOC in technology? Nominate them for an EDGE in Tech Athena Award today!

Halodi Robotics is bringing robots out of factories and into the human world. We have cracked the code and engineered a safe, capable, and affordable solution (named EVE) that will be deployed in the immediate future to security, retail, and the food-packaging markets. Inspired by innovation and serving the greater good, Halodi Robotics intends to […]

Halodi Robotics is bringing robots out of factories and into the human world. We have cracked the code and engineered a safe, capable, and affordable solution (named EVE) that will be deployed in the immediate future to security, retail, and the food-packaging markets. Inspired by innovation and serving the greater good, Halodi Robotics intends to […]

Halodi Robotics is bringing robots out of factories and into the human world. We have cracked the code and engineered a safe, capable, and affordable solution (named EVE) that will be deployed in the immediate future to security, retail, and the food-packaging markets. Inspired by innovation and serving the greater good, Halodi Robotics intends to […]

Halodi Robotics is bringing robots out of factories and into the human world. We have cracked the code and engineered a safe, capable, and affordable solution (named EVE) that will be deployed in the immediate future to security, retail, and the food-packaging markets. Inspired by innovation and serving the greater good, Halodi Robotics intends to […]

Halodi Robotics is bringing robots out of factories and into the human world. We have cracked the code and engineered a safe, capable, and affordable solution (named EVE) that will be deployed in the immediate future to security, retail, and the food-packaging markets. Inspired by innovation and serving the greater good, Halodi Robotics intends to […]

Halodi Robotics is bringing robots out of factories and into the human world. We have cracked the code and engineered a safe, capable, and affordable solution (named EVE) that will be deployed in the immediate future to security, retail, and the food-packaging markets. Inspired by innovation and serving the greater good, Halodi Robotics intends to […]

About RIOS RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, […]

Is your ambition to apply principled methods in decision-theoretic planning, model-based learning, or human-robot interaction to real world applications while remaining connected with the academic community? To tackle practical problems that challenge and evolve theoretical assumptions? Nissan offers a unique R&D opportunity in Silicon Valley to do just that. We are looking for up and […]

About Blue River We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to radically change agriculture by creating intelligent machinery. We empower our customers – farmers – to implement more sustainable solutions: optimize chemical usage, reimagining routine processes, and improving farming yields year after year. We believe that focusing on the small stuff – pixel-by-pixel and […]

About Blue River We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to radically change agriculture by creating intelligent machinery. We empower our customers – farmers – to implement more sustainable solutions: optimize chemical usage, reimagining routine processes, and improving farming yields year after year. We believe that focusing on the small stuff – pixel-by-pixel and […]

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Perceiving and understanding the world around them is a critical challenge for autonomous robots. In conjunction with ROS World 2021, NVIDIA announced its latest efforts to deliver performant perception technologies to the ROS developer community. These initiatives will accelerate product development, improve product performance and ultimately simplify the task of incorporating cutting-edge computer vision and […]

There are many in the world of AI who worry about its implications. One of those people is Navrina Singh, a former product manager for Qualcomm, then Microsoft, who saw firsthand at Microsoft how a Twitter bot it developed in 2016 as an experiment in “conversational understanding,” was, to quote The Verge, “taught to be […]

Swiss researchers win US-funded robotics contest This content was published on Oct 9, 2021Oct 9, 2021 An international team with representatives from Switzerland has won the three-year Subterranean Challenge robotics competition.

An international team with representatives from Switzerland has won the three-year Subterranean Challenge robotics competition.

The world is witnessing the rapid advancement of technologies and automation in almost every aspect of work today. Businesses are adopting automation and robotics to revolutionise their workplaces, partly to help save costs but also to boost productivity and growth, and for safety reasons.

Tokyo space startup Gitai Japan successfully conducted a technology demonstration of its autonomous robotic arm inside the International Space Station last week, a key milestone as the company prepares to provide robotics as a service in space. The S1 robotic arm performed two tasks: operating cables and switches, and assembling structures and panels. These tasks […]

“We’re thrilled to announce the Finalist teams moving forward in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE,” said David Locke, executive prize director of the ANA Avatar XPRIZE. "The cutting-edge technology we witnessed at Semifinals Testing has the potential to entirely reimagine the human experience. We’re excited to see how teams further fine-tune their technology systems as we lead up to Finals Testing.”

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In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Melonee Wise, former CEO of Fetch Robotics and current VP of Robotics Automation at Zebra Technologies. Melonee speaks about the origin of Fetch Robotics, her experience at Willow Garage, her experience being acquired by Zebra Technologies, challenges in the warehouse setting, on autonomous cars, and on the future […]

In this final video of our focus series on IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) original series Real Roboticist, you’ll meet Dennis Hong speaking about the robots he and his team have created (locomotion and new ways of moving; an autonomous car for the visually impaired; disaster relief robots), Star Wars […]

The Biden administration is prioritizing a US industrial strategy in its responses to China, supply chain vulnerability, and more.

The decades-old dictum of “innovate here, produce there” has stymied our nation’s technological progress and prowess. As Japan, Germany, Korea, Taiwan, and China have realized the benefits of “manufacturing-led” innovation systems, our nation, without innovative methods to produce newly developed technology, has failed to reap the benefits from our investments in R&D. Our two panels of government and industry experts will identify the latest perspectives on challenges, stakeholder interests, and congressional and executive opportunities to rebuild competitiveness in American manufacturing.

Enabling a just and equitable transition to a clean energy economy