Robot Startup Bootcamp, CROs, Apollo, and the economics of autonomy
Plus sign up for our sustainable robotics forum now! Investor panel, roundtables and great keynote speaker, Keegan Kirkpatrick
I love mentoring robot startups! We did the second pilot of the IEEE Robotics Startup Bootcamp today and it has been amazing. I’ve been exploring various entrepreneur programs and designing better versions for almost twenty years - because programs have to evolve to match the current economic and technological landscapes.
Today - right message, right people, and right time.
I’m actually quoting one of today’s superstar mentors, Chris Matthews, robotics startup marketing expert and author of “Start Telling People”. We ran The Business Checklist in the morning with Chris talking about how to create the perfect robot demo. And then in the afternoon we ran The Manufacturing Checklist, continued the mentor roundtables, and Michael Keer explained the 10 best practices for “Agile Hardware Product Realization: Mastering the Journey from Concept to Scale”.
The next IEEE Robotics Startup Bootcamp will be held in conjunction with IROS 2023 in Detroit on October 3rd. Let me know if you want to attend a session in the Bay Area again!
Big thank you to everyone who has become a paid subscriber - it makes you an angel investor in the work I do at Silicon Valley Robotics and as a startup advisor, and accelerator. And maybe we can do more to share your experience and expertize with the robotics startup community. Mentor Office Hours, maybe startup profiles. We’ll keep exploring.
Quick Reads:
Apptronik announces its next-gen humanoid, Apollo - Austin Business Journal
NASA experience enables advance of small business’s humanoid robot - NASA
Apollo humanoid from Apptronik designed to transform the nature of work - Robotics 24/7
Healthcare robotics platform Mendaera secures $24 million - Mobihealthnews
University of Illinois launches center for autonomous construction research - Archinect
Robotics Applications Conference Opens Registration for 2023 Virtual Event - Robotics 24/7
Meet PixieDrone, the state-of-the-art aquatic robot keeping Tahoe blue - ABC10
Serve Robotics raises $30m after reverse merger - Axios
New robot searches for solar cell materials 14 times faster - Ars Technica
ARM Institute announces 8 new technology projects - The Robot Report
Silicon Valley is reviving the dream of a general purpose humanoid robot - Singularity Hub
Nauticus receives funding to develop and test its autonomous, subsea robots - Offshore
Xpeng’s former autonomous driving head joins Nvidia - Reuters
Polestar Selects Mobileye to Bring Autonomous Technology to Polestar 4 - Businesswire
Treasure Island Autonomous Shuttle Launches Public Service - SF.Gov
Newsom leans toward allowing autonomous trucking in California - FreightWaves
Autonomous Car Companies Like Waymo And Cruise Involved In Hundreds Of Crashes Since 2021 - Carscoops
GM to start autonomous vehicle road testing in China - GM Authority
More Autonomous Robots to Hit Farms With Manufacturer’s US Expansion - Bloomberg
Autonomous vehicles ready to roll at Farm Progress Show - Illinois Farmer Today
Monarch Tractors: Electric and autonomous - CNN
Autonomy could help with labor challenges - Missouri Farmer Today
The Transition to the Autonomy Economy and China-US Tech Competition - The Diplomat
South Korean tech bosses fret about a flood of cheap Chinese robot waiters - Insider
These autonomous robots deliver students meals while popping wheelies and using unique voices - Electrek
The Rise of the Early-Stage Startup CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) - Earlybird Venture Capital
Guess who’s coming to IROS: The Next Generation of Robots - IROS
How many ways can you teach a robot? Pieter Abbeel interview in ACM
AI researchers are teaching robots to mimic human dexterity - Decrypt
Robotics Events:
September 22 - The New Wave of Robotics: Engineering a Sustainable Future with Synapse and Silicon Valley Robotics
September 19-21 - FIRA USA Salinas: Robotics and Autonomous Farming Solutions - FIRA
September 28 - The Autonomous Systems Showcase - Deep Tech Showcase
October 1-5 - IROS in Detroit - IEEE RAS
October 18-22 - ROSCon + PX4 Autopilot Developer Summit in New Orleans and virtual - Open Robotics (save $100 by registering for both events)
October 25 - The Food AI Summit - Alameda CA - from The Spoon
