Robotics dexterity gets a HAND, China gets another 30 humanoids and Palo Alto gets robot trucks cooking Korean BBQ
And even MORE robotics or investor/startup events coming up!
Join us on September 18 for Actuate 2024! Use SVROBO for 25% off
There aren’t many tickets left and the speaker line up is amazing. This is a can’t miss event for robot developers and those who are interested in robotics programming. Brad Porter (Collaborative Robotics), Sergey Levine (Physical Intelligence), Vijay Badrinarayanan (Wayve), and others Intrinsic, Skydio, Agility, Sanctuary, Sardonic, Blue River Tech, Electric Sheep, Scythe, Farm-ng, Chef Robotics, and more.
Join the embodied AI revolution with Hello Robot’s Stretch 3, which will be shipping in 3-4 weeks. Or you could enter the PhyRC competition and win one!
The PhyRC Challenge - a new competition for robotic caregiving, hosted by the Cornell EmPRISE lab. The winner will take home their very own Stretch! There’s also a Kinova 6 DOF arm for Track 1 teams. The deadline for registration is September 8th - don’t miss it!
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Robot Expo Opportunities through SVR
2024 SVR Robotics Investment Forum
Friday Nov 1st Mountain View
VC panels, startup showcase and 1:1 investor matchmaking
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New center to improve robot dexterity selected to receive up to $52 million - NWU
The robot dexterity research center is called the HAND center. In fact, all four of the newly NSF funded research centers have very eponymous acronyms. As well as the HAND center, there is the CURB center for decarbonization, the EARTH center for environmentally applied refrigerant technology, the TARDISS center for the transformation of american rubber… nope. Honestly they are lucky they weren’t penalized for that.
Robot News
Do Robots Love Their Customers? Automated Restaurants Face Human Issues - NYTimes
Robotic Korean food trucks are here - Palo Alto online
Restaurant with robot servers causes excitement in Nairobi - VOA
Your robot has arrived - Business Insider
Why Simbe Robotics thinks grocery stores are natural candidates for automation - Grocery Dive
Meet Boardwalk Robotics’ Addition to the Humanoid Workforce - IEEE Spectrum
Humanoid robots put on eye-watching display at World Robot Conference in Beijing, showcasing China’s cutting-edge robotics prowess - Global Times
China’s robot makers chase Tesla to deliver humanoid workers - Reuters
Zhiyuan Robotics Unveils Five New Humanoid Robots, Open-Source Plans, and Outlines Technology Roadmap - Maginative
China’s own Tesla Optimus? Beijing’s ambitions in humanoid robots in full display at expo - South China Morning Post
Silicon Siblings: The Promise and Perils of a World Shared with Humanoid Robots - Wall Street Pit
Build your own AI-powered robot: Hugging Face’s LeRobot tutorial is a game-changer - Venture Beat
LG Expands Investment in AI and Deep Tech Startups - Webwire
Space Robotics: Leading Autonomous systems for Building, Capturing and Servicing - Via Satellite
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: episode 136: Soft Robotics - NASA
Increasing Roles For Robotics in Fabs - Semiconductor Engineering
Three types of robotics companies an Atomico partner wants to see - \sifted/
Recycling robots are coming soon to apartment complexes - Geekspin
How Robots ARe Transforming the Construction Industry - Cyngn
Founder of failed fintech Synapse says he’s raised $11M for new robotics startup - TechCrunch
Engineering the First Fitbit: The Inside Story - IEEE Spectrum
Robot Events
FIRA is back! October 22-24 Woodland CA
🚀 hashtag#FIRAUSA24: Unveiling the Future of AgTech!
🧑🌾 FIRA USA event: October 22-24
🌟 Highlights:
• Unparalleled networking for farmers, manufacturers, and scientists
• In-field demos of cutting-edge autonomous solutions
• Business meetings and research discussions
• Focus on specialty crops: vegetables, vines, fruit, and nut trees
Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of agriculture!
🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eHJDFK3F
The local events I’m going to be at…
ACTUATE Summit : Sep 18, 2024 . San Francisco - use SVROBO for 25% off
BARS is back at Berkeley this year on Oct 11 - it’s hard to get an invite though!
RobOpsCon 2024 - Mountain View - Oct 15
SVR Robotics Investment Summit - Nov 1st
Stanford Robotics Center Opening - Nov 2nd and 3rd - invites not out yet
Secret Robot Event - Dec 11, 12, 13 - get the news first here :)
And some more robotics conferences (and I’ll see you at CASE, ICRA@40, ROSCon, Masters&Robots, ICSR and more tbd):
The Angel & Accelerator Online Conference - August 28th
CASE 2024 Puglia Italy 28 Aug - 1 Sep 2024
BioRob Heidelberg DE 1 Sep-Sep 4
Commercial UAV Expo : Sep 03 - Sep 05, 2024 . Las Vegas, United States of America
CLAWAR 2024 Kaiserslauten DE Sep 4 - Sep 6
IMTS Chicago IL Sep 9 - Sep 14
ACTUATE Summit : Sep 18, 2024 . San Francisco - use SVROBO for 25% off
UC San Diego Conceptual Robotics Institute Symposium - Sep 19
ICRA@40 Rotterdam NL 23 Sep - 26 Sep
International Robot Safety Conference Cincinnati OH Oct 1 - Oct 3
A3’s Humanoids Memphis TN Oct 7
Autonomous Mobile Logistics Memphis TN Oct 8 - Oct 10
ANTS (Swarm robotics) 2024 : Oct 09 - Oct 11, 2024 . Konstanz, Germany
SOSV Climate Tech Summit Oct 14 - Oct 18
IROS 2024 AbuDhabi Oct 14 - Oct 18
RobOpsCon 2024 - Mountain View - Oct 15
ROSCon Odense DK Oct 21 - Oct 23
Masters&Robots Warsaw Poland Oct 22 - Oct 23
ROS Industrial Conference Odense DK Oct 24 - Oct 25
ICSR+AI Odense DK Oct 24 - Oct 26
CORL Munich DE Nov 6 - Nov 9
IEEE Future of Telepresence Pasadena CA Nov 16 - Nov 17
Humanoids 2024 Nancy FR Nov 26 - Nov 28
ISRR - 40th Anniversary - Long Beach CA Dec 8 - Dec 12
2025
HRI 2025 Melbourne Australia March 4 - March 6
ProMat 2025 Chicago IL Mar 17 - Mar 20
ICRA 2025 Atlanta Georgia 17 May - 23 May 2025