Supply chain and integration may be the best defensible moat for robotics founders
Which makes a change from the usual fuss about AI
The Chip War by Chris Miller is an interesting book, but the highlight that Neal Khosla has pulled out has a lot of implications for robotics startups and founders.
https://twitter.com/nealkhosla/status/1651687062373007360
Quick Reads:
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mHUB to Transform Illinois’ Advanced Manufacturing Competitiveness with Expansion in Mew $50M Innovation and Commercialization Center - PRWeb
This AI hunts for hidden hoards of battery metals - Spectrum
BrainBox AI Announces US$20 Million Investment from Quebec Government and ABB; and Enters into Agreement to Acquire ABB Multi-Site Retail Business - GlobeNewswire
Joby Aviation to get investment from Tesla shareholder Baillie Gifford - Reuters
3 Societal Drivers Pushing the Adoption of Automation - Henrik Christensen on RoboGlobal.com
Christine Boles discusses key robotics technology from Intel - Mike Oitzman at The Robot Report
Kodiak Robotics is adding an electric, autonomous semi truck to its fleet next year - Rebecca Belan at TechCrunch
Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the USA - Brian Heater at TechCrunch
Robots Open World of Opportunities for A3 President - Karen Hanna at Machine Design
Watch Apple’s iPhone recycling robot Daisy punch out screws, freeze batteries, and more - Michael Potuck at 9to5mac
Video of puppet singing Vanessa Carlton in San Francisco goes viral -Dan Gentile at SFGATE
Universal Robots Announces Partnership with Global Technology Integrator Denali - Automation
Critics call out NYPD surveillance robot over transparency concerns - ARI EPHRAIM FELDMAN at ny1
An architecture to coordinate the behavior of different robots in a team - Ingrid Fadelli at Tech Xplore
White House calls in tech firms to talk AI risks - Agence France-Presse at ABS-CBN News
Robot vacuum company Neato Robotics is shutting down after 18 years - Cromwell Schubarth at Silicon Valley Business Journal
Neato Robotics, a Robotic Vacuum Pioneer, Shuts Down Once, the company's “laserified” vacuums made their robots the ones to beat - EVAN ACKERMAN at Spectrum.ieee
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) to join SRI - SRI International
Neato Robotics is being shut down after 18 years - Brian Heater at TechCrunch
Germany has a plan to tackle a rapidly aging workforce: recruiting robots - Hannah Ward-Glenton at CNBC
Top 20 Individual Leaders in Intelligent and Connected Devices -MistyWest
Last Week in AI #217: Generative AI and the First Amendment, robots dribble + catch + balance, AI video-to-video on your phone, and more! -Lastweekin.Ai
How China might crush the West in the race to AGI if we don’t up our regulatory game - GARY MARCUS at Substack
Understanding the World of Warehouse Robots -FetchRobotics
We need to discuss what jobs robots should do, before the decision is made for us -The Conversation at Robohub.org
Amazon Apprenticeship Program Upskills Workers for Robotics Careers - Eugene Demaitre at Robotics247
Meet the new breeds of VC closing Europe's deeptech funding gap - Cihat Cengiz and Sven Jungmann at Sifted
Robot vacuum maker Neato Robotics is shutting down - Ben Patterson at TechHive
Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI's Series A pitch to investors - Tim Smith at Sifted
The UK has gone rogue with its AI policy — and that could be bad news for the rest of Europe - Robin Rohm at Sifted
Deeptech ideas VCs want to be pitched - Sadia Nowshin at Sifted
250+ female angel investors in Europe | Newly updated: a comprehensive list of active female angel investors in Europe - Sifted reporters at Sifted
Meet the startup sending scientists around the world to build a database of all life - Freya Pratty at Sifted
Rumman Chowdhury is launching the largest-ever public red-teaming exercise involving the major LLM providers. The White House has got behind it too.
70% of technical innovations can be attributed, either directly or indirectly, to advanced materials.
Robotics Events:
May 1-3 Robotics Automation and AI Investment Summit - Cascadia Capital
May 3 - Bots&Beer at 219 Design in San Francisco - Silicon Valley Robotics
May 9-11 - Xponential in Denver - AUVSI
May 10-11 - Robotics Summit and Expo in Boston - The Robot Report
discount code - SVR25
May 19 2-5pm - Robotics Technical Network in SF - Silicon Valley Robotics
May 19 6-8pm - Founders & Funders Network in SF - Silicon Valley Robotics
May 22-24 - Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara - Embedded Vision Alliance
including: May 23 Women in Vision Reception - Embedded Vision alliance
discount code - SUMMIT23-SVRWIR
May 22-24 - Automate in Detroit - A3
May 29th- June 2nd - ICRA in London - IEEE RAS
June 5-6 - IEEE Conference on AI in Santa Clara - IEEE CS
June 7-8 - Robotics Investment Summit in Boston - Cybernetix Ventures
June 14-17 - VivaTech in Paris - VivaTechnology
June 19-22 - TechConnect World in Washington DC - TechConnect Org
June 20-22 - FITMA in Mexico City - Feria Internationale
June 20-22 - Sensors Converge in Santa Clara - Sensors Converge
June 26-29 - Collision in Toronto - Web Summit
June 27-30 - Automatica in Munich - VDMA
June 27 - coming soon The Future with Robots at the Commonwealth Club SF
Oct 1-5 - IROS in Detroit - IEEE RAS
Deep Reads:
COSMOS MAGAZINE: Petra Stock: Australian Robotics: A revolution in real time: Transferring robots out of the lab and into the real world
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Promote Responsible AI Innovation that Protects Americans’ Rights and Safety
THE ROAD TO AI WE CAN TRUST: Gary Marcus: AI risks, short-term and long—and what we need to do about them. Finding common ground with Geoff Hinton
WIRED: Gary Marcus used to call AI stupid, now he calls it dangerous
AI VILLAGE at DEF CON announces largest ever public Generative AI Red Team
TECH DEBT: Benjie Holson: So You Want to Do Robots: Part 10
Facing the Future:
Pola Demianiuk creates robotic clothing that "assists the body to be dressed"