Weekend robotics reading
The somewhat massive edition because I was robot block partying too hard last week.
Here’s a warning that I’m about to send you Substack’s invitation to join me on Notes (the new twitterish thing) and Chat (which I assume is like.. chat?) and I’m going to completely ignore Linked In prompting me to open up audio rooms or spaces.
I don’t know how much I’m going to be doing with Notes and Chat, but we can all explore it together. I’m seeing people there whose substacks I enjoy reading, so the quality of signal might be higher than the usual noise.
Quick Reads:
13 VCs talk about the state of robotics investing in 2023 - Brian Heater at TechCrunch
The humanoid robotics revolution: OpenAI with 1X Technologies, and Figure, in the race for the creation of commercial androids - Tech Smart
Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment is incredibly bullish on the robotics sector - The Motely Fool
Schumer unveils groundwork for AI regulation - The Hill
Behind the curtain: what it feels like to work in AI right now - Nathan Lambert
First known chatbot associated death - Gary Marcus
Tortoise’s Dmitry Shevelenko: Consumers Thought They Could Buy Something From the Robot - Ottomate
Record 10% of Japanese manufacturers to cut production abroad - Nikkei Asia
America is back in the factory business - Wall Street Journal
Harry Moser, President & Founder, Reshoring Initiative - The Michigan Opportunity
The 2023 Manufacturing Robotics Report - Wevolver (it’s very lite and also an unusual approach)
Top 10 robots and automation seen at ProMat 2023 - Robotics 24/7
Video: Robot collapses after a tiring day of work - Agility Robotics at ProMat
Fun New Robots:
Introducing the OpenMV Cam RT - OpenMV
Familiar Robotics Guide to Vision Processing Devices - Github
Innovative robotic hand saves energy and does not drop objects - Voonze
Why robot worms could one day dig beneath your feet - BBC News
Video: Rotender’s Cocktail Robot Serves Up Fun - Ottomate
Wall climbing robot HB1 - HausBots
Retrofitting automation with flexibility and modularity - Bionic Hive
Robotics Events:
April 26-28 MFG Manufacturing for Growth in Phoenix - AMT
April 27th The Industry 4.0 Showcase Online - Deep-Tech Showcase
May 10-11 Robotics Summit and Expo in Boston - The Robot Report
May 22-24 Embedded Vision summit in Santa Clara - Embedded Vision Alliance
May 29th- June 2nd ICRA in London - IEEE RAS
June 20-22 Conference on Innovation Management in LA - IEE
Deep Reads:
Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes - Pluralistic by Cory Doctorow
Bootstrapped - liberating ourselves from the American Dream - Alissa Quart via Pluralistic
GPTs are GPTs: An early look at the labor market impact potential of large language models - OpenAI
The Stupidity of AI - The Guardian
The relationship between Open Access Science and AI - Ben Pilkington AZO Robotics
Wayback Machine:
20 years ago Brad Templeton wrote about the origin of the term “spam” to mean net abuse - Templetons.com