Who is the Henry Ford of robotics?
Have humanoid robots been the spark that opens our eyes to the automobile comparison?
Right now the roll out of robotics has some strong alignment with the early history of the roll out of the automobile, and primarily the commercial automobile, not the consumer automobile.
Does anyone have a graph or paper that compares and contrasts the growth in commercial market for both automobiles and robots? I’ve been exploring the figures.
In fact, the post WW2 era see an increase in the rate of commercial automobile ownership contrasted with consumer vehicles and I think there are strong parallels with the recent pandemic/supply chain restraint period and the current focus in robotics on … how do we make robots!
This period is also when the percentage of people owning both cars and houses separated. After 1945-1950, car ownership became more likely for most Americans than house ownership. There are more car owners now (92%) vs house owners (65%) - statistics updated for 2024.
We’re in an era when lack of robots does not equal lack of interest OR even of investment. It’s a resource capacity restraint, and as it crumbles we’ll see rapid growth of some robotics companies - particularly humanoid robotics companies.
Another always interesting topic is the current scale and speed of robot/ai learning, and what impact that will have on robotics? (Also it’s of how various communities are (un)able to make use of different asset layers.)
ICRA was pretty overwhelming and I’m behind with newsletters … maybe there’ll be a few in a row this week.
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ABB has launced its 2024 Robotics AI Startup Challenge, a global competition designed to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in robotics. The winning team will be awarded a cash prize of $30,000 and the opportunity to establish a long-term partnership with ABB and explore joint go-to-market strategies and investment opportunities. Startups and scaleups with expertise in AI and robotics are encouraged to submit their proposals by June 12, 2024. For more information about the challenge, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, please visit the website.
AI Powered Robots Show Off Cat-Like Agility at ICRA 2024 - IOT World
2.8 million more sq feet of Amazon Robotics fulfilment - Yahoo Finance - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-opens-robotics-fulfilment-centre-160000268.html
The Roadmap for Robotics - webinar with Dr Henrik Christensen on latest edition of the roadmap and key trends, challenges and opportunities in this field over the coming decade - VettaFi Webcast - RoboGlobal
Elon Musk is NOTHING if not consistent. He’s just finished firing all his supercharger, robotics and AI people. And now he has started hiring them back again. Tesla has just posted new job listings in the Autopilot/Robotics category.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autopilot-self-driving-robotics-rehire/
Elon Musk Threatens to Strip Tesla of AI and Robotics Unless He Has 25% Control Over the Company - TechTimes
Stanford researcher discusses UMI gripper and Diffusion AI models - The Robot Report
Robots to help with aphasia, cancer care, geriatric issues and more - Purdue Edu
Aviation & Robotics Summit Ideas Pave the Way for Next Generaton of Travelers - Blue Sky News
Ascending local brands make their mark on rising robots - XinhuaNet
Reinforcement learning AI might bring humanoid robots to the real world - Science News
Robot-phobia could exacerbate hotel, restaurant labor shortage - WSU Insider
Opinion: Scarlett Johansson has a point - CNN Opinion
Robotics cluster launches in Cumbria, bolstering regional innovation and collaboration - Process Control Today
Government prize helps fund novel solutions for recycling old wind turbine materials: ‘Capable of advancing the technologies to commercialization’ - Yahoo!Tech
Parents of couple who drowned in Lake Michigan use life insurance money to buy beach safety robots - MichiganLive
He started at Neya as an intern. 10 years later, he’s director of robotics - and loving life - Technical.ly
These 81 robotics companies are hiring - Brian Heater TechCrunch
Video Friday: A Starbucks with 100 Robots - IEEE Spectrum
More Robotics Conferences!
Some more upcoming academic robotics conferences:
ICRA 2024 Yokohama Japan 13 May - 17 May 2024
ARSO 2024 Hong Kong, China 20 May - 22 May 2024
AIM 2024 Boston MA 14 July - 18 July
RSS Delft NL July 15-19
EMBC Orlando FL July 15-19
Humanoid Robotics Festival Lima Peru Aug 14-15-16
CASE 2024 Puglia Italy 28 Aug - 1 Sep 2024
BioRob Heidelberg DE 1 Sep-Sep 4
CLAWAR 2024 Kaiserslauten DE Sep 4 - Sep 6
ICRA@40 Rotterdam NL 23 Sep - 26 Sep
IROS 2024 AbuDhabi 14 Oct - 18 Oct
ROSCon Odense DK 21 Oct - 23 Oct
CORL Munich DE 6 Nov - 9 Nov
IEEE Future of Telepresence Pasadena CA 16 Nov - 17 Nov
Humanoids 2024 Nancy FR 26 Nov - 28 Nov
ICRA 2025 Atlanta Georgia 17 May - 23 May 2025
Commercial UAV Expo : Sep 03 - Sep 05, 2024 . Las Vegas, United States of America
ProMat : Mar 17 - Mar 20, 2025 . Chicago, United States of America
ISMR (Medical Robotics) 2024 : Jun 03 - Jun 05, 2024 . Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ICUAS (UAVs) 2024 : Jun 04 - Jun 07, 2024 . Chania, Crete, Greece
Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition 2024 : Jun 10 - Jun 12, 2024 . Houston, United States
ROSCON France 2024 : Jun 19 - Jun 20, 2024 . Nantes, France
Robotics: Science and Systems 2024 : Jul 15 - Jul 19, 2024 . Delft, The Netherlands
BioRob 2024 : Sep 01 - Sep 04, 2024 . Heidelberg, Germany
CppCon 2024 : Sep 15 - Sep 20, 2024 . Aurora, United States of America
Actuate Summit : Sep 18, 2024 . San Francisco, United States of America
ANTS (Swarm robotics) 2024 : Oct 09 - Oct 11, 2024 . Konstanz, Germany
IROS 2024 : Oct 14 - Oct 18, 2024 . Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi
RoboBusiness : Oct 16 - Oct 17, 2024 . Santa Clara, United States of America
ROSCon 2024 : Oct 21 - Oct 23, 2024 . Odense, Denmark
Automatica : Jun 24 - Jun 27, 2025 . Munich, Germany