AI Ethics: We Need to Walk the Walk, Not Just Talk
Join me at the ARM Dev Summit for an indepth presentation on ethics for robots and AI, and why that’s important, as […]
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Is it farewell to the Journal of Field Robotics?
UPDATED: Peter Corke has relaunched Field Robotics as an online open-access journal with the old editorial board. Field Robotics deals with the fundamentals […]
Robots in retail: From ROI to frictionless customer experience
Retail is the fastest growing industry sector for robotics, if we include the logistics associated with e-commerce, and the current pandemic is […]
Exploring the DARPA SubTerranean Challenge
The DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge aims to develop innovative technologies that would augment operations underground. On July 20, Dr Timothy Chung, the […]
RSS 2020 – all the papers and videos!
RSS 2020 was held virtually this year, from the RSS Pioneers Workshop on July 11 to the Paper Awards and Farewell on […]
Growing My Robot Company
Early stage startup: Silicon Valley Robotics helps you accelerate your startup. We have prototyping and small batch manufacturing facilities at Circuit Launch […]
Where are the robots?
Shopping for robots, or shopping for more information about robots? Do you want advice about what robots to buy or rent and […]
Getting started with robots!
Robotics needs more people to make good robots and great robotics businesses. You don’t need a degree in mechatronics, unless of course […]
Conversation on Racism and Robotics
Talking about racism and its impact on robotics and roboticists was the first conversation in our new monthly online discussion series “Society, […]
Why robotics startups fail!
What are the main reasons that robotics companies and startups fail? Is it the technology or is it the business? Fresh Consulting […]
Handshake: an exploration of robot interaction
In times of physical distancing, when touching becomes unreachable; “Handshake” is a platform on which strangers can interact with each other, virtually […]
SLAMcore raises $5 million to meet growing demand for robotics
London, 17 JUNE 2020: SLAMcore,a UK company developing spatial AI algorithms for robots and drones,has secured$5million in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures and MMC […]
Silicon Valley Robotics wins RBR50 Innovation Award
California’s Silicon Valley Bay Area is the quintessential business cluster for so ftware, hardware, high-tech services innovation and now as a business cluster […]
How does robotics research funding compare globally?
The Corona crisis highlights the important contribution that robots make to industry and to society. Research funding programs (R&D) are vital to […]
Venture Deals Study Group
We’re hosting a STUDY GROUP for robotics/hardware and frontier tech startups who are working through the free “Venture Deals” course from Kauffman […]
Silicon Valley Bank reports on ‘The Future of Robotics’
You know robotics has ‘made it’ when Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is reporting on it. Just five years ago, SVB barely had […]
ICRA 2020 launches with plenary panel ‘COVID-19: How Roboticists Can Help’
ICRA is the largest robotics meeting in the world and is the flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society. It is thus […]
RAC ‘Emerging Trends in Retail Robotics’ report released
Robots are increasingly being deployed in retail environments. The reasons for this include: to relieve staff from the performance of repetitive and […]
Open Problems for Robots in Surgery and Healthcare
Online Mini-Symposium, Free and open to the public.Tues 19 May, 2020, 9:30-1:30pm PT, via Zoom All videos are here online ! The […]
12 startups in computer vision or visual AI
Vote for Audience Choice Award of best vision startup! On May 15 2020, these 12 semifinalist startups will be further narrowed down […]