Category: COVID-19 Response

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Fetch Robotics and Piedmont National Partner with PURO Lighting to Launch the SmartGuardUV Autonomous Disinfecting Robot

Fetch Robotics and Piedmont National Partner with PURO Lighting to Launch the SmartGuardUV Autonomous Disinfecting Robot

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:COVID-19 Response, Featured, Media Releases

Leveraging Next Generation Pulsed Xenon UV technology from Violet Defense, the SmartGuardUV robot neutralizes harmful viruses and bacteria in high-traffic areas and provides real-time disinfection reporting. SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Fetch Robotics, the leader in cloud robotics and on-demand automation, and automated solutions provider Piedmont National today announced the launch of the SmartGuardUV disinfecting autonomous mobile robot […]

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Society, Robots and Us: the conversations we need to have (next Oct 6)

Society, Robots and Us: the conversations we need to have (next Oct 6)

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response

On October 6 at 6pm PDT we’ll be discussing the economics of Open Source Robotics in Society, Robots and Us. Free and open to all: https://societyrobotsandus.eventbrite.com Guest speakers include: Katherine Scott, Open Robotics and Board Member of Open Hardware Ryan Gariepy, Clearpath Robotics Camilo Buscaron, Amazon Web Services and Robotics Ross Ingram, Maslo.ai Jason Hampton-Taylor, […]

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Where are the robots when you need them!

Where are the robots when you need them!

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Commentary, COVID-19 Response
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That’s a question we’re trying to answer in our weekly discussions about ‘COVID-19, robots and us’, but it was repeated with urgency by Rachel ‘McCrafty’ Sadd. Rachel has been building systems and automation for COVID mask making, as the founder of Project Mask Making and #distillmyheart projects in the SF Bay Area, an artist and […]

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Can robots make food service safer for workers?

Can robots make food service safer for workers?

Posted on by Andra Keay
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Health care workers are not the only unwilling essential services frontline workers at increased risk of COVID-19. According to the Washington Post on April 12, “At least 41 grocery workers have died of the coronavirus and thousands more have tested positive in recent weeks”. At the same time, grocery stores are seeing a surge in […]

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Robots providing social support while we’re social distancing

Robots providing social support while we’re social distancing

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Commentary, COVID-19 Response

Wired Magazine recently called for us to, post pandemic, “ditch our tech enabled tools of social distancing”. But are our telepresence robots creating emotional distancing or are they actually improving our emotional lives. This week in our weekly “COVID-19, robots and us” discussion with experts, we’re looking at the topic of virtual presence and emotional […]

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Formant free for COVID deployments!

Formant free for COVID deployments!

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response
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Humans, please help us spread the word that our platform is available to anyone that can leverage it in the fight against coronavirus. We’re very focussed on accelerating the deployments of robots, however I’m sure there are other applications that you might imagine where we could have some impact. Let’s get creative. #robots #coronavirus #covid19 […]

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Act now to support the robotics ecosystem

Act now to support the robotics ecosystem

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response
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Guest Post by Owen Nicholson, CEO, SLAMcore For many in the robotics community the current coronavirus pandemic is the best of times and the worst of times. Our industry is seeing huge interest as people around the world come to appreciate the power and potential of robotic solutions in overcoming current and emerging challenges. But, […]

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Even construction robotics has COVID-19 related opportunities

Even construction robotics has COVID-19 related opportunities

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response
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One of the Silicon Valley Robotics Construction Forum members, Module, has cofounded a COVID-19 Housing Task Force hoping to bring digital construction design techniques that they’ve been deploying for energy self sufficient modular buildings and convert that into rapidly deployable safe housing. Initially for the Pittsburgh areas but potentially available further afield to assist hospitals […]

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COVID-19, robots and us March 31 special guests

COVID-19, robots and us March 31 special guests

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Join us on Tuesday at 7pm Pacific for our next weekly discussion on COVID-19, robots and us. This week we’re focusing on disaster robotics, social robotics, telemedicine and human-robot interaction with special guests: Robin Murphy, Founder of the field of Disaster Robotics and Raytheon Professor at Texas A&M University Ross Mead, Founder of Semio and […]

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Celltrio provides culture lab automation in fight against COVID-19

Celltrio provides culture lab automation in fight against COVID-19

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response

Sometimes robotics helping fight COVID-19 takes a less obvious pathway. Celltrio for example, is supplying robotic cryogenic freezers that automatically store and retrieve human cells used in cell culturing. Which helps scientists work on new compounds, decreasing the time to important drug discovery. In cell culturing Celltrio provides full automated systems that work 24-7, making […]

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COVID-19, robots and us – summary

COVID-19, robots and us – summary

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response
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Join us for a discussion with experts from the robotics and health community Every week at 7pm on Tuesdays from March 24 until May 12 2020 we spoke to experts and practitioners from the robotics, health and manufacturing community, to understand our response to COVID-19 and the robots that would be required. The event was […]

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COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 Response

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response
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Please search our lists below: STUFF NEEDED BY GOVT/HEALTH (by country) STUFF THAT CAN BE DONE BY COMMUNITY WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION AND HELP Stuff needed by US Govt in next 2 weeks Cotton swabs with long wooden sticks  Endotracheal tubes (assorted sizes) Falcon tubes Gloves (all sizes) Lightweight protective suits N95 masks Over-the-shoe booties […]

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Robotics respond to COVID-19

Robotics respond to COVID-19

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Commentary, COVID-19 Response
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This is the start of Silicon Valley Robotics list of local robotics companies and service providers who can build or make useful stuff for first responders and health organizations during the COVID-19 crisis. Ranging from volunteers, open source project designs, telepresence robots, robots for all sorts of things and groups with critical resources available. Today […]

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Open Problems for Robots in Surgery and Healthcare old

Open Problems for Robots in Surgery and Healthcare old

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, COVID-19 Response

SRI International, the UC Center for Information Technology in the Interest of the Public (CITRIS) People and Robots Initiative, and Silicon Valley Robotics present an Online Symposium: Open Problems for Robots in Surgery and Healthcare on May 19 from 9.30am to 2pm. The event is free and open to the public. Registration closes at 3pm […]

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