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Vidi Systems from Switzerland is the overall Grand Winner of the 2016 Robot Launch global startup competition, beating out many US contestants in a field that included sensors, artificial intelligence, social robots, service robots and industrial solutions. Overall, the European robotics startups performed very strongly this year with 8 making The Shortlist for awards. Canada also had […]
The 2016 Bay Area Robotics Symposium will be held at Stanford on November 18 2016. The annual event alternates between Stanford and Berkeley and aims to bring together roboticists from the Bay Area. The program will consist of a mix of faculty, student and industry presentations. The program will feature: Presentations from Stanford and Berkeley faculty Talks […]
Let’s stop talking about bad robots and start talking about what makes a robot good. A good or ethical robot must be carefully designed. Good robot design is about much more than just the physical robot, and at the same time good robot design is about ‘less’. Less means no extra features, and in robotics that […]
It’s time to showcase the Robot Launch semifinalists, or ‘The Shortlist’. Every week over the next month you will meet 9-10 very interesting robotics and AI startups from all over the world and you will have a chance to vote each week on their pitch video. The most popular startup overall will be awarded the Robohub […]
You may be surprised, but I’m not. These are the people I see regularly both in Silicon Valley and overseas actually interacting with the robotics community. That makes them the smart money (most of the time). According to CB Insights, the 7 most active robotics investors over the last 5 years are: Eclipse Ventures, High-Tech […]
Women in Robotics is a new international professional community. If you are a woman who works in robotics, or who aspires to, we are inviting you to join! Harvard Business Review cites recent studies showing that visibility and mentoring are critical for maintaining women in technology careers. Computer science degrees for women have dropped to […]
Silicon Valley Robotics held an innovation tour for some of our global partners ahead of the RoboBusiness conference in San Jose. Representatives from Odense Robotics Cluster, Invest in Denmark and Denmark Innovation Center joined up with Sumitomi Mitsui Bank, Siemens, A3/RIA, Robotics Hub and the Office of Science and Technology Policy for a ’round the […]
Silicon Valley companies were shining on and off the stage at the recent RoboBusiness conference in San Jose. Some of the speakers included: James Kuffner from Toyota Research Institute, Steve Cousins from Savioke, Marco Mascorro from Fellow Robots, Melonee Wise from Fetch Robotics and Sachin Chitta from Kinema Systems. Silicon Valley Robotics members on the […]
The Kobi Company walked away with the $5000 check from Siemens’ next47 at the Silicon Valley Robotics Pitchfire at RoboBusiness for their 3 in one snow blower, leaf muncher and lawn mower. Another robot for the garden, from Franklin Robotics, was the runner up according to judge Jason Sydow from Siemens’ next47. Emceed by Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon […]
We are sad to learn that Victor Scheinman passed away on Tuesday Sept 20 from complications of heart disease. He was 73. Victor Scheinman was the inventor of the Stanford Arm, the first all-electric 6-axis mechanical manipulator for assembly and automation that was capable of computer control. Scheinman commercialized the robot arm as the PUMA, or Progammable Universal Machine for Assembly, which is used in […]
The robotics industry is maturing. The quality of startups in particular has really changed over the last 2-3 years, and this is backed up by the increasing investment levels, with over $1 billion invested in robotics in 2015. The scope of market areas that we are now seeing robotics startups in is also changing. There are […]
Catch up with past winners: CleverPet (2015), Preemadonna/Nailbot (2015 runner-up), and Leka (2014). Will you be our next Robot Launch winner? There’s 25 days left to register! You can register by going to 2016 Robot Launch global online startup competition. Grand prize winner (2015): CleverPet CleverPet is a smart dog feeder that lets you play, teach, and connect […]
Anki’s new robot Cozmo (with free SDK) shows that this consumer robotics startup has got bigger plans than simply dominating the smart toy category. Founded in 2010 by Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute graduates, Anki has become one of the most successful consumer robot companies around. Anki is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures and Two Sigma, and was […]
The US just moved a step closer to building an advanced robotics institute modeled on the hugely successful Fraunhofer Institutes. The proposed ARM or Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute is one of seven candidates moving forward in an open bid for $70 million funding from NIST for an innovation institute to join the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. […]
Robotics today is a fast growing industry with applications in myriad markets, including retail, transportation, manufacturing, and even as personal assistants. Fellow Robots is at the forefront of reimagining these uses for the best retail experience – to improve your experience when shopping and to help employees with the most up to date product information […]
The largest interaction conference in the world CHI 2016 was held in the heart of Silicon Valley from May 7-12. Computer Human Interaction ranges from visual, aural, linguistic interactivity through every sense, including haptics, and proprioception. As robots become more widespread, the first demonstrations of robotics interaction may be seen at CHI. Interaction design student Krishna Sistla has highlighted […]
September 28-29, 2016 — San Jose Convention Center Enter to Pitch Your Company at RoboBusiness At RoboBusiness‘ Pitchfire event, entrepreneurs from 15 exciting robotics startups have two minutes each to pitch their business to a panel of renowned venture capitalist judges and a packed room of RoboBusiness attendees. 5 Reasons to Pitch: 1. International media […]
Viv is an AI personal assistant launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY on Monday May 9. Viv promises to radically simplify our interface with everything. Viv is everything that the Siri cofounders Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer wanted to build with Siri but couldn’t. Of course Viv is a few years more advanced than Siri, but the big difference is Steve […]
Hello Friends of Highway1, Starting today, Highway1 is accepting applications for the Fall 2016 program. We need your help to find the best of the best in hardware! We’re asking that you please share the below messages with your networks (or feel free to get creative w/ messaging): Facebook: SF-based hardware accelerator, Highway1, is now […]
