Category: California Robotics News

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What’s It All About? Manufacturing and product design are changing at an astounding rate. Nowhere is the speed more evident than in the Silicon Valley. The impact of the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, and robotics is huge, and we are just at the beginning. The influence of the digital revolution is impacting our […]

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SVR Case Studies: OATV investing in early stage service robotics

OATV, or O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, is a seed stage investment firm based in San Francisco with a track record of backing robotics startups in emerging areas. As well as investing in Fetch Robotics, some of their other hardware investments include 3D Robotics, Planet Labs, Misfit Wearables, Littlebits and Sight Machine. OATV typically invest between $250,000 […]

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Showcasing NZ agtech – bringing automation and robotics to the farm

On Thursday April 21, New Zealand’s government innovation agency Callaghan Innovations and Silicon Valley’s innovation non-profit SVForum organized “Transforming Ag Tech” an event bringing together New Zealand and US agricultural startups in typical Silicon Valley style. Silicon Valley Robotics Rich Mahoney and Andra Keay led a panel on robotics and agriculture. (See previous post on 10 strategies to […]

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uAvionix Micro ADS-B Receiver For Small Drone Collision Avoidance

April 21, 2016 by Kirk Greninger Get your hands on the real thing at sUSB Expo April 27-29 in San Francisco, pingRX will be demonstrated. Electronics manufacturer uAvionix has introduced the smallest and lightest ADS-B receiver ever made. The new “pingRX” weighs 1.5 grams and requires 1/100th the power of conventional ADS-B receivers. It implements “Sense and […]

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Call for startups: SVForum WorldCupTech Challenge

Robotics and AI startups wanted for the  upcoming 3rd Annual World Cup Tech Challenge (www.worldcuptech.com) on June 1st, 2016 , which provides the next generation of emerging technology companies with the opportunity to pitch their products to, and network with, top VCs, Angels, corporate business development executives, prospective customers and partners, bloggers and media in Silicon […]

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10 strategies for bringing agricultural expertise to robotics startups

No agricultural robotics startup will be successful without a strong connection to the farm. And here are 10 strategies for creating that connection that I’ve seen succeed. Thanks to a great panel at “Transforming Ag Tech” for bringing up the question. The critical thing right now is that there are many opportunities for agriculture (and other businesses) to […]

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International Collaborative Robotics Workshop in Boston

Join us in Boston at the RIA International Collaborative Robotics Workshop. May 3-4 Hynes Convention Center Boston MACollaborative robots is the hottest topic in robotics today. This workshop explores advancements in the field with a global view on collaborative robot technology, applications, safety implications, and human impacts. Many of the world’s leading experts in the […]

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Embedded Vision Summit

The event for innovators who want to bring visual intelligence into products. The Summit inspires participants to use embedded vision technology in new ways and to empower them with the know-how they need to integrate vision capabilities into products. It brings together more than 1000 industry innovators, business leaders, top technologists, and smart engineers – […]

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Apply to be in SVIEF Innovation Showcase Top 30

Top 30 Application Open The Silicon Valley Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum cordially invites individuals, companies, organizations and government agencies world-wide to apply for the Innovation Awards. We’re looking for technological breakthroughs in areas such as virtual reality, wearable tech, 3D printing, robotics, healthtech, New Energy, software, hardware/semiconductor, and other emerging technologies, etc. Innovations should go […]

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Celebrating National Robotics Week at Robot Garden

For a very small group Robot Garden has the most National Robotics Week activities in the whole US. But that’s hardly surprising, Robot Garden is a maker space in Livermore California with a focus on robotics. The Robot Garden website describes it as a “family friendly community workspace that provides access to tools in a community of […]

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Interview with Michael Oitzman, Sr. Product Line Manager, Adept Mobile Robots courtesy of Tanya Anandan, for A3 Association for Advancing Automation (edited for clarity) What are the current markets and types of applications for Adept mobile robots in the service robotics sector? Service robotics is a small, emerging part of our main target markets (manufacturing, warehouse/ […]

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Bots & Beer in SF Chronicle

Great article by Marissa Lang from SF Chronicle describing the vibrant mix of people at a Bots&Beer event, where you never know what sort of robots people have brought along to show off, ranging from home hackers to the latest research videos and crowdfunding campaigns. Thanks to Comet Labs for sponsoring our SF Bots&Beers (and […]

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Robotics has its first unicorn – small SF startup Cruise Automation

Forget about Google and Boston Dynamics. This week the real news is that GM acquired small San Francisco based startup Cruise Automation for a rumored “north of $1 billion”, according toFortune. Robotics has its first unicorn! For the last 3 years, Cruise Automation has been working on an ‘after market’ kit to make vehicles self driving. Cruise have […]

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SVR Case Studies: Hardware May Be Hard, But Strategic Investing Can Make It Smart | KMBIC

The Value of Bringing on Strategics in Robotics: Hardware May be Hard, But Strategic Investing Can Make it Smart by Ekta Sahasi, Vice President at Konica Minolta Business Innovation Center and Greg Lok, Business Strategy Lead at Konica Minolta Business Innovation Center After years of flying under the venture capital (VC) radar, the robotic industry […]

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