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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 […]
The White House today announced a series of public workshops on artificial intelligence (AI) and the creation of an interagency working group to learn more about the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence. The first workshop Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy will take place on May 24 at the University of Washington School of Law, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
You can win a DJI Phantom valued at $1400 at SUSBEXPO courtesy of Boomerang Carnets, experts in helping you understand international shipping, duties and tax for drones and robots. FREE SUSBEXPO PASS OFFER TO SVR MEMBERS Special offer for SVR members and drone community – I have a couple of free passes for SUSBEXPO… SUSBEXPO is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s a water drone, it’s an aquatic robot…it’s BIV, as in Bio-Inspired Vehicle and these marine BIV are designed to combat the degrading state of our waterways. The BIV platforms were among a handful of inventions featured at the 2016 Sustainable Oceans Summit recently held at Georgetown University in Washington, DC where ocean protecting thought […]
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 – […]
It’s super hard to find skilled people willing to work for robotics companies in Silicon Valley. Even though robotics is awesome and going to change the world. Because big companies with big paychecks are stealing all the talent. So, you seriously can’t afford to overlook anyone. Yet, judging from the gender ratio at robotics companies, most are overlooking […]
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 […]
April 6th was a super 7th Silicon Valley Robot Block Party and the first to be hosted at Jabil Blue Sky Innovation Center in San Jose. The free event was ‘sold out’, with more than 2000 RSVPs and 40 companies in attendance, and was one of a record breaking 258 events celebrating National Robotics Week. National Robotics Week is […]
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 […]
Spoiler alert. It’s April 1. But this is actually happening, just not quite the way SF educational robot startup Wonder Workshop describe it in this wonderful video about their new release – WonderPaw. Wonder Workshop launched their first robots Dot and Dash with a very successful Kickstarter in 2013. San Diego based cognitive science startup CleverPet […]
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/ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]