Category: Founding Members

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Melonee Wise Joins Agility Robotics as CTO in Leadership Team Expansion

Corvallis, OR – May 22, 2023 – Agility Robotics today announced a significant expansion to the company’s leadership team. New Groundbreaking Roles of Chief Robot Officer and VP of Innovation Among Company Additions Effective immediately, the following distinguished individuals are combining their expertise, experience, and passion to work on Digit, the first human-centric, multi-purpose robot made for work, starting […]

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2023 Robot Block Party Exhibitor List

Help us break our record for most RSVPs ever! https://robot-block-party.eventbrite.com This year, thanks to OhmniLabs, we’ll also have roaming telepresence robots and you can RSVP to drive one of the robots around the Robot Block Party without having to be here in person! Donate $55 to SVR’s CoLab and Roboticists in Residence program and receive […]

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Information about SVR Membership for 2023

Thanks to our new partnership with AMT, the Association for Manufacturing Technology, another (much larger) 501c6 industry association, we can afford to keep membership in Silicon Valley Robotics very low compared to the value we offer. We also scale membership costs so that startups and small companies can afford it. Since our foundation in 2010 […]

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A decade of Open Robotics

Reposted from an Open Robotics post with permission. March 22nd, 2012 is the day it all began. That’s the day we officially incorporated the Open Source Robotics Foundation, the origin of what we now call Open Robotics. The prospect of starting a company is both scary and exciting; but starting an open-source company in a […]

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Even robots know how to have fun at the Robot Block Party in Oakland

Silicon Valley Robotics joins forces with Circuit Launch to showcase some of the latest robotics technologies in a hands-on deeptech cowork and classroom space.  The Silicon Valley Robotics’ Robot Block Party has been running since 2009 and is an annual tradition in the Bay Area during National Robotics Week. There will be plenty of robots […]

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NVIDIA Announces New AI Perception Coming to ROS Developers

NVIDIA today announced new initiatives to deliver a suite of perception technologies to the Robotics Operating System (ROS) developer community.  NVIDIA and Open Robotics have entered into an agreement to accelerate ROS 2 performance on NVIDIA’s Jetson edge AI platform and GPU-based systems. These initiatives will reduce development time and improve performance for developers seeking to incorporate computer […]

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Willow Garage wins Champion Award in SVR ‘Good Robot’ Industry Awards

Willow Garage  Founder: Scott Hassan                Founded: 2006            HQ: Menlo Park, CA       History shows that one single semiconductor company Fairchild created a large part of the wealth of Silicon Valley. This award goes to Willow Garage, one small group with big dreams that started the current robot revolution. Sadly, Willow Garage operated […]

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Fetch Robotics raises $94m for excellence in logistics

Fetch Robotics Secures Funding to Meet Rapidly Increasing Demand for Its Market-Leading Cloud Robotics Solution  On-Demand Automation Solution Gaining Mainstream Adoption with Leading Logistics Providers  SAN JOSE, Calif. – July 23, 2019 – Fetch Robotics, the pioneer of on-demand automation, today announced a Series C round of funding in the amount of $46 million. The round […]

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Bosch

The Bosch Research and Technology Center focuses on the following topics: ASIC design and MEMS technology Energy conversion and energy storage technologies, modeling simulation and controls Wireless Technologies Internet Technologies Algorithms for Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Data Mining User Interaction Technologies We are committed to providing technologies and systems for Bosch’s business fields toward: Automotive applications […]

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SRI International

SRI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. We bring our innovations to the marketplace through licenses and new ventures. SRI’s 2011 revenues were approximately $585 million. View SRI’s R&D focus areas » Learn about SRI’s divisions, labs and centers » […]

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Adept Technologies

Adept Technology, Inc. is a global, leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics systems and services. Adept systems provide unmatched performance and economic value throughout the production lifecycle, enabling customers to achieve precision, quality and productivity in their assembly, handling and packaging processes. Founded in 1983, Adept Technology is the largest U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial robots. […]

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Willow Garage

Willow Garage develops hardware and open source software for personal robotics applications. Vision We see personal robots as the next paradigm-shifting personal productivity tool.  By investing in open source and open platform adoption models, we aim to lay the groundwork for the use of personal robotics applications in everyday life. Who We Are Willow Garage is a team of […]

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