Category: Women in Robotics

Seamless transitions between autonomous robot capabilities and human intervention in construction robotics

Seamless transitions between autonomous robot capabilities and human intervention in construction robotics

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Events or Seminars, Featured, Women in Robotics

Congratulations to the winners of the best paper award of the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction 2021. The team around Cynthia Brosque, Elena Galbally, Prof. Martin Fischer, and Prof. Oussama Khatib did excellent groundwork for construction robotics. With permission, Silicon Valley Robotics is reposting the first parts of the paper below. It […]

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What Women in Robotics achieved in 2021 and what’s coming next in 2022

What Women in Robotics achieved in 2021 and what’s coming next in 2022

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Women in Robotics
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It’s been a hard year for women all over the world, and I’d like to thank everyone who has contributed to Women in Robotics in 2021, whether you’ve simply shared information about yourself in our community #intros channel, or organized an online event, or made yourself available as an advisor in our pilot mentoring program. […]

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50 women in robotics you need to know about 2021

50 women in robotics you need to know about 2021

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Featured, Media Releases, Women in Robotics

It’s Ada Lovelace Day and once again we’re delighted to introduce you to “50 women in robotics you need to know about”! From the Afghanistan Girls Robotics Team to K.G.Engelhardt who in 1989 founded, and was the first Director of, the Center for Human Service Robotics at Carnegie Mellon, these women showcase a wide range of […]

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Join the Women in Robotics Photo Challenge

Join the Women in Robotics Photo Challenge

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Commentary, Featured, Women in Robotics

How can women feel as if they belong in robotics if we can’t see any pictures of women building or programming robots? The Civil Rights Activist Marian Wright Edelson aptly said, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” We’d like you all to take photos of women building and coding robots and share them with […]

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Women in Robotics Update: Andra Keay, Nguyen Sao Mai and Selin Alara Örnek

Women in Robotics Update: Andra Keay, Nguyen Sao Mai and Selin Alara Örnek

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:Women in Robotics
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Here’s a Women in Robotics Spotlight, where we share stories from women who are working on all sorts of interesting projects who haven’t yet been featured in our Annual Showcase. We hope these stories provide inspiration to everyone to join us working in the field of robotics. And if you’re a woman working in robotics, […]

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Introducing the 2021 Women in Robotics Board of Directors

Introducing the 2021 Women in Robotics Board of Directors

Posted on by Andra Keay
Category:California Robotics News, Women in Robotics
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Women in Robotics is a grassroots community involving women from around the world. Our mission is supporting women working in robotics and women who would like to work in robotics. We formed an official 501c3 non-profit organization in 2020 headquartered in Oakland California. We’d like to introduce our 2021 Board of Directors: Andra Keay, Women […]

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