Category: Women in Robotics

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

Posted on February 1, 2021February 3, 2021 by Andra Keay

TaggedAndra Keay, Nguyen Sao Mai, Selin Alara Ornek, Women in Robotics

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, […]

Introducing the 2021 Women in Robotics Board of Directors

Posted on January 17, 2021January 20, 2021 by Andra Keay

Category:California Robotics News, Women in Robotics

TaggedAllison Thackston, Andra Keay, Ariel Anders, Cynthia Yeung, Hallie Siegel, Laura Stelzner, Laurie Linz, Lisa Winter, Sabine Hauert, Sarah Osentoski, Sue Keay, Women in Robotics

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 […]

	February 2021
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1 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 February 1, 2021 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/93169418482?pwd=SDBUcnA1WE1lTWx1THRwNFRlaGVvZz09 See more details • •	2 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Circuit Launch Tour Circuit Launch Tour February 2, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Dr Suite #200, Oakland, CA 94621, USA See more details • •	3 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Bots&Beer Silicon Valley Bots&Beer Silicon Valley February 3, 2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm See meetup for location See more details • •	4 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details SVR Board Meeting SVR Board Meeting February 4, 2021 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm See more details SVR Startup Office Hours SVR Startup Office Hours February 4, 2021 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm See more details SVR Startup Office Hours SVR Startup Office Hours February 4, 2021 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Online Office Hours with Andra Keay See more details SVR Startup Pitch Workshop SVR Startup Pitch Workshop February 4, 2021 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm See more details • • • • •	5 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Women in Robotics - Mentoring Committee Women in Robotics - Mentoring Committee February 5, 2021 8:30 am - 9:30 am See more details • •	6 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	7 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •
8 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 February 8, 2021 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/93169418482?pwd=SDBUcnA1WE1lTWx1THRwNFRlaGVvZz09 See more details • •	9 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	10 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	11 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Construction Robotics Forum Construction Robotics Forum February 11, 2021 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/construction-robotics-forum-feb-2021-tickets-138889328721 See more details SVR Startup Pitch Workshop SVR Startup Pitch Workshop February 11, 2021 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm See more details • • •	12 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Women in Robotics - Mentoring Committee Women in Robotics - Mentoring Committee February 12, 2021 8:30 am - 9:30 am See more details "Skydio Autonomy: Research in Robust Visual Navigation and Real-Time 3D Reconstruction" - Adam Bry and Hayk Martiros (Skydio) "Skydio Autonomy: Research in Robust Visual Navigation and Real-Time 3D Reconstruction" - Adam Bry and Hayk Martiros (Skydio) February 12, 2021 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm https://roboticstoday.github.io/watch.html Skydio Autonomy: Research in Robust Visual Navigation and Real-Time 3D Reconstruction Adam Bry (Skydio) and Hayk Martiros (Skydio) Abstract: Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. Our drones are used for everything from capturing amazing video, to inspecting bridges, to tracking progress on construction sites. At the core of our products is a vision-based autonomy system with seven years of development at Skydio, drawing on decades of academic research. This system pushes the state of the art in deep learning, geometric computer vision, motion planning, and control with a particular focus on real-world robustness. Drones encounter extreme visual scenarios not typically considered by academia nor encountered by cars, ground robots, or AR applications. They are commonly flown in scenes with few or no semantic priors and must deftly navigate thin objects, extreme lighting, camera artifacts, motion blur, textureless surfaces, vibrations, dirt, camera smudges, and fog. These challenges are daunting for classical vision - because photometric signals are simply not consistent and for learning-based methods - because there is no ground truth for direct supervision of deep networks. In this talk we'll take a detailed look at these issues and the algorithms we've developed to tackle them. We will also cover the new capabilities on top of our core navigation engine to autonomously map complex scenes and capture all surfaces, by performing real-time 3D reconstruction across multiple flights. Biography: Adam is co-founder and CEO at Skydio. He has two decades of experience with small UAS, starting as a national champion R/C airplane aerobatics pilot. As a grad student at MIT, he did award winning research that pioneered autonomous flight for drones, transferring much of what he learned as an R/C pilot into software that enables drones to fly themselves. Adam co-founded Google’s drone delivery project. He currently serves on the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Olin College and an SM in Aero/Astro from MIT. He has co-authored numerous technical papers and patents, and was also recognized on MIT’s TR35 list for young innovators. Biography: Hayk was the first engineering hire at Skydio and he leads the autonomy team. He is an experienced roboticist who develops robust approaches to computer vision, deep learning, nonlinear optimization, and motion planning to bring intelligent robots into the mainstream. His team’s state of the art work in UAV visual localization, obstacle avoidance, and navigation of complex scenarios is at the core of every Skydio drone. He also has an interest in systems architecture and symbolic computation. His previous works include novel hexapedal robots, collaboration between robot arms, micro-robot factories, solar panel farms, and self-balancing motorcycles. Hayk is a graduate of Stanford University and Princeton University. Stream at:https://roboticstoday.github.io/watch.html See more details • • •	13 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	14 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •
15 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 February 15, 2021 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/93169418482?pwd=SDBUcnA1WE1lTWx1THRwNFRlaGVvZz09 See more details • •	16 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	17 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Online Robotics Job Fair Online Robotics Job Fair February 17, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-robotics-job-fair-tickets-104585977474 See more details • •	18 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details SVR Startup Pitch Workshop SVR Startup Pitch Workshop February 18, 2021 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm See more details • •	19 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	20 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	21 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •
22 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 SVR Volunteer Meeting 2021 February 22, 2021 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/93169418482?pwd=SDBUcnA1WE1lTWx1THRwNFRlaGVvZz09 See more details • •	23 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Society, Robots and Us - People with Disabilities and Robots Society, Robots and Us - People with Disabilities and Robots February 23, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm https://societyrobotsandus.eventbrite.com See more details • •	24 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	25 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details SVR Startup Pitch Workshop SVR Startup Pitch Workshop February 25, 2021 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm See more details • •	26 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details Women in Robotics - Mentoring Committee Women in Robotics - Mentoring Committee February 26, 2021 8:30 am - 9:30 am See more details • •	27 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •	28 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 Robotics CoLab @Circuit Launch From $1500 January 12, 2021 10:00 am - April 2, 2021 5:00 pm Circuit Launch, 8000 Edgewater Drive, Oakland, CA, USA See more details •

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

Introducing the 2021 Women in Robotics Board of Directors

Skydio Autonomy: Research in Robust Visual Navigation and Real-Time 3D Reconstruction Adam Bry (Skydio) and Hayk Martiros (Skydio)