Robotics News for Jan 2017

On Jan 26 the Doomsday Clock was brought forward to 2 1/2 minutes to midnight. Worried?

I’m glad to report that the robotics and AI industry is responding. IEEE seeks input into Guidelines for Ethically Aligned Design for AI and Autonomous Systems, the $27 million Ethics and Governance of AI fund was announced, Stanford announced the 100 year study on AI, Apple joined Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook and IBM in the Partnership on AI, and the Obama WhiteHouse released 3 white papers on AI, automation and the economy.

In the meantime, we still have robots to build:

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SVR Calendar Events Coming Up:

JANUARY
Speaker Salon – Social Robotics – Jan 10
A3 Robotics Cluster Meeting – Jan 18
Women in Robotics Happy Hour – Jan 26

FEBRUARY
SVR AGM – Feb 13
Developer Workshop
Investor Forum
Job Fair

MARCH
Speaker Salon
Women in Robotics Happy Hour
Service Robotics Report
Automate Startup Launchpad

APRIL
Big Robot Block Party
Good Robot Design Awards
Speaker Salon

MAY
Developer Workshop
Investor Forum
Women in Robotics Happy Hour
Speaker Salon

JUNE
Sensor World Expo
Speaker Salon
Global Robot Launchpad Startup Competition

Bots & Beer
Our regular social meetup is now bimonthly – first Wednesdays in Mountain View and third Wednesdays in San Francisco.