Some interesting new robots just announced!
Plus all the robots and startup news from the last week, and the big gap between what we think robots and people do... and what really happens.
“No human learns language from text or books” Great comment at TAHRI panel on robot speech and dialog. AI starting with text is going about learning language backwards - particularly if you are trying to head towards speech, social interaction and embodiment.
Btw - the image above is from my keynote presentation and it highlights the difference between what we believe that human-robot interaction is, compared to what really happens when robots and humans interact. I used the same prompt in Midjourney four times and each time it produced a similar set of pictures, which I think illustrates our collective fantasy landscape:
In reality, workers blow cigarette smoke in front of the sensors of mobile robots, drunk passersby play ‘tip the delivery robot’ or ‘kick the robot dog’. (or worse when you have an attractive woman on the other end of a telepresence robot out in public)
And youngsters, particularly boys, are notorious for ganging up on robots, getting them into a corner and then picking a fight. Obviously, theft of robots in the wild is going to be a big risk, as is the shooting down of drones over private land. Organized protest groups taught others how to interfere with autonomous cars in San Francisco.
We’ve all seen ‘scooters behaving badly’. That’s what happens when we throw technology in front of the public and yet not treat them all like participants.
I’m going to have fun at TAHRI this weekend - and perhaps we’ll see some progress on robotics standards working groups and shared tech stacks.
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Interesting Robots:
via Remi Cadene on X
After 3 yearsnbsp;@teslanbsp;and Optimus, I am thrilled to announce that I joined Hugging Face to start an ambitious open robotics project! (open as in open-source, not as in Open AI) Looking for engineers to build real robots in Parisnbsp;https://apply.workable.com/huggingface/j/F612A84F16…
via Matt Freed on X
OFF THE GANTRY HERE WE GO NO CHAINS BREAK FRE
via Robert Scoble on X
EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Silicon Valley garage startup building a humanoid robot. $8,000. BOM on robot.
. 3D printed carbon fiber. 26 high torque electric motors that were stuck in customs for a month. Pre launch. Will be first shown at
demo day in April. Company didn’t exist three months ago. This is the purest form of the startup drug.
More Robotics News:
NASA’s CADRE Rovers Take First Autonomous Drive - NASA JPL
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Rocking Robotics Training - ESA
Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testing - TechCrunch
Korea Launches First Containership Built for Autonomous Operations - The Maritime Executive
Robot ships: Huge remote controlled vessels are setting sail - BBC
Brunswick And Apex Partner To Advance Autonomous Boat Technology - Forbes
Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions - MIT News
Experts alarmed over AI in military as Gaza turns into ‘testing ground’ for US-made war robots - Salon
The Challenges, Possibilities and Ethics of AI-Enabled Robots - UTNews
Rosie the Robot runs for real - Hackaday
Humanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giants - Denver Post
Humanoid Robots at Amazon Provide Glimpse of an Automated Workplace - Bloomberg
Agility Robotics names new CEO: Peggy Johnson, former Magic Leap CEO and Microsoft exec - GeekWire
Agility Robotics’ new CEO is ‘focused on the here and now’ - TechCrunch
How Amazon’s latest Climate Pledge Fund investment is transforming recycling through AI and robotics - Amazon
Reshape Automation aims to reduce barriers of robotics adoption - The Robot Report
Anyware Robotics’ Pixmo Takes Unique Approach to Trailer Unloading - IEEE Spectrum
4D Knit Dress robot uses several technologies to create a custom design and a custom fit - TechXplore
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls - Wired
Robotics Events:
28-29 March - Curbivore - Downtown Los Angeles
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9 Mar - 10 Mar - TAHRI 2024 Boulder CO - (Technology Advances for HRI)
11 Mar - 14 Mar - HRI 2024 Boulder CO
5-6 April - SF Symphony: Press Play Carol Reiley and the Robots - Soundbox SF
6 April - Robot Block Party - Circuit Launch San Leandro at Bayfair Mall
18-21 April 2024 - RoboGames - TBC
21 April 2024 - Robots on Ice - Yerba Buena Skating Rink SF
Some more upcoming academic robotics conferences:
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6 个月Robots and startups news from the past week show advancements and challenges in robotics. The future of robotics is promising, that’s why I have also enrolled my son in a robotics program, so that he can learn more and more about robotics and can grow in every aspect https://moonpreneur.com/robotics/
Founder and CEO at Semio | Vice President at AI LA
8 个月Thanks so much for your thought-provoking keynote at TAHRI! ????