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Maria Telleria: Construction Robots and Working with Unions | Sense Think Act Podcast #20
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Maria Telleria, who is a co-founder and the CTO of Canvas. Canvas makes a drywall finishing robot and is based in the Bay Area. In this interview, Maria talks about Canvas’s drywall finishing robot, how Canvas works with unions, Canvas’s business model, and about her career path.
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Audrow Nash
is a Software Engineer at Open Robotics and the host of the Sense Think Act Podcast
Audrow Nash
is a Software Engineer at Open Robotics and the host of the Sense Think Act Podcast
Sense Think Act Podcast
is a long-form, technical podcast about all areas of robotics that is hosted by Audrow Nash and sponsored by Open Robotics
Sense Think Act Podcast
is a long-form, technical podcast about all areas of robotics that is hosted by Audrow Nash and sponsored by Open Robotics
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