Robotics CEO: 12-Year-Old Whiz As Smart As Ph.Ds

by Andra Keay

12 November 2013

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When Ted Larson, the CEO of a Silicon Valley robotics firm, hired Rohan Agrawal as his summer intern this year he was skeptical that Rowan could keep up with his team’s pace. Rohan, after all, is 12 years old.

The Robot Launch Pad‘s insight:

The video makes the point that Rohan was able to explore and experiment at a high level because of the range of robotics clubs and hackerspaces in Silicon Valley. Also, that Rohan learned many of his tech skills from youtube and google.

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Andra Keay is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics, founder of Women in Robotics and is a mentor, investor and advisor to startups, accelerators and think tanks, with a strong interest in commercializing socially positive robotics and AI.

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