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#ICRA15 videos of plenaries and keynotes

[updated] Have a look below for the videos of plenary talks and keynotes at ICRA 2015. You can also use this youtube playlist. We'll be uploading new videos as they arrive....
29 May 2015, by

Live stream #ICRA15 – Plenary video and tweets from Seattle

ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's flagship conference and a premier international forum for robotics researchers to present their work. The 2015 conference is taking place 26-30 May, ...
26 May 2015, by

Breakout Labs looking for robots that can change the world

I’m at Breakout Labs 3rd ‘unboxing’ today at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco. Founded by the Thiel Foundation in 2011, Breakout Labs provides seed stage funding of up to $350,000 to early st...
09 October 2014, by

UK Robotics Mission on Silicon Valley tour

The UK Robotics Mission landed in the USA this week. Backed by the Techonology Strategy Board and UK Trade & Investment, the tour covers more than 20 events in San Diego, Silicon Valley and San ...
24 June 2014, by

Multimodal interaction at AWE2014 with HIT Lab NZ

The Augmented World Expo (AWE) was on at Santa Clara Convention Center from May 27-29. The conference, organized by Ori Inbar and Tish Shute, has grown rapidly in recent years as augmented reality tec...
02 June 2014, by

SOLID: A robot recap

O’Reilly’s recent SOLID conference, May 21-22 at Fort Mason SF, was all about the intersection of hardware and software, but it also extended and challenged our ideas about what was hardware in a ...
28 May 2014, by



‘Design a Robot’ competitions

Didn’t get a robot entered in the DARPA grand robotics challenge (DRC)? Never mind, there are several robot design and business model competitions on at the moment, from social robots, to affordable...
06 September 2013, by

SUSBEXPO: The first unmanned systems business conference

SUSBEXPO is the first conference about unmanned systems to really focus on the growing commercial opportunities of this market. AUVSI put on a spectacular annual show, but it is predominantly militar...
27 July 2013, by

AWE2013: Hardware for an augmented world

Day One of AWE2013, the Augmented World Expo, finished with Sphero, the robot ball, taking out the first ‘Auggie Award’ for hardware. Sphero, by Orbotix, won the Auggie for their augmented reality...
06 June 2013, by

AWE2013: What is the augmented world?

Augmented reality and virtual reality have been overhyped and underdelivering for years but there are many indications that things are changing. It’s not just that Google Glass has been on the stree...
05 June 2013, by

Maker Faire overview

http://youtu.be/5APvyZHf1Dk It’s impossible to see everything at Maker Faire but I tried. I was exhibiting with my hackerspace Robot Garden and had the pleasure of being both a participant and ...
22 May 2013, by

Accelerators and opportunities for robotics startups

New accelerators are opening and existing programs are expanding. It’s an exciting time to be a robotics or hardware startup. In my next post I’ll talk about some of the sorts of startups that inv...
19 May 2013, by

Countdown to Maker Faire

I’m setting up at Maker Faire with Robot Garden (a new robotics hackerspace and accelerator) and hope you’ll all come see Robot Garden @ iGate in Booth #2675 in Expo Hall. We might not be able ...
17 May 2013, by

Robot Block Party recap

It was another amazing Robot Block Party at the CARS facility in Stanford. More than 30 companies, startups, STEM groups and individuals demonstrated robots ranging from PR2s to tiny brain powered hel...
16 April 2013, by

Jobs isn’t the issue for robotics

Well, not quite. According to Rodney Brooks, robotics has too much Steve Wozniak and not enough Steve Jobs. And perhaps that’s where the jobs part of a very full afternoon forum should have ended. X...
12 April 2013, by

National Robotics Week in the US (and Mars)

Happy Robotics Week to everyone!  Thanks to all the organizers, contributers and robot fans around the US. But why stop there? This year’s National Robotics Week has 177 events in all 50 states, ...
06 April 2013, by

Robotics infiltrates Engadget’s Expand

The first Engadget Expand expo at Fort Mason in San Francisco was a great weekend out with lots of robotics. In fact the striking thing was how much of the event was talking about or demonstrating rob...
19 March 2013, by

CES gets robots all wrong

In my opinion, the International Consumer Electronics Show used robots gratuitously, out of context and without benefit to robotics companies. It’s a category problem more than anything else and is ...
15 January 2013, by

Overview of robotics at CES 2013

Robotics is still the picture rather than the story at International CES, the largest innovation and consumer electronics display in the world. When CNET’s Next Big Thing panel discussed “What is ...
09 January 2013, by

Robobusiness getting lean

Bossa Nova Robotics launched the lean version of Rosie, the robot maid from the Jetsons, today at Robobusiness. CEO Martin Hitch explained how Bossa Nova have taken their experience in the brutal and ...
23 October 2012, by

Mega Startup Weekend with robots

For the 1st time in startup weekend history, teams are asked to build robot startups in a 54hr challenge. Using just a mockup OR an existing robot platform OR all the robot resources you possess, can ...
28 March 2012, by

Winners of Cloud Robotics Hackathon

….. straight from Robotics Hackathon HQ….. (Our CONGRATULATIONS to ALL especially Silicon Valley team OLogic !) We are very happy to announce the results of the Cloud Robotics Hackathon 2012...
13 March 2012, by

Cloud Robotics Hackathon update

Lots of hackathon stuff posted on our new Google+ page for Robot LaunchPad so check out all the videos/demos/pix. More than 60 people showed up to the Hackathon, making us the largest event next t...
05 March 2012, by

Cloud Robotics Hackathon

A good team has a balance of skills including people & design skills, learners and experts. The technical challenge is only one part of building a great robot demo. 1. Build robot 2. Connect...
24 February 2012, by

Robotics Hackathon launch party

Are you a Bay Area robotics hackathon team or just interested in robot startups? Join us at the Citrix Startup Accelerator for the launch of the Robotics Hackathon. The Robotics Hackathon is spon...
13 February 2012, by

What is ROBOT launchpad?

How many robot businesses can we make in one weekend? JUST ADD ROBOTS to a roomful of entrepreneurs in search of a WINNING STARTUP IDEA! The ROBOT launchpad connects startup and robotics communities....
17 November 2011, by







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