Hardware Podcasts

An Interview with Chris Osterwood

The Amp Hour · 14 Jan 2019 · 1h 16m · Episode 425

What this episode covers

Chris Osterwood, founder of Capable Robot Components, discusses his journey from Carnegie Mellon University to serving as CTO at Carnegie Robotics, where he worked on autonomous sewer inspection robots and agricultural systems. He explains the specific engineering challenges of ground robotics, such as managing weight, power, and harsh environments like sewers and cornfields. Osterwood details his new venture, which aims to provide reliable, embeddable infrastructure components like gigabit Ethernet switches and diagnostic USB hubs to solve the 'make vs. buy' dilemma for robot builders.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Capable Robot Components, Red Zone Robotics, Carnegie Robotics, Trinamic, Adafruit
Products
Arduino, Intel RealSense, SenseTemp
Also
Carnegie Mellon University, CrowdSupply

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