RoboBusiness and Field Robotics Forum Preview

The Robot Report Podcast · 13 Sept 2022 · 44m

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Dan Kara, Mike Oitzman, and Steve Crowe preview the RoboBusiness and Field Robotics Engineering Forum, co-located events in Santa Clara featuring 70+ exhibitors and 60+ speakers. They highlight key companies such as Agility Robotics, presenting their Digit bipedal robot, and Robust AI, discussing context-aware AI. The discussion covers the new Field Robotics Engineering Forum's focus on outdoor applications in agriculture, construction, and mining, alongside startup support through the Pitchfire competition and startup boot camp.

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Companies: Agility Robotics, Robust AI, DHL, Future Ventures, Mass Robotics, Caterpillar, Lattice Semiconductor, AMD, Toyota Research Institute, Cybernetic Ventures, Odin, Amazon Industrial Fund, MFV Partners, Silicon Valley Robotics, Pittsburgh Robotics Network, Capra Robotics, Mobile Industrial Robots, Waymo, Cruz, Sarkos, Built Robotics, iRobot
Products: Digit, Mars Rover
Also: Anthony Jules, Mel Torrey, Sally Miller, Mariana Senko, Andra K, United States Alliance of Robotics Clusters, Neil Jacobsen, Kiva Allgood, Noah Reddy Campbell, DARPA, Carnegie Mellon

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