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Congratulations... Zanker Recycling partners with Zen Robotics - open house in San Jose. The Pentagon is looking for a robotics and AI ethicist. Mayor DeBlasio's proposed Robot Tax is more nuanced than previous proposals.
In other news... NASA's Space Robotics Challenge 2 is now open. You can learn more about the NASA Centennial Challenges by visiting the website here or by reading up on the full Challenge details here. DOE showcases high throughput robotics for pharma and biotech. Samsung shows off a robot chef.
AI meets vacuum cleaners. What could possibly go wrong. Wall St Journal predicts next industry trend is pretending to be robots. Teachers believe that students have already mastered that skill and the school hallways are full of robots.
Meanwhile... I'll be keynoting CHINA 2019 Science Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Shanghai on Sep 11th so I hope to try one of Didi's robot taxis while I'm there. Hopefully returning in good shape for the Retail Robotics Forum on Thursday Sept 12th!
****We have new robotics white papers, reports and strategic plans on the SVR Reports & Publications page. We've just added a map/list of all the robotics research labs in the Bay Area - there are 50 just counting govt/academic labs! What reports would you like to see?
Our 'Robotics 2.0 - thriving in the robot revolution' on O'Reilly, went very well and will be repeated again on November 22. (If you don't want to subscribe, you can sign up for a free 10 day trial to join me :)
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LIVE CLASS Robot Exploration: How can a robot create a map autonomously Sep 10, 2019 @ 6 PM CEST with ROS IGNITE
Most of the time you have to put a robot into an unknown environment to work, not always you'll have a map with obstacles inside it. So how to "keep the robot calm" in a constantly changing environment? Exploration is a good option to navigate and map your environment at the same time and one of the most common packages of exploration is Frontier Exploration.
In this Live Class, let's learn how it works and what it needs to work properly.
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Retail Robotics Reimagined: Three Opportunities to Learn More
- EVANSTON, Illinois – Robots are no longer relegated to the back rooms of retail stores. Instead, they are out front -- interacting with and assisting customers, scanning inventory to locate out-of-stock situations, detecting spills and other potential hazards, and much more. Retailers have three upcoming opportunities to learn more about the evolving use of robots in retail environments: • September 12, 2019, at SRI International in Menlo Park, California, from 1-5 p.m. Retail Meets Robots: a roundtable for leading retailers and robotics companies, with expert analysts from Retail Analytics Council, SRI International, and Silicon Valley Robotics. Get more information and register to attend.
- September 17, 2019, at Galt House, Louisville, Kentucky, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Autonomous Mobile Robot Conference, presented by the Robotics Industries Association and the Association for Advancing Automation. Get more details and register to attend.
- October 31, 2019, at the Hilton Orrington Hotel, Evanston, Illinois, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Presentation of results from RAC Summer Research Project on robotic-generated data standards and robot-to-robot communication protocols. Get more info on participation and sponsorship.
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SICK Inc. is currently holding a competition for engineering students in support of innovation and student achievement in automation and technology. The TiM$10K Challenge is for student teams to use their creativity and technical knowledge to incorporate SICK LiDAR in any application within any industry. The coolest part, in addition to bragging rights, is that the winning team
gets a cash prize of $10K and an all-expense paid trip to visit the SICK headquarters in Waldkirch, Germany!More details on the challenge, rules, and timelines can be found in the link below:
https://www.sick.com/us/en/tim10k/w/tim10k/
Only 20 teams will be selected for the contest, so please make sure that your team registers before Sept. 16thRegistration link: https://s.sick.com/us-en-TiM10k-2019
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Navigating the Stages of Building a Hardware Company
Join Hardware Club for a Hardware Panel discussion on September 16. Hosted at Cooper Perkins' Mission office, and sponsored by Xilinx, this event is your opportunity to network with a dynamic community of hardware professionals, investors, product engineers, service providers, and professional societies. Come learn about navigating the stages of building a hardware company from industry experts in an informal setting.
Register Here
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IEEE in partnership with Cisco presents this symposium on "AI, The Next Decade" of Artificial Intelligence. with discount code "SVR-FRIENDS" that will give a 10% discount to your members.
We've got a great line up of speakers and influencers from the AI community to present their thoughts on where the world is headed in terms of AI over the next decade. From advances in AI, to how AI will affect your daily life - you'll get to hear, discuss and debate several perspectives at a full day of talks, panel discussions and networking. The event will be followed by a happy hour networking sessions!
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The O’Reilly AI Conference | September 9–12 | San Jose
The O’Reilly AI Conference is happening in just a few weeks and passes are still available! Want to join in but can’t attend the entire conference? Consider the Expo Plus Pass. You’ll not only get access to the sponsor pavilion, the pass also includes sponsored sessions, onsite networking events and much more—for only $145. OR get in fast cause SVR has 20 complimentary Expo Plus passes for you to distribute to your members. Just use code EXPLUSPC.
https://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/260085
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Opportunity for SVR Members!
Welcome to the Berkeley Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Program (BPEP) Jobs Portal
The Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) Program hosts some of the world’s most talented scholars and researchers, and one of its core goals is to connect UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholars and other advanced degree holders with exciting career opportunities in the private sector, especially among startups.
Job postings are free for employers and can only be accessed by UC Berkeley postdocs, visiting scholars and PhD students.
We ask that employers:
- Only post jobs specific to candidates with advanced degrees
- Keep their posts current
- Report hires as a result of this job board back to postdocjobportal@berkeley.edu.
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Would you like Silicon Valley Robotics to host a Team Building event for you?
Imagine your whole company having fun building and programming their own tiny dancing, singing, sumo bots - racing self-driving cars on our track - experiencing the latest VR - customizing jewellery or creating sculptures.
What's more, we can provide 'Design Thinking' and 'Future Forecasting' workshops too. Contact andra@svrobo.org = subject workshops
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Training and Additional Events
ROS-Industrial Americas will be hosting the last training event of the year October 8-10, 2019, at the Southwest Research Institute campus in San Antonio, Texas. This training event will have an advanced option, focusing on ROS2, and how to work within ROS2, including some practices on porting, and leveraging the bridge. Registration will be open soon, and class sizes are always limited. The training is open to all, but non-members require a tuition to attend. Learn more here: https://rosindustrial.org/events/2019/10/8/ros-i-americas-training
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Hear these and 40+ more talks by industry leaders at CRAV.ai.
Register before August 15 to save $500! Make sure you get the lowest price for this top event. Register today before savings slip away!
VIEW FULL AGENDA
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Call for Speakers is Open!
Sensors Expo & Conference brings together over 9,000 engineers and engineering professionals annually to San Jose. As the nation's largest event for sensors, connectivity and IoT, we are currently seeking qualified speakers to deliver presentations at the 2020 Conference Program, taking place June 9-11. Deadline to submit is Friday, October 11th.
Visit our Call for Speakers page to learn more about topic areas, speaker benefits, submission process, and more.
Ready to submit? Please consider speaking if you have original research and/or compelling applications or case study examples. We're taking submissions through October 11th!
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Interested in joining a manufacturing peer cluster?
Today’s small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) face many challenges—and many opportunities. And while there are a wealth of resources out there, sometimes it can still seem like you’re operating in a vacuum, cut off from the rest of the manufacturing world outside of the occasional networking event. To remedy this situation for California’s SMMs, Peer Council groups were created. More information here.
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The World Robot Summit WRS will be held in 2020 in Aichi/Fukushima of Japan in order to showcase the latest technologies and excellent ideas from around the world. It will feature: World Robot Challenge (WRC) where robots compete in simulated real-life scenarios such as industrial, retail store, home and disaster site settings in addition to a junior category; and World Robot Expo (WRE) where robotics companies, service providers, research institutions, and both national and regional governments from around the world exhibit their R&D efforts and integration of robots in real daily life/society/industry.
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Visit Silicon Valley Robotics at Circuit Launch in Oakland. You can also rent a desk or an office in the only hardware cowork space around. Top class mentors, prototyping equipment and great community.
Do you have news for me to feature on our sites? Are there other events you'd like to see on our calendar? Fill out our event form: https://svrobo.org/calendar/
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