CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY

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  • Stupid Robot Tricks – Humans Need Not Apply

    Mid-August is always a slow time in New York, and it seems as though the robotic  world has followed step.  So much of the news is about summer bot camps, world robot cups, and even origami robots (which I will discuss below).  Before illustrating how robots can do amazingly stupid… Listen ⇢

  • X-Ray Vision, Watch Out Superman!

    When people hear about X-Ray Vision they think of offensive TSA agents that are using body scanners for their own personal pleasures.  Somehow a pat down becomes less obtrusive. When I think of X-Ray Vision, I am brought back to Superman I and his early flirtations with Lois Lane, I… Listen ⇢

  • Synthetic Plants

    When I was in college I had a garden before it was in vogue, now I live in an Urban area and it is very difficult to keep up the green thumb.  While most of robotics are focused on mechanical devices, I would like to suggest that bio-engineering has a… Listen ⇢

  • Boeing's New Workforce

    Last summer my family and I took a trek up north, on the way to Vancouver, to visit the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington. We were carefully chaperoned through the plant with all photography equipment banned. The shear mass of these planes is impressive, along with the thousands of workers… Listen ⇢

  • A New Addition To The Family

    We have already outsourced our chores to Roomba, but MIT’s Cynthia Breazeal suggests we need to hire robotic-nanny. I have 5 kids and a 90 lb. dog squeezed into our ever shrinking Manhattan apartment, do I have room for another robot?  To answer this we need to look closely at Ms.… Listen ⇢

  • Iron Dome – A True War Hero

    According to the bible, when the People of Israel would travel in the desert a “Cloud of Glory” would protect them from harm. Today the Land of Israel is protected by Iron Dome (a modern day divine shield).  As of today, Hamas has launched over 500 missile attacks at Israel… Listen ⇢

  • Muscle Bots

    As we celebrate the 238th year of our country’s independence from tyranny, we recall the quintessential American innovation – The Muscle Car. This automobile reflects our society and culture in driving for the biggest and fastest machine possible.  A parallel in the robotic world would be Atlas, big and strong… Listen ⇢

  • Here's Jimmy….

    This week the computer world was abuzz with the Android I/O conference.  Google’s net is now cast a little wider into your home, car, and pocket.  While everyone waits Apple or Google’s next move at bated breath, the bigger story could be the adoption of 3D printing combined with high… Listen ⇢

  • John Henry vs. The Robot

    Earlier this week, I was listening to Johnny Cash’s song, John Henry.  Cash’s lyrics rang loud, “did the Lord say that machines oughtta take the place of livin’? …Do engines get rewarded for their steam?” Obviously, this is a major ethical debate in robotics, when machines replace the meager tasks of… Listen ⇢

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“Oliver Mitchell is among the world’s leading thinkers about robots and robotics. He is also one of the world’s leading visionaries about how humans think about robots, invest in robotics, and build robotics companies. …. The reader gets to be the beneficiary of Oliver’s creation of a new knowledge ecosystem.” – Dan Burstein, New York Times bestselling author of 15 nonfiction books, and Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Millennium Technology Value Partners.

“This book … [draws] from interviews with industry experts who share firsthand experiences from real-world ventures, the author distils invaluable lessons from both their successes and failures. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to my students and colleagues involved in robotics research and education as an exceptional resource for guiding their entrepreneurial pursuits.” Katsuo Kurabayashi, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA.