CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY

Articles

  • Your Mind Is The Greatest Processor

    Robotics starts with mimicking life.  When life starts to mimic robotics than we have a paradigm shift.  Everyday the hot topic is how will humans and robotics intersect.   I would like to argue we have already crossed paths. Earlier this week, Google introduce the world to Glass.  Above please… Listen ⇢

  • Window Washers Replaced By A Square Box

    http://live.wsj.com/public/page/embed-731E7228_E41B_4098_A70D_A0B0812CF7F1.html Maids used to be very firm on the issue, “I will do laundry, cooking, cleaning, but NOT windows.” There is something mysteriously tedious about window washing, and in New York it is compounded by the sheer height of our buildings.  I still recall watching workman hang off our building… Listen ⇢

  • Michelangelo's New Hand

    Last week I was in stately London, the home of the Queen, Henry VIII and now Michelangelo’s hand.  Bionic hands have been in discussion since Steve Austin’s first accident.  However, last week in England Chris Taylor become the recipient of the first robotic limb for a mere $75,000 a hand.… Listen ⇢

  • Is 60 Minutes Right?

    While most of the electronic press was at CES, 60 minutes did a 13 minute segment on robots replacing human jobs in this ongoing recession.  While this argument has been made as conjecture on the campaign trail, Steve Kroft enforced the point with the credibility of two MIT professors… http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf CBS News… Listen ⇢

  • 2013 The Year of Roboy

    2013 has already brought us many surprises, as we look over the near abyss of the fiscal cliff.  Our website, was even streamlined to provide a better mobile experience.  However, probably the most exciting news for us to share is that the robot world is expecting a new baby boy.… Listen ⇢

  • Selling Robot Pickaxes & Shovels

    Yosemite Sam is due for an update, maybe the next version of this beloved cartoon character will be a robot. According to some of the brightest business minds, we are on the cusp of entering a new gold rush, just this time it will be in the stars. Chris Lewicki… Listen ⇢

  • Farmer Bot Patrols the Orchard

    Last week, it was cows this week wheat.  The idea of automating the most menial of tasks is not novel, but replacing migrant workers is the wave of the future, and now in the land Down Under.   Australians take their vegemite sandwiches very seriously, and no one more than… Listen ⇢

  • The Robotic Milkman

    As a city boy, I hated drinking milk.  I still recall the very traumatic experience of my 5th Grade class trip to an upstate dairy farm.  I am comforted to know that today  the experience would feel more like an App then the soft squeeze of an utter. The ASTRONAUT… Listen ⇢

  • MIT Creates the DNA of Autobots

    My passion for robots started when I was eight years old.  My Uncle would always visit us on his way to/from Japan.  The advantage of being a family pitstop was presents, and for me specially it was Japanese electronics and TOYS.  I still remember my first Tomy Takara Transformer which back then… Listen ⇢

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My goal for this book is to help you at a pivotal point in your ideation process and, at the same, introduce you to a cadre of potential mentors. Through interviews with some of the most respected luminaries in this field, I aim to help fortify your resolve to follow your passions and build a billion-dollar company. The chapters of this book have been organized like field guide, as if you are setting out on a trip in the wild. Just like it’s essential to satiate yourself before scaling mountains, fast-tracking your innovation into the hands of early adopters is vital for achieving success on Main Street.

“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.