CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY
SINCE 2011 © ROBOT RABBI
A couple of weeks ago, Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz published a blog post about his most recent investment in Comma.ai, a new AI/autonomous mobility company. Comma.ai is the genius of hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, who built his own self-driving car in his garage that was featured on Bloomberg News below (Chris actually … Read More
One of the most interesting discussions from this past week at RoboUniverse was Dr. Florian Röhrbein’s talk about his work in Neurorobotics as part of the Human Brain Project (see prototype below). Röhrbein has created a suite of robots including iCub, Roboboy, and a robotic mouse that maps the synapses of the rodent’s brain. This … Read More
Every time someone hears my blog’s name, I get a laugh. I am happy to oblige, as I know that the robotics industry is changing the world for the better – making our roads safer, our workers more efficient, and our doctors better. So this week, I feel compelled to put the … Read More
Two weeks ago, while many humans were chugging green beer, Alphabet announced its divestment of its robotic portfolio. This was greeted as suspiciously as its original purchase of Boston Dynamics, and many think Amazon could be the best suitor for the entire portfolio. As Wall Street bankers scratched their heads at the rash decision making … Read More
Landing back in New York from SxSw, I keep hearing Rodney Brooks in my head tell a vividly anxious crowd to calm down as the robotic Judgement Day is way off (maybe by 50 years ). While agreeing that media driven tech-hysteria is unproductive, I do think we should be responsive in … Read More
This week a big story in AI was AlphaGo beating Grandmaster Lee Se-dol in the ancient Chinese game of Go (a more complex strategic game than chess). Confucians were left dumbfounded, reminding the word of IBM’s victory over Kasparov in 1977. Deep Blue has been replaced by Watson, and when not … Read More