Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Robots will replace human jobs, period. There are occupations that are frankly just too dangerous for people. For example, earlier today I met with a former diver and demolition expert for the Israeli Navy (who now runs his own robotic startup). CMU alum company, RE2, Inc., received a SBIR grant for designing “Inflatable Underwater Manipulator Arms” for … Read more
Last Saturday, everyone waited with bated breadth to see if American Pharoah would win the Triple Crown. At the same time, under the California sun, 23 teams competed in the ultimate robotic contest – the DARPA’s Robotic Challenge (DRC). It should come as no surprise that a South Korean team won the $2 million grand prize, as South Korea … Read more
While speaking with an innovative robotic company this week, I concluded it takes a lot of humans to sell just one robot. The employment around robotics was further validated by Sunday’s WSJ article about Uber poaching scientists from Carnegie Mellon University. While there will be job fallout, robots in the long run will open up the field to new … Read more
http://live.wsj.com/public/page/embed-BD78AFD2_CA28_4833_A062_F76FB6E11E69.html We have all seen robots do amazing things, score goals, drive race cars and save lives. While we (robot enthusiasts) marvel at the science, many people see the all-perfect all-winning robot as adding to the hysteria of our own human inferiority. As we look towards a world where robots and humans will be interacting … Read more