Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Jim Robinson of RRE Ventures said it best last month at the Silicon Dragon Conference when comparing Silicon Valley to New York, “There are two kinds of centers that have a lot of startups and technology, there are technology centers and commerce centers.” New York falls into the later category, while the Valley is the … Read more
In 1985, a twenty-two year old Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion. Twelve years later, he was defeated by the only player capable of challenging the grandmaster, IBM’s Deep Blue. That same year, RoboCup was formed to take on the world’s most popular game, soccer, with robots. Twenty years later, we are on the … Read more
I once heard Esther Jungreis, the famous speaker and writer, say that ‘one’s face is like a billboard, so smile.’ When you think about this it rings very true, especially in the world of robotics. For example, if an elderly home would implement a robotic help mate that looked like the Terminator it would literally scare … Read more