Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Ghost Robotics crouching mechanical dog kicked off The Drones & Robotics AI Summit last month at Pillsbury’s NY offices. Watching Gavin Kenneally (CEO) present the Vision 60 and hearing about its hundreds of deployments with the US military, everyone in the packed house buzzed with excitement. Physical AI has finally come of age. According to … Read more
As my colleague Steve Crowe reported last October, one of the biggest automation stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. While Cruise has had many mishaps since the launch of its robotaxi service on the streets of San Francisco in June 2022, … Read more
Returning from vacation, my inbox overflowed with emails announcing robot “firsts.” At the same time, my relaxed post-vacation disposition was quickly rocked by the news of the day and recent discussions regarding the extent of AI bias within New York’s financial system. These unrelated incidents are very much connected in representing the paradox of the acceleration … Read more
My throat is sore from touting New York’s tech prowess, which I realize has been for naught. Almost as quickly as the balloons from the Mayor’s celebration lost their air did Amazon announce it was leaving the Big Apple. The blow to our local venture community is like a sucker punch to the gut. While … Read more