Podcasts about Rethink Robotics

Exciting week as Charli goes international with Julia and Franziska of Rethink Robotics!Julia Astrid Riemenschneider, CEO of Rethink Robotics, started her professional career in the tourism industry, where she served six years in various sales, marketing, and product management roles. While working on her master's degree in sales management, she switched to the world of automation and manufacturing. As a project manager at advacon, a consulting firm focused on small and medium-sized industrial companies, Riemenschneider was mentored by former managers from Rittal, which increased her expertise in business development. A consulting project for a leading company in sensor technology brought her to the United States, where she learned market-specific management and sales strategies. In later roles at a German-based vision system company, she was introduced to new technologies and the deeper integration of manufacturing processes. In 2019 Riemenschneider joined Universal Robots as the channel manager and later channel program manager. In these roles she worked with partners in Western Europe and developed new strategies for the alignment of integrators and distributors. In 2022 Riemenschneider joined United Robotics Group (URG). In charge of business development, she established a team of strong managers and implemented various business units and segments to serve different industries. Since September 2024, Riemenschneider has overseen URG endeavors in North America. As CEO of URG Inc. and affiliated company Rethink Robotics, she leads a team to grow the businesses' market presence and increase sales growth.Riemenschneider's LinkedInRethink Robotics LinkedIn  Rethink Robotics websiteFranziska Lorenz is COO of Rethink Robotics and United Robotics Americas, both U.S. entities of United Robotics Group. In 2017, Lorenz graduated from Wiesbaden Business School with master's degree in international business administration. She spent a semester in Mexico and worked in Spain and Italy during her undergraduate and graduate education. Lorenz started her career as executive assistant to the CEO at Schenck Process Group. Then she spent two years as M&A and integration manager in the same company, responsible for international acquisition projects on both the buy and sell sides. Lorenz joined United Robotics Group, an ecosystem of robotics companies combining both social and industrial robotics, in 2021 as corporate development manager and compliance officer, responsible for strategic growth of the group while focusing on governance and compliance. Since 2024 she's been a member of the group's leadership team. Franziska's LinkedInRethink Robotics LinkedInFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn,  Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com   

Mégis elkerülheti eddig biztosra vett sorsát a Tejútrendszer Rakéta     2024-08-17 07:00:13     Tudomány Az Androméda-galaxissal való ütközésre körülbelül 4 milliárd év múlva kerülhet sor. Egy új tanulmány szerint azonban a találkozás nem is biztos, hogy bekövetkezik. Megszállta a szellem a ChatGPT-t, és nyelveken szólt Bitport     2024-08-17 11:00:00     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT Hiába kérdezték angolul, rendre walesi nyelven válaszolt, amit viszont kérdezője nem értett. A felelős cégeknek már a chatbotok használatát is szabályozni kellene! Digital Hungary     2024-08-17 05:43:00     Infotech egyetem Mesterséges intelligencia Kiberbiztonság Óbuda Még összetettebb feladat lesz a vállalatok, a városok, vagy éppen az otthonaink működését biztosító kiberbiztonság a mesterséges intelligencia előretörésével – véli Sándor Barnabás okleveles biztonságtechnikai mérnök, az Óbudai Egyetem kiberbiztonsági kutatója. A robotika 3 törvénye ITBusiness     2024-08-17 12:12:37     Infotech Robot Rodney Brooks, a robotika egyik elismert alakja, az MIT professzora, az iRobot, a Rethink Robotics és a Robust AI cégek alapítója közel öt évtizedes tapasztalatai alapján három alapvető törvényt fogalmaz meg, amelyekhez Isaac Asimov és Arthur C. Clarke híres sci-fi írók szolgáltatták számára az inspirációt. A robotok ki vannak téve a valós világ er Budapesten is kivirágzott a Duna 24.hu     2024-08-17 10:58:56     Tudomány Duna Tiszavirágzás A Duna fővárosi szakaszán is tömeges rajzásba kezdtek a kérészek, az Árpád hídon fénysorompó védi őket a forgalomtól. Jelenlétük a víz tisztaságát jelzi, mutatjuk, hogyan lehet őket megfigyelni. Egy robot, ami ugyanazokat a mozdulatokat végzi, mint a kutatók Márkamonitor     2024-08-17 06:36:03     Tudomány Robot Texas ABB Az Abb Robotics és az Egyesült Államok egyik legnagyobb gyermekkórháza, a Texas Children's Hospital égisze alatt működő Jan and Dan Duncan Neurológiai Kutatóintézet (Duncan Nri) az innovatív, automatizált Drosophila melanogastert (ecetmuslica) áthelyező munkaállomás kifejlesztésével áttörést ért el az orvosi kutatásban. Az Abb YuMi nevű együttműköd Napenergia felhasználás sokszínűsége: Sörfőzés napfénnyel PlanetZ     2024-08-17 14:23:14     Tudomány Heineken A Heineken zászlóshajó sörfőzdéje a fenntarthatóság útjára lépett. Egy korszerű napenergia-rendszer bevezetésével gyártja a söreit. Ez a forradalmi berendezés 43 400 négyzetméteres parabolatükrök hatalmas csoportját alkalmazza, hogy a napfényt átlátszó csövekre koncentrálja, és a vizet akár 200 Celsius-fokos hőmérsékletre is felmelegítse. A 30 MW c Postai vezetőket tüntetett ki az NGM Mínuszos     2024-08-17 13:33:53     Infotech Nemzetgazdaság Augusztus 20. Szent István Magyar Posta Zrt. Fónagy János Fónagy János a Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (NGM) miniszterhelyettese állami kitüntetéseket adott át Augusztus 20-a, a magyar államalapítás és az államalapító Szent István király emlékünnepe alkalmából. Az ünnepségen Magyar Bronz Érdemkereszt polgári tagozat kitüntetésben részesült Fonay Tibor a Magyar Posta Zrt. Humánerőforrás Főigazgatóságának op Idegen űrhajót, sőt, űrhajósokat is talált már az USA - állítja egy korábbi hírszerző PC Fórum     2024-08-17 12:45:00     Infotech USA Titkosszolgálat Közigazgatás UFO Az amerikai kormányzat évtizedek egy óta üzemeltet egy olyan programot, aminek célja lezuhant UFO-k begyűjtése, és az azokban található idegen technológiák megfejtése - állítja új könyvében egy korábbi ügynök. A szerző, Luis Elizondo, korábban az amerikai hírszerzés vezető tisztviselőjeként dolgozott, és megdöbbentő állításokat fogalmaz meg "Immine Jövőre térhetnek vissza a Starliner űrhajósai Index     2024-08-17 06:38:00     Tudomány Világűr Az űrben ragadt legénységet legkésőbb februárban hazahozzák, de nem biztos, hogy jó, ha az új űrhajó üresen tér vissza. Orosz teherűrhajó csatlakozott a Nemzetközi Űrállomáshoz hirado.hu     2024-08-17 11:10:05     Tudomány Világűr Űrállomás Az orosz Progressz MS-28 teherűrhajó csatlakozott a Nemzetközi Űrállomáshoz (ISS). Folyamatosan dudáló robotaxik okoztak felháborodást autopro     2024-08-17 06:05:04     Cégvilág Robot A Waymo robotaxik folyamatos éjszakai dudálása okozott felháborodást San Franciscóban. Mesterséges Intelligencia miatt kerültek kórházba 24.hu     2024-08-17 09:55:37     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Csak a baj után derült ki, hogy a könyvet MI-vel készítették. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Mégis elkerülheti eddig biztosra vett sorsát a Tejútrendszer Rakéta     2024-08-17 07:00:13     Tudomány Az Androméda-galaxissal való ütközésre körülbelül 4 milliárd év múlva kerülhet sor. Egy új tanulmány szerint azonban a találkozás nem is biztos, hogy bekövetkezik. Megszállta a szellem a ChatGPT-t, és nyelveken szólt Bitport     2024-08-17 11:00:00     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia ChatGPT Hiába kérdezték angolul, rendre walesi nyelven válaszolt, amit viszont kérdezője nem értett. A felelős cégeknek már a chatbotok használatát is szabályozni kellene! Digital Hungary     2024-08-17 05:43:00     Infotech egyetem Mesterséges intelligencia Kiberbiztonság Óbuda Még összetettebb feladat lesz a vállalatok, a városok, vagy éppen az otthonaink működését biztosító kiberbiztonság a mesterséges intelligencia előretörésével – véli Sándor Barnabás okleveles biztonságtechnikai mérnök, az Óbudai Egyetem kiberbiztonsági kutatója. A robotika 3 törvénye ITBusiness     2024-08-17 12:12:37     Infotech Robot Rodney Brooks, a robotika egyik elismert alakja, az MIT professzora, az iRobot, a Rethink Robotics és a Robust AI cégek alapítója közel öt évtizedes tapasztalatai alapján három alapvető törvényt fogalmaz meg, amelyekhez Isaac Asimov és Arthur C. Clarke híres sci-fi írók szolgáltatták számára az inspirációt. A robotok ki vannak téve a valós világ er Budapesten is kivirágzott a Duna 24.hu     2024-08-17 10:58:56     Tudomány Duna Tiszavirágzás A Duna fővárosi szakaszán is tömeges rajzásba kezdtek a kérészek, az Árpád hídon fénysorompó védi őket a forgalomtól. Jelenlétük a víz tisztaságát jelzi, mutatjuk, hogyan lehet őket megfigyelni. Egy robot, ami ugyanazokat a mozdulatokat végzi, mint a kutatók Márkamonitor     2024-08-17 06:36:03     Tudomány Robot Texas ABB Az Abb Robotics és az Egyesült Államok egyik legnagyobb gyermekkórháza, a Texas Children's Hospital égisze alatt működő Jan and Dan Duncan Neurológiai Kutatóintézet (Duncan Nri) az innovatív, automatizált Drosophila melanogastert (ecetmuslica) áthelyező munkaállomás kifejlesztésével áttörést ért el az orvosi kutatásban. Az Abb YuMi nevű együttműköd Napenergia felhasználás sokszínűsége: Sörfőzés napfénnyel PlanetZ     2024-08-17 14:23:14     Tudomány Heineken A Heineken zászlóshajó sörfőzdéje a fenntarthatóság útjára lépett. Egy korszerű napenergia-rendszer bevezetésével gyártja a söreit. Ez a forradalmi berendezés 43 400 négyzetméteres parabolatükrök hatalmas csoportját alkalmazza, hogy a napfényt átlátszó csövekre koncentrálja, és a vizet akár 200 Celsius-fokos hőmérsékletre is felmelegítse. A 30 MW c Postai vezetőket tüntetett ki az NGM Mínuszos     2024-08-17 13:33:53     Infotech Nemzetgazdaság Augusztus 20. Szent István Magyar Posta Zrt. Fónagy János Fónagy János a Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (NGM) miniszterhelyettese állami kitüntetéseket adott át Augusztus 20-a, a magyar államalapítás és az államalapító Szent István király emlékünnepe alkalmából. Az ünnepségen Magyar Bronz Érdemkereszt polgári tagozat kitüntetésben részesült Fonay Tibor a Magyar Posta Zrt. Humánerőforrás Főigazgatóságának op Idegen űrhajót, sőt, űrhajósokat is talált már az USA - állítja egy korábbi hírszerző PC Fórum     2024-08-17 12:45:00     Infotech USA Titkosszolgálat Közigazgatás UFO Az amerikai kormányzat évtizedek egy óta üzemeltet egy olyan programot, aminek célja lezuhant UFO-k begyűjtése, és az azokban található idegen technológiák megfejtése - állítja új könyvében egy korábbi ügynök. A szerző, Luis Elizondo, korábban az amerikai hírszerzés vezető tisztviselőjeként dolgozott, és megdöbbentő állításokat fogalmaz meg "Immine Jövőre térhetnek vissza a Starliner űrhajósai Index     2024-08-17 06:38:00     Tudomány Világűr Az űrben ragadt legénységet legkésőbb februárban hazahozzák, de nem biztos, hogy jó, ha az új űrhajó üresen tér vissza. Orosz teherűrhajó csatlakozott a Nemzetközi Űrállomáshoz hirado.hu     2024-08-17 11:10:05     Tudomány Világűr Űrállomás Az orosz Progressz MS-28 teherűrhajó csatlakozott a Nemzetközi Űrállomáshoz (ISS). Folyamatosan dudáló robotaxik okoztak felháborodást autopro     2024-08-17 06:05:04     Cégvilág Robot A Waymo robotaxik folyamatos éjszakai dudálása okozott felháborodást San Franciscóban. Mesterséges Intelligencia miatt kerültek kórházba 24.hu     2024-08-17 09:55:37     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Csak a baj után derült ki, hogy a könyvet MI-vel készítették. A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Jim Lawton, VP and GM of Robotics Automation at Zebra Technologies, met the founder of Roomba, Rodney Brooks, at MIT nearly three decades ago. It inspired a lifetime passion for  robots that help humans. Since then, he has influenced generations of robotic automation technology at companies from Rethink Robotics to Zebra Technologies. This is a fascinating discussion that will make you reconsider what robots can do and why humans shouldn't feel threatened by them. Listen and learn...How Jim cultivated a passion for robots... and why that makes him "the cool dad" How innovation in robotic technology is helping AMRs, autonomous mobile robots, perform more human-like tasks with less trainingWhich "dirty, dull, dangerous" tasks are the best candidates for robotic automation How new training techniques are reducing the time required to train a robot from 300 hours to a fraction of that  which "democratizes automation"  What's required to keep humans safe from robotsHow supplementing humans with robots for a task like picking items from warehouse shelves using machine vision saves 12-15 miles of walking per day while increasing accuracyHow techniques like SLAM and machine learning are making it easier to program robots to do more complex tasks more accurately with zero or minimal codingWhich new careers will be created by industrial robots... and which will be eliminatedTwo quick ways to know if a factory using robots and humans is safe Why Jim's passion is using robots to help people be their best selvesReferences in this episode:The Zebra blogTiernan Ray discusses bot sentience on AI and the Future of WorkIs Google's LaMDA sentient?Machines will out-perform humans in all tasks within 45 years... which is a good thing for us

Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Maryanna Saenko (@FutureSaenko), Co-Founder and Partner at Future Ventures, which supports passionate founders who are forging the future. For the past 25 years, Future Ventures has backed the visionaries who push the boundaries of possibility and explore the frontier of the unknown. They focus on disruptive technology such as commercial space exploration, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, AI, blockchain, sustainable transportation, synthetic biology and clean meat. As venture capitalists, the founders of Future Ventures have led founding investments in several companies that had successful IPOs and others that were acquired for over $16 billion in aggregate. Some of their early VC investments include Memphis Meats, Mythic, Nervana, Planet, Rethink Robotics, Skype, SpaceX, Tesla and Zoox.Maryanna Saenko is an early-stage venture capitalist with an interest in robotics, quantum computing, blockchain, aerospace, and the future of food. Previously she was at Khosla Ventures, and prior to that at DFJ, where she worked with Steve Jurvetson to focus on frontier technology investments. She was also an investment partner at Airbus Ventures where she led a series of venture investments strategically aligned with Airbus' future-of-aerospace initiatives. Before Airbus, Maryanna was a consultant at Lux Research and a research engineer at Cabot Corporation. Maryanna graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in BioMedical Engineering and a BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering.Website: Future VenturesLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maryannasaenko/Twitter: @FutureSaenkoEmail: maryanna@future.venturesShow Notes: Maryanna's Ukranian background and her thoughts on the current conflict in the region How Maryanna came to co-found Future Ventures with Steve Jurvetson and their big vision How they manage deal flow with just two investors Derisking the customer side of deep tech Future Venture's thesis around deep tech How they conduct due diligence in complex industries Evaluating teams' credibility How they approach onboarding LPs Determining Future Venture's fund size and deployment period The areas Maryanna is most excited about investing in, including the future of food How Maryanna keeps herself organized in terms of aligning her values with Future Venture's portfolio companies More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/

Machine Visions is a show about the acceleration of robotics deployed across every sector of our economy. Hosted by Obvious Ventures' Nan Li, this 5-part series dives into the current breakout moment in industrial robotics, where next-gen robots are taking on new challenges and scaling rapidly in production. We'll bring you the inside story from leading voices in this industry to understand what's happening today and what's to come. To start off the series, robotics legend Rodney Brooks offers perspective from his four plus decades working in the space. ​​Rodney is a multi-time founder of companies like iRobot and Rethink Robotics, professor emeritus at MIT, and longtime leading voice in all things robotics and AI. We dig into what Rodney sees in the near future of robotics - the challenges to be solved and approaches we need to get there. Obvious is a venture capital firm investing in purpose driven companies reimagining trillion-dollar industries.

Welcome to Surviving Tomorrow, a podcast, newsletter, and publication that helps you navigate life in an age of democratic destruction, ecological collapse, and economic irrelevance, available for FREE on Substack, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Facebook, and Youtube.Jeff Bezos controls Amazon. And Whole Foods. And The Washington Post. And IMDB, Zappos, Souq, Blue Origin, Kiva Systems, Alexa, DPReview, Fabric.com, Woot, Goodreads, Twitch, Audible, Elemental, Quidsi, Annapurna Labels, Accept, Living Social, Twilio, HomeGrocer, Bill Me Later, eZiba, BankBazaar, Kozmo, Ionic, Songza, and Wine.com. Plus he has VC stakes in Lookout, Juno, Grail, Workday, Vessel, Domo, Fundbox, Stack Overflow, Everfi, Remitly, Rethink Robotics, General Fusion, MakerBot, Unity Biotech, General Assembly, Business Insider, Google, Uber, Airbnb, and Twitter. And he's working on acquiring MGM. Plus he owns at least eight mansions and 100,000+ acres, a bunch of penis-shaped rockets, and a $500,000,000 hyper-yacht.Bernard Arnault controls LVMH, which has swallowed more than seventy of its competitors, including Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Dom Pérignon, Loius Vuitton, Moët & Chandon, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Loro Piana, Princess Yachts, Bulgari, Sephora, and Tiffany & Co.Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns massive chunks of nearly fifty companies including Apple, Amazon, Amex, Bank of America, Chevron, Kraft, Mastercard, Sirius, Visa, Wells Fargo, P&G, Johnson & Johnson, Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, GM, Merck, T-Mobile, GEICO, and Coca-Cola, which itself has eaten more than 400 competing drink companies.Blackrock, which owns a piece of 5,480 companies including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Nvidia, Tesla, JP Morgan, Paypal, Home Depot, Disney, Exxon, Pfizer, Pepsi, AT&T, Nike, Walmart, McDonald's, Costco, and Netflix, just bought Reese Witherspoon's media company for $900 million, adding to its $9 trillion Smaug-like horde.It makes you wonder when monopolists will stop growing larger and larger.And then one day it occurs to you…They will not stop until they are stopped.The factsThere are now 2,755 billionaires on the planet, not including “royalty” and dictators.In the year 2000, they controlled less than $1 trillion.Today, they control more than $13.1 trillion.13.5X in a generation.And they've grown their wealth by $5.5 trillion during the pandemic so far.The world's richest eight men now own more than the bottom 4 billion.On the flip side, there's never been so many people experiencing suffering and deprivation in human history:Systemic inequality pushed 200+ million people into poverty and cost women around the world at least $800 billion in lost income in 2020.690 million people go to bed hungry every night (and the number is rising by 16 million per year.)5.5 million people are moving into slums per month.2.3 million children die from malnutritionment every year.Clearly, there is no limit to the depth of poverty and deprivation to which our global society will allow humans to fall — never forget that millions of children are still trafficked for rape annually and that nine million people die from starvation each year — yet somehow elite individuals are allowed to amass unlimited plenty in a world of deprivation?It begs the question: Is it moral and right for us to allow individuals to hoard extreme wealth in the face of overwhelming widespread poverty, documented democratic subversion, and environmental catastrophe?If humanity saw itself as the global family that it truly is, it would be morally impossible to not limit the amount that one family member could control while another suffered and died.“Earned” wealthIt is impossible for an individual to legitimately earn a billion dollars.If someone earned $100 per hour — more than enough for anyone to live in luxurious comfort — in order to truly earn a billion dollars, they'd have to work 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year, for five thousand years.So how is a billion dollars actually amassed?By skimming a profit off the backs of untold others:off the workers they employoff the suppliers they squeezeoff the carcasses of the competitors they destroy with monopolyoff the planet they unsustainably extract fromoff the governments from which they gain subsidies and advantagesoff the stable societies they sell to while evading taxationoff the democracies whose rules they change at willoff the shareholders they dupeHow is the ability to skim achieved? Through unfair advantage and privilege.It is impossible to “work hard, save, and invest” your way to a billion dollars.Let's be crystal clear: billionaires don't “create jobs.” They extract value — time, talent, creativity, effort — from others at an industrial scale.Decentralize everythingHere's a short thought experiment.Which is better: 2,755 billionaires and their $13.1 trillion, each monopolizing roughly one industry apiece and subverting democracy, or 131,000 centa-millionaires in competition?How about 1,310,000 deca-millionaires?Or 13,100,000 millionaires?13.1 million millionaires would do far more for the economy in terms of spending, hiring, diffusing power, avoiding democratic destruction, increasing competition, and sparking innovation.Are there truly enough benefits to the global population to merit supporting the costs of maintaining billionaires? Surely not. No rational person can make the argument that 2,755 billionaires are globally preferable to having 13.1 million more millionaires, or 131 million more workers each controlling a $100K stake in the businesses wherein they constitute all of the wealth-creation.“But those poor billionaires are just rich on paper!”Sychophants for the ultra-elite are quick to cry out that most billionaires don't actually have $1,000,000,000+ sitting in a Scrooge McDuck-style vault. Their wealth is usually tied up in shares of the companies they almost always undemocratically control.But these people don't understand how billionaires work.Billionaires borrow colossal amounts of cheap debt against those paper shares, and let inflation devalue that debt over time.So you and I — the real taxpayers in society — end up footing the bill as the money-printing machine devalues our actual-earned money.We need a more equitable pre-distribution of ownership, wealth, and opportunity.Mathematical doomI believe — as do most of the working masses and the desperate poor — that it is morally wrong and utterly inhumane to be a billionaire whilst millions starve and billions suffer.Full stop.To paraphrase the Bible: “The poor will always be among us because the rich will always be above us.”The world and planet can't afford to support billionaires anymore.Corporatism is a gross inefficiency and major source of economic inequality; it is anti-democracy; it is ecological unsustainability.We should replace it with an economy of sole proprietors, partnerships, cooperatives, not-for-profits, and for-benefits — all the wealth to all the workers — massively diverse, all competing and cooperating and innovating within a body of economic law that enforces ecological sustainability (as defined by biology) and economic fairness (as defined by real democracy.)If we don't, we're mathematically doomed.Charting our trajectory to zeroWhen will billionaires stop amassing more wealth?The answer is clear:They won't.Our total global wealth is currently $431 trillion.In the past twenty years, billionaires have grown their wealth by 13.5X, to $13.1 trillion, far outpacing the poor and total growth in global wealth.At their current pace, billionaires will control $176 trillion in twenty years and $2.3 quadrillion in forty.You read that right: If we do not stop them, billionaires will control the entire globe's resources within our lifetime.From there, it's simply a game of thrones to determine which few families will survive.In the winner-take-all economy, elites will not stop until they are stopped.Why can't voter-shoppers fathom this fact?The solution is frightfully simpleIt's a radical idea that will be common sense to future generations:Individual private wealth must be limited.That's right: No more billionaires.Every dollar over $1 billion in net worth will be taxed at 100% or placed in a commons trust.As one Redditor put it:Once you reach $999,999,999 we give you a plaque that says, “congratulations, you won capitalism,” and we name a dog park after you.A global Billionaire Ban will have wonderful implications for protecting democracy and making the economy more robust and fair. Obviously, democracy can argue over the exact number for our new global limit — 10 million, 100 million, even 1 billion — so long as we agree on the underlying fundamental that private wealth must have an upper limit.Older right-leaning white men will now scream “Communism! Socialism!” while failing to realize this piece is not advocating central ownership or central control of the economy. That's what billionaires are working on.We need to reform our economic system. We need a more equitable pre-distribution of ownership, wealth, and opportunity, and we desperately need democratic limits to protect against monopoly and wealth hoarding.This isn't optional for the survival of our species: it's now required for the survival of all species.We need to move quickly.In the time it took you to read this article, the world's billionaires gained $62 million while sixty people moved into slums and thirty children died of hunger.How many more people must suffer and die before we re-structure the global economy for widest-spread well-being? Get full access to Surviving Tomorrow at www.surviving-tomorrow.com/subscribe

Jeff Bezos controls Amazon. And Whole Foods. And The Washington Post. And IMDB, Zappos, Souq, Blue Origin, Kiva Systems, Alexa, DPReview, Fabric.com, Woot, Goodreads, Twitch, Audible, Elemental, Quidsi, Annapurna Labels, Accept, Living Social, Twilio, HomeGrocer, Bill Me Later, eZiba, BankBazaar, Kozmo, Ionic, Songza, and Wine.com. Plus he has VC stakes in Lookout, Juno, Grail, Workday, Vessel, Domo, Fundbox, Stack Overflow, Everfi, Remitly, Rethink Robotics, General Fusion, MakerBot, Unity Biotech, General Assembly, Business Insider, Google, Uber, Airbnb, and Twitter. And he's working on acquiring MGM. Plus he owns at least eight mansions and 100,000+ acres, a bunch of penis-shaped rockets, and a $500,000,000 hyper-yacht.Bernard Arnault controls LVMH, which has swallowed more than seventy of its competitors, including Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Dom Pérignon, Loius Vuitton, Moët & Chandon, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Loro Piana, Princess Yachts, Bulgari, Sephora, and Tiffany & Co.Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns massive chunks of nearly fifty companies including Apple, Amazon, Amex, Bank of America, Chevron, Kraft, Mastercard, Sirius, Visa, Wells Fargo, P&G, Johnson & Johnson, Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, GM, Merck, T-Mobile, GEICO, and Coca-Cola, which itself has eaten more than 400 competing drink companies.Blackrock, which owns a piece of 5,480 companies including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Nvidia, Tesla, JP Morgan, Paypal, Home Depot, Disney, Exxon, Pfizer, Pepsi, AT&T, Nike, Walmart, McDonald's, Costco, and Netflix, just bought Reese Witherspoon's media company for $900 million, adding to its $9 trillion Smaug-like horde.It makes you wonder when monopolists will stop growing larger and larger.And then one day it occurs to you…They will not stop until they are stopped.The factsThere are now 2,755 billionaires on the planet, not including “royalty” and dictators.In the year 2000, they controlled less than $1 trillion.Today, they control more than $13.1 trillion.13.5X in a generation.And they've grown their wealth by $5.5 trillion during the pandemic so far.The world's richest eight men now own more than the bottom 4 billion.On the flip side, there's never been so many people experiencing suffering and deprivation in human history:* Systemic inequality pushed 200+ million people into poverty and cost women around the world at least $800 billion in lost income in 2020.* 690 million people go to bed hungry every night (and the number is rising by 16 million per year.)* 5.5 million people are moving into slums per month.* 2.3 million children die from malnutrition every year.Clearly, there is no limit to the depth of poverty and deprivation to which our global society will allow humans to fall — never forget that millions of children are still trafficked for rape annually and that nine million people die from starvation each year — yet somehow elite individuals are allowed to amass unlimited plenty in a world of deprivation?It begs the question: Is it moral and right for us to allow individuals to hoard extreme wealth in the face of overwhelming widespread poverty, documented democratic subversion, and environmental catastrophe?If humanity saw itself as the global family that it truly is, it would be morally impossible to not limit the amount that one family member could control while another suffered and died.“Earned” wealthIt is impossible for an individual to legitimately earn a billion dollars.If someone earned $100 per hour — more than enough for anyone to live in luxurious comfort — in order to truly earn a billion dollars, they'd have to work 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year, for five thousand years.So how is a billion dollars actually amassed?By skimming a profit off the backs of untold others:* off the workers they employ* off the suppliers they squeeze* off the carcasses of the competitors they destroy with monopoly* off the planet they unsustainably extract from* off the governments from which they gain subsidies and advantages* off the stable societies they sell to while evading taxation* off the democracies whose rules they change at will* off the shareholders they dupeHow is the ability to skim achieved? Through unfair advantage and privilege.It is impossible to “work hard, save, and invest” your way to a billion dollars.Let's be crystal clear: billionaires don't “create jobs.” They extract value — time, talent, creativity, effort — from others at an industrial scale.Decentralize everythingHere's a short thought experiment.Which is better: 2,755 billionaires and their $13.1 trillion, each monopolizing roughly one industry apiece and subverting democracy, or 131,000 centa-millionaires in competition?How about 1,310,000 deca-millionaires?Or 13,100,000 millionaires?13.1 million millionaires would do far more for the economy in terms of spending, hiring, diffusing power, avoiding democratic destruction, increasing competition, and sparking innovation.Are there truly enough benefits to the global population to merit supporting the costs of maintaining billionaires? Surely not. No rational person can make the argument that 2,755 billionaires are globally preferable to having 13.1 million more millionaires, or 131 million more workers each controlling a $100K stake in the businesses wherein they constitute all of the wealth-creation.“But those poor billionaires are just rich on paper!”Sychophants for the ultra-elite are quick to cry out that most billionaires don't actually have $1,000,000,000+ sitting in a Scrooge McDuck-style vault. Their wealth is usually tied up in shares of the companies they almost always undemocratically control.But these people don't understand how billionaires work.Billionaires borrow colossal amounts of cheap debt against those paper shares, and let inflation devalue that debt over time.So you and I — the real taxpayers in society — end up footing the bill as the money-printing machine devalues our actual-earned money.We need a more equitable pre-distribution of ownership, wealth, and opportunity.Mathematical doomI believe — as do most of the working masses and the desperate poor — that it is morally wrong and utterly inhumane to be a billionaire whilst millions starve and billions suffer.Full stop.To paraphrase the Bible: “The poor will always be among us because the rich will always be above us.”The world and planet can't afford to support billionaires anymore.Corporatism is a gross inefficiency and major source of economic inequality; it is anti-democracy; it is ecological unsustainability.We should replace it with an economy of sole proprietors, partnerships, cooperatives, not-for-profits, and for-benefits — all the wealth to all the workers — massively diverse, all competing and cooperating and innovating within a body of economic law that enforces ecological sustainability (as defined by biology) and economic fairness (as defined by real democracy.)If we don't, we're mathematically doomed.Charting our trajectory to zeroWhen will billionaires stop amassing more wealth?The answer is clear:They won't.Our total global wealth is currently $431 trillion.In the past twenty years, billionaires have grown their wealth by 13.5X, to $13.1 trillion, far outpacing the poor and total growth in global wealth.At their current pace, billionaires will control $176 trillion in twenty years and $2.3 quadrillion in forty.You read that right: If we do not stop them, billionaires will control the entire globe's resources within our lifetime.From there, it's simply a game of thrones to determine which few families will survive.In the winner-take-all economy, elites will not stop until they are stopped.Why can't voter-shoppers fathom this fact?The solution is frightfully simpleIt's a radical idea that will be common sense to future generations:Individual private wealth must be limited.That's right: No more billionaires.Every dollar over $1 billion in net worth will be taxed at 100% or placed in a commons trust.As one Redditor put it:Once you reach $999,999,999 we give you a plaque that says, “congratulations, you won capitalism,” and we name a dog park after you.A global Billionaire Ban will have wonderful implications for protecting democracy and making the economy more robust and fair. Obviously, democracy can argue over the exact number for our new global limit — 10 million, 100 million, even 1 billion — so long as we agree on the underlying fundamental that private wealth must have an upper limit.Older right-leaning white men will now scream “Communism! Socialism!” while failing to realize this piece is not advocating central ownership or central control of the economy. That's what billionaires are working on.We need to reform our economic system. We need a more equitable pre-distribution of ownership, wealth, and opportunity, and we desperately need democratic limits to protect against monopoly and wealth hoarding.This isn't optional for the survival of our species: it's now required for the survival of all species.The Christian response to wealth inequalityWhat's incredibly disturbing about the wealth inequality discussion is how callous many Christians have become to the plight of the poor.As if the riches of the wealthy matter more to our God than the survival of the poor!Luke 3:11 is perhaps the most economically-convicting verse in Scripture:“Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”Clearly, God is not in favor of infinite wealth accumulation. Regardless of what reasonable limitations secularist governments place on private wealth, surely God always calls His family to a higher standard of generosity and stewardship.Mark 14:7 says that “the poor will always be among us”… but that's only because the rich will always be above us.Do you where there weren't any poor people? In the Acts 2 church, when those of means rejected the temptation to accumulate infinite wealth and instead sold assets to help others. And according to Acts 4:34, “There were no needy people among them.”That's the power of Christians who actually obey Scripture… what a testament such a church would be to their community!Christians live by a principle that transcends all secular economic schemes. When it comes to finances, we express our faith with one principle: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.When we align our financial thinking with the Bible's, we end up using all of our abilities for His glory, and He meets all of our needs, not just as individuals, but as a community. After all, unlike the individualist anti-culture in which we find ourselves, we profoundly understand that we're all in this thing together.We need to move quickly.In the time it took you to listen to this episode, the world's billionaires gained $62 million in wealth, while sixty people moved into slums and thirty children died of hunger.How many more people must suffer and die before we re-structure the global economy — or at least our local church community — for widest-spread wellbeing?Thanks for listening to Future Faith. 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Javier Ramos is a Co-Founder and the Director of Hardware at Inkbit. He leads systems and technology development activities and previously worked at Rethink Robotics and Leaf. Inkbit was spun out of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT in 2017. They have built the first 3D printer driven by vision-based feedback control and earlier this year announced their first machine called the Vista. He joins the show today to talk about the journey to commercialize the Vista and how AI and Vision systems can be used to improve the end to end 3D Printing process. Inkbit - https://inkbit3d.com/ Javier Ramos - https://www.linkedin.com/in/javier-e-ramos-b508b1b/

丽莎老师讲机器人之伯克利、Deepmind前仆后继只为教会机器人做家务？欢迎收听丽莎老师讲机器人，想要孩子参加机器人竞赛、创意编程、创客竞赛的辅导，找丽莎老师！欢迎添加微信号：153 5359 2068，或搜索微信公众号：我最爱机器人。伯克利就传出新进展，他们教机器人做家务的能力更上一层楼了。伯克利介绍了他们的研究人员是如何让机器学会读懂人类的潜台词或未尽之意，而不是傻乎乎地按照字面意思或者奖励系统来机械地运动。举个例子，当餐桌机器人上菜时，它会知道躲避酒柜，或者在停电等紧急情况下停止端盘子，而不是为了尽可能多地得到奖赏（端一个盘子系统会提供一个奖励），而马不停蹄地送盘子。甚至还可能直接把盘子打碎，这样就可以获得更多的（奖励）了……第一反应是机器人可真笨啊，第二反应是伯克利教机器人做家务的执念也未免太深了吧！之前还开发过引擎教机器人铺床单、叠衣服、收拾桌面，总之，非要让机器人掺和家务这件事不可。想要挑战家务技能的除了伯克利，还有Deepmind。去年2月，Deepmind就提出了一种新的学习范式“计划辅助控制SAC-X”，来帮助机器人学会整理桌子和堆叠衣物。前不久佐治亚理工学院的研究人员，也发表了新的强化学习算法，可以教会机器人穿衣服。为什么这么多AI巨头不约而同地走上了家务培训的道路？未来我们能拥有《底特律》中卡拉那样温柔能干的家政机器人吗？首先我们来看看，在这么多人类学霸、AI巨头的助攻下，机器人都学会了哪些家务小技能。先来说说“家政狂魔”伯克利。早在去年，我们就解读过伯克利的通用预测模型，它可以帮助机器人自主学习和掌握很多通用基础技能，在此基础上学习和预测主人的意图和任务的共性，从而可以举一反三执行广泛的任务类别，成长为一个优秀的“家务多面手”。比如折叠短裤毛巾、挪移苹果、整理桌面等等。伯克利还推出了一个深度学习模型Dex-NET，基于角点检测和抓取策略，让机器人完成铺床单这一艰巨任务。最值得一提的是新的研究成果“偏好优化模型”。机器人不仅能完成通用任务，而且还能够推断出更优解，适应带有隐藏条件的复杂现实环境。比如在常规的“actor-critic”增强学习反馈机制中，主人要求机器人导航前往紫色的门，那么机器人就会选择最短路径（传统意义上的最优解），而忽略这么做会打碎路上的花瓶。因为机器人无法获知，主人是否关心花瓶会不会被打碎。但如果机器人能自己模拟和演练过去发生过的行为轨迹，比如主人一直都绕着花瓶走，说明她是重视花瓶的完整状态的，由此推断出绕过花瓶是最有可能获得奖励、应该积极追求的目标。机器人拥有洞察隐藏条件的能力，意味着它们可以从一种状态中学习人类的偏好，系统无需事无巨细地列出所有现实环境中的因果联系和条件，奖励函数也不再是线性机械的，机器人可以自主模拟和学习过去的经验，判断和应对未知的动态环境。对于做家务这个任务来说，判断主人的喜好来进行作业，可以说是必杀技了。与伯克利相比，Deepmind其实对医疗这种高精尖任务更感兴趣。但这并不妨碍它在家政领域发光发热。Deepmind的“计划辅助控制SAC-X”模型，就旨在帮助机器人学会探索和掌握家务方面的基本技能。就像婴儿在爬行和走路之前必须发展出协调和平衡能力一样，SAC-X也有助于帮助机器掌握几种核心的视觉-运动技能。比如运用模拟手臂，按照正确的顺序，即使没有见过这各任务，也能从零开始学习，并按要求顺利地把物体举起来。这样就能在无需额外编程的前提下，完成整理桌面这样的复杂任务。此外，乔治亚理工学院将布料引入学习框架，教机器人学会穿衣服的论文也非常别出心裁。因为衣服的布料材质各不相同，穿衣服的动作也无法遵循特定的运动轨迹，会和布料产生复杂的交互变化，机器人必须不断练习，对各个子任务（拽起边缘、扯平衣角等）进行模拟和优化，在不断变化的环境条件中学习到稳定的创意控制策略，最终完成穿不同衣服的任务目标。无论衬衫、套头毛衣，还是外套，都是妥妥滴！听起来，好像大部分家务活儿机器人都可以驾驭嘛，但现实中能够见到的家务机器人，干起活来依然是一副又慢又笨的蠢样子。比如由伯克利设计、Rethink Robotics公司开发的家庭助手，叠一个毛巾就要15分钟；而加州 FoldiMate推出的智能洗叠机器，可以按照程序把衣服叠成需要的方块，但需要人手动放置在展台上，并没有节省多少人力，售价还高达980美金（约7000块人民币）……嗯，还是自己动手丰衣足食吧。不是比人慢，就是比人贵，靠机器人做家务性价比实在是太低了。那么，既然不能真的帮人类做家务，教机器人学习这些技能，究竟有何意义？为什么是做家务，去工厂搬砖不行吗？干嘛非要跟家务活儿较劲呢？原因恐怕在于，家政任务提供了一个从零开始学习复杂控制任务的训练环境，这对通用机器智能来说至关重要。首先，家政任务的真实性和多样性，有助于智能体学会如何用最少的先验知识来解决复杂问题。先验知识指的是一种不依赖于经验总结（类似编写好的程序，从结果推导过程）的一种元能力，通过观察学会推理和判断。而机器人就没有这种“天生的”知识，但显然我们也不可能将机器人服务的每个家庭、每个可能任务都进行预先编程，这时，训练机器人的通用能力就显得尤为关键了。尽管机器永远不可能拥有像人一样的先验能力和通用性，在各个学科、各个工作岗位都能表现差不多。但在很多垂直领域，比如：工业、家务、语言等，先验能力强的机器智能体就可以低成本、高适应性、灵活地完成工作任务，解决那些现在只有人才能解决的问题。另外，家政任务是一个集视觉、触觉、运动、关节控制等为一体的任务，综合性很强，这是其他碎片应用不具备的环境，对训练多元功能协作的智能体很有帮助。比如：伯克利教机器人从垃圾桶中拾取原本看不见的物体，就需要通过摄像头采集深度图像，形成模拟数据集，再利用该数据集训练质量卷积神经网络（GQ-CNN），对物体进行图像分割，确定抓取尝试成功的可能性，最后形成抓取成功概率最高的策略，再对夹持器关节进行实时精密控制，才能最终完成这一操作。一次训练，多种收获。更重要的是，家务的操作环境比起工业机器人、电子游戏等，都更加松散，充满变化，任务的主观预期和隐藏含义更难界定和预测，无形中加大了训练难度。与此同时，家政任务的训练成本也比较低，也更容易为大众所理解，社会效益和营销价值双丰收。相比对机器狗拳打脚踢、在《Dota》中血虐真人玩家，让机器做做家务简直堪称是最政治正确、价廉物美的训练方式了。在家政机器人背后，实际隐含的是一种智能体创生的本质逻辑：在复杂的环境中自己探索出解决随机和非结构化问题的合理方案，可以安全地与环境交互，同时高效地完成任务。具体一点说，训练家政机器人，主要有一下三个方面的好处：一是培养更具有通用智能的机器人，在不需要过多指导的前提下，执行一系列任务，提高机器自动化的安全性和工作效率。二是有助于开发用于分层规划、感知和推理的算法，可以帮助自动驾驶、工业自动化、智能物联网等等领域解决应用问题；三是推动零样本学习、少样本学习等技术的进步。在缺乏外部奖励信号的情况下，算法也能很好地推理出行为的意图，可以显著提升电商、内容产品推荐系统的使用体验。这样，大家恐怕就不难理解，为什家务会成为通用智能体成长道路上无法绕过的“垫脚石”了。

丽莎老师讲机器人之机器人公司Carbon Robotics破产倒闭欢迎收听丽莎老师讲机器人，想要孩子参加机器人竞赛、创意编程、创客竞赛的辅导，找丽莎老师！欢迎添加微信号：153 5359 2068，或搜索微信公众号：我最爱机器人。机器人公司Carbon Robotics已经进入了破产程序，并开始出售资产，包括5个已完成的、功能齐全的 KATIA 机械臂、软件源代码、测试设备和一系列专利。该公司成立于2014年，同时开发硬件和软件，生产协作类机械臂。曾入选2016年《机器人商业评论》机器人技术全球50强，与ABB、发那科、大疆等位列同一榜单，还是2016年CES消费电子展机器人竞赛的决赛选手。Carbon Robotics生产的是世界上最便宜的工业机械臂：别家两万美元，他家KATIA两千美元——只有十分之一，极致性价比。而且不止价格友善，功能还很丰盛。KATIA可以做3D打印、会做激光切割、也能按照你设计的图案，给蛋糕裱花。除了“开箱即用”的能力，人类还可以自己定制新的任务，训练这个机械臂去做，30分钟就能训练一项技能。一句话形容这样的公司和产品：硬件便宜，软件智能。公司看起来前途无量。然而万万没想到，如此能力的Carbon Robotics，却忽然被曝“死讯”：资产出售在即，官网也不见了。曾经名噪一时，要做机器人领域苹果微软首轮投资到账的2016年，也是Carbon Robotics曝光度最高的一个时期。当年年初，团队站上了CES——全球最大消费电子展的TechCrunch硬件竞赛场，并一路杀进决赛圈。与此同时，还入围了CES最佳初创公司的决赛圈。他们的梦想也非常动人，情怀满满：把机械臂做到像电脑那样普及。而且Carbon Robotics不止有口号，还有具体解决方案。他们从解决既有机械臂三大挑战入手：一是贵，二是难用，三是人机协作中的安全性。Carbon Robotics团队信心满满承诺，自己的产品KATIA，可以同时解决这三大挑战和痛点。首先是价格。市场上的工业机械臂多在20,000美元以上，而KATIA定价2,000美元，十分之一的性价比竞争力，也接近一台电脑的价格，可以更容易走进寻常百姓家。其次是易用。名如其“机”，KATIA的全称叫Kick Ass Trainable Intelligent Arm，意思是“超强大的可训练的智能机械臂”。作为工业级产品，它重仅1公斤，精度半毫米，活动范围1米，支持各种应用。至于可训练，要想让它执行你定制的任务，在末端换上需要的工具，训练30分钟它便能学会一项新技能。怎么训练呢？甚至不用用户会写代码，只要手动告诉它任务是怎样的，就足够了：是不是光看这宣传demo就非常动人了？几乎无门槛，每一个人——会编程不会编程，都可以轻易上手。而且别忘了，他们终极目标是“让机械臂像电脑一样普及”。从工程师到艺术家，都是他们想要覆盖的用户。简直就是机器人时代的乔布斯、比尔盖茨啊。另外，如果想做出更复杂更绚丽的功能，还可以借助KATIA的App进一步实现。除了软硬件产品，Carbon Robotics还希望进一步打造一个开发者平台，就像苹果的App store那样。Carbon Robotics还透露过，通过KATIA提供的各种API，可以大大简化开发流程。在2016年，就已经有800多种开发者贡献的技能了。当然，最后别忘了Carbon Robotics说的机械臂应用痛点：人机协作中的安全。为了让KATIA与人类和平共处，他们开发了一种传感器，还专门申请了专利：它可以从机械臂的任何一点，探测方圆50公分范围里，人类出没的情况。而且也相当智能化，需要人类参与的“训练模式”下，这种传感器会允许人与机械臂互动，与执行任务的状态有所区分。当时从CES到机器人圈，Carbon Robotics真是被奉为冉冉升起的明日之星，冲进机器人技术的世界50强，自然也情理之中。两位创始人都是实打实的美国精英。均求学于“南方哈佛”杜克大学，大学期间就联手创立了这家公司。并且纷纷中选过福布斯30 under 30。很像Google那两个斯坦福学生创始人的故事。但他们没有复刻谷歌神奇小子的故事，2016年过去之后，Carbon Robotics的CEO虽然还不时露面，直到今年8月也出席各种活动维持存在感，但团队却再没有发表过新技术、新进展了。虽说资金上日渐窘迫，不过Carbon Robotics官网直到消失前，一直显示正在招人，且公司今年7月还和众多企业一起，参加了招聘周活动。那时，并没有显示出“马上就要结束了”的强烈迹象，至少从外表看没有。如今只过去了3个月，公司已经在出售资产，员工人数也定格在了11-20这一档。所以倒得如此轰然和猝不及防，也令诸多业内外关注者吃惊。但长期关注机器人机械臂的分析师，对此的评论或许能道破症结所在。面对这场破产的结局，IDC分析师的感受是：机械臂的玩法正在改变。之前许多初创团队可以闯入这样的领域，是因为通常会选择软件路线，硬件用第三方模板，生产机械臂的供应商也由此激增。避“重”就“轻”也可以减少团队的融资压力。于是之前很长一段时间，看重软件、硬件能力稀缺，也成了创业公司的普遍现状。但硬件巨头一旦“醒过来”，市场情况一下子就改变了。近年来，像ABB这样的巨头们纷纷开始推出低成本的机械臂，加之之前涌入的众多比拼性价比的机械臂创业公司，竞争一下子空前激烈。于是物竞天择、行业去泡沫化启动，大家的生存空间越来越小，最终Carbon Robotics这样的明星公司，愿景很好，壁垒却还不够深厚，最终被挤出了赛道。听上去令人惋惜，但相同的命运，其实已经在更加重量级的机械臂公司身上发生过。2008年成立的Rethink Robotics，曾经出产过Baxter和Sawyer两只明星机器人，累积融资1.5亿美元。2018年，公司却在售出2,500台机器人的喜讯发表后不久，宣布了倒闭。而在那之前，Rethink Robotics也曾经是机器人技术的全球50强。他们的机器人同样能和人类安全相处，是协作机器人 (Cobot) 中的战斗机。也正是他们，把协作机器人这个概念，变成了整个行业里举足轻重的一部分，发扬光大。而且Rethink Robotics的创始人，还是鼎鼎大名的MIT机器人教父Rodney Brooks。相比今日倒下的Carbon Robotics，Rethink Robotics有大牛光环、有重金投资，还有已经量产售卖的产品。但仍没能逃脱倒闭命运。机械臂这片领域的生存难度，由此可见。而且也不止是机械臂，整个机器人行业都时常发生轰然倒下的剧情——一路被资本青睐的公司，突然关门。一种叫Anki DRIVE的智能汽车玩具。2013年发布后，一度成为了亚马逊第二畅销的玩具。孕育它的公司叫Anki，自从2010年成立以来，推出的产品几乎都成了热门。比如在2016年推出的另一款产品：Cozmo机器人。手掌大小，傲娇个性，可以和人类交流情感。你和Cozmo玩游戏赢了它，机器人也会“生气”。卡耐基梅隆大学 (CMU) 甚至把它选作教学用的机器人。也一度作为Fast Company评选的2019年度全球最具创新力企业机器人领域No.1，公司累计卖出了超过650万件产品，年收入接近1亿美元，累计融资超过2亿美元……却在今年4月宣布关门倒闭。当时对外说，因为新一轮融资失败，微软亚马逊等巨头接盘也没搞定，只能倒闭清算。纵观今年倒下的明星机器人公司，或许产品都各有各的亮点，也获得外界认可，但最终真正规模化时，商业化能力却无法支撑技术野心。如今的Carbon Robotics，成为技术和商业能力不匹配名单中的一员，成为去泡沫化里倒下的一员，成为明星变流星的一员。或许未来如Rethink Robotics创始人、MIT机器人教父Rodney Brooks所言，让普通人不用编程的机器人，会永远改变工业机器人。

丽莎老师讲机器人之劫后重生Rethink机器人推出新版Sawyer欢迎收听丽莎老师讲机器人，想要孩子参加机器人竞赛、创意编程、创客竞赛的辅导，找丽莎老师！欢迎添加微信号：153 5359 2068，或搜索微信公众号：我最爱机器人。曾是全球智能协作机器人的领导者，Rethink Robotics 自去年宣布破产后，其员工纷纷转投到同行企业，剩余资产被德国自动化公司HAHN Group收购，新的Rethink Robotics变成了一家德国公司，并继续开发单臂协作机器人。最近，Rethink Robotics宣布Sawyer协作机器人已全面更新，用户可以预订Sawyer黑色版，这意味着Rethink机器人再次进入市场。据了解，新的协作机器人Sawyer解决了之前一系列设计上的不足，增加了一些更高质量的组件，使得Sawyer协作机器人更可靠、更耐用、更安静、更高效率之前版本的Sawyer由于采用了系列弹性执行器，导致了在精度方面的不足。虽然，旧版Sawyer十分安全，也受到了学术界的欢迎。但是，在工业上的应用却遇到了许多困难。此次升级后，Sawyer黑色版的速度比旧版要快一点，机器人运行更安静，与人一起工作时更容易被接受。工作范围和负载方面没有改变，同样是具有7个自由度，最大延伸范围为1260mm，有效载荷4千克。Sawyer黑色版增强了通讯方面的能力，可以进行Modbus TCP和TCP / IP通信，通过Intera控制软件可以与其他工业物联网（IIoT）设备连接。此外，还增加了两个康耐视相机来进行动态重定向。新任CEO是一名机电一体化领域的认证工程师，在自动化和机器人解决方案市场上拥有非常出色的能力。据了解，Rethink Robotics德国公司将参加最近德国杜塞尔多夫的塑料和橡胶贸易展览会，并带来最新的Sawyer黑色版，现场演示货箱和塑料零件码垛应用解决方案。工业应用市场是目前机器人行业最大的领域，不过主要是传统的工业机器人，例如工业机器人四大家族，其中发那科机器人累计销售量已经突破50万台。协作机器人是一种新的趋势，它易于安装、编程简单、成本较低等优点，受到了用户的喜爱。同时，高度灵活性使得协作机器人能够应用到更多的工作场景，包括安全地与人类一起工作等。Sawyer黑色版专为工业自动化市场而设计，可以执行组装、装卸、电路板测试、金属制造、注塑和包装等一系列工作任务。协作机器人的好处是可以随意改变任务，而不需要花费大量时间调试，这对于小批量、多批次的生产需求来说，是十分有利的。传统工业机器人不仅笨重、昂贵，而且不安全，那么，协作机器人具有较高的灵活性，正好弥补了传统工业机器人的不足 。人机协作被认为是下一个机器人的风口，巨大的市场需求，为全球协作机器人厂商的崛起提供了优良的条件。协作机器人有着更广泛的应用场景，其市场价值十分可观。根据业内的分析，未来几年全球协作机器人将以50%以上的年复合增长率快速增长。随着人力成本的上升，协作机器人可能会得到更大规模的使用。

Patrick Sobalvarro is the Co-Founder and CEO of Veo Robotics, a company that creates the brains for superhuman industrial robots.Patrick has more than twenty-five years of experience in computer vision, robotics, and industrial automation. Prior to founding Veo Robotics, he was the first Entrepreneur in Residence at Siemens Venture Capital. Patrick was also President of Rethink Robotics, creators of collaborative manufacturing robots, and founded and led the computer vision startup IntelliVid to its acquisition by Tyco International.Originally trained as a computer scientist, Patrick holds a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in Computer Science from MIT. I was impressed with how Patrick was able to explain the nuances of what he does to someone outside the industry like myself. He is humble and knowledgeable which makes him a great teacher. In this episode we talk about how robots are similar to the plow-horse from the early 20th century, how Tesla automated their factory too much leading to disastrous results, computer vision, A.I., what he looks for in new-hires, and his No-Jerks policy. In this episode, we talk about in order:Insights from computer vision in stores (min. 5:30)What defines a robot? (min. 9:30)Industrial robotics overview (min. 14:15)Tesla overreaching (min. 19:30) Handoff between robots and humans (min. 24:30)Removing robots from their cages (min. 33:00)The "Moses Vest" (min. 37:45)Computer vision (min. 39:00)Computing power required (min. 40:30) AI/machine learning  (min. 42:00)Future of industry (min. 47:15)As CEO what qualities he looks for in new-hires (min. 49:45)No-Jerks Policy (min 51:30) Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Check out all the interviews at https://www.professionalsplaybook.comInstagram-- @justinfighterpilotFacebook--@justinfighterpilot

At first glance, Facebook's nascent robotic platform looks a bit … chaotic. In a new lab in its palatial Silicon Valley HQ, a red-and-black Sawyer robot arm (from the recently defunct company Rethink Robotics) is waving all over the place with a mechanical whine. It's supposed to casually move its hand to a spot in space to its right, but it goes up, up, up and way off course, then resets to its starting position. Then the arm goes right, and gets pretty close to its destination.

RODNEY BROOKS (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/rodney_a_brooks) is Panasonic Professor of Robotics, emeritus, MIT; former director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL); founder, chairman, and CTO of Rethink Robotics; and author of Flesh and Machines. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/rodneyabrooks-the-cul-de-sac-of-the-computational-metaphor

丽莎老师讲机器人之为何机器人公司无法盈利走向倒闭？欢迎收听丽莎老师讲机器人，想要孩子参加机器人竞赛、创意编程、创客竞赛的辅导，找丽莎老师！欢迎添加微信号：153 5359 2068，或搜索微信公众号：我最爱机器人。2018年11月中旬，Alphabet准备关闭SCHAFT，这是东京大学机器人实验室的一个副产品。就在Alphabet做出这个决定前一年，日本软银刚刚收购了波士顿动力公司，而在这之前日本软银还收购了以Pepper和Nao机器人而闻名的Aldebaran Robotics公司。在2018年IEEE/机器人协会负责召开智能机器人与系统的日本国际大会上，我们听到了Rethink Robotics倒闭的消息。几个月前，Jibo公司和Kuri的制造商Mayfield Robotics也被迫关闭销售和运营。Jibo曾被誉为“第一款家用社交机器人”，被时代周刊评为“2017年度最佳发明”。除了少数扫地机器人公司（主要是iRobot）之外，别的公司都未能开发出成功的家用机器人。去年年底， Jibo关闭了波士顿办事处，并将资产和知识产权出售给了总部位于纽约的投资管理公司。所有人都认为，机器人产业仍处于崛起的阶段，但是创建盈利的机器人公司却异常艰难。除非有大手笔的投资，否则新的研究和技术永远无法成为成熟且对世界有益的产品。此外，该领域的成功需要的不仅仅是优秀的技术。该领域需要大量资金、坚定的领导力、技术力很高的员工、资源和基础设施，以及出色的产品和市场战略。另外还需要完美的执行。希望一切努力都能取得成功是不现实的。此外，科技巨头在机器人和人工智能方面的投资激励和推动了该行业的发展，全球范围内共计投入了数十亿美元的研发资金。问题在于人们将意图当作结果来宣传（或引进）。即使仅对于机器人社区来说，过度宣传也是一种危险的策略，可能会适得其反。有些公司和研究人员发布了机器人执行任务的视频，但并没有指出这些技术的局限性，也没有说明这些都是在实验室的条件下实现的。所以很难向非自动化行业的高管解释创建一次性演示的模型，与创建一个可以真正工作的产品之间的巨大区别。例如，深度学习是人工智能革命的最先进的技术，但是这项技术更多的是被视为将我们带入技术奇迹世界的神奇列车。人工智能研究人员一直在警告过度兴奋的人们，下一个AI的凛冬即将到来。

John Brockman's newly released book Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI is the springboard for this Seminar on Artificial Intelligence. Brockman will interview several of the contributors to the book, Rodney Brooks, Alison Gopnik and Stuart Russell on stage. Following the interviews, Kevin Kelly will host the Q&A and discussion with the group. John Brockman is founder and publisher of the online salon Edge.org, a website devoted to discussions of cutting-edge science by many of the world's foremost thinkers, the leaders of what he has termed "the third culture." Rodney Brooks is a computer scientist and roboticist, former Director (1997-2007) of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and founder of Rethink Robotics and iRobot Corp. Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. Her areas of expertise are in cognitive and language development, with specialties in the effect of language on thought, the development of a theory of mind, and causal learning. Stuart Russell is a computer scientist focused on artificial intelligence and computational physiology. He is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley and Adjunct Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.Kevin Kelly is a Long Now Board member, founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review. He is a writer, photographer, conservationist, and editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website.

In this edition of Fast Forward our guest Mitch Rosenberg talks with Phil Bowermaster and Ron Powell about how robots that teach can revolutionize the way kids learn.    In an increasingly data-driven world, do we need new approaches to encourage technical literacy at a young age? What about the need for kids to interact with real objects in the real world? And to develop both their creative and quantitative skills?  The founding of KinderLab and the origin of KIBO Coding with wooden blocks? How KIBO gets kids interested in STEM Mitch Rosenberg is the CEO of Kinderlabs robotics (kinderlabsrobotics.com). He brings more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry in engineering, marketing, product management, and sales. He has executive experience at several successful technology firms, including robotics firms such as Automatix Inc., Kiva Systems (sold to Amazon in 2012), and Rethink Robotics. Mitch received his BSEE and MSeE degrees from MIT and his MBA from Boston University. Music: www.bensound.com Videos and Images from Pixabay.com and other sources. FF 010-814

Ep 75 - Robots in Arizona - Victims, Villains, and Heroes Show Notes This week, Carla and Tom discuss the implications of recent aggressive incidents against self-driving vehicles in Arizona. Japanese hotel "fires" half its robots Yann LaCun on need for new approach to self-driving vehicles Rethink Robotics shuts down Pepper renewals down in Japan Waymo self-driving vehicles attacked in Phoenix suburbs Robot brings vape pen to threatening man Knightscope security robot deployment worries citizens The Luddites Thanks for listening. Please subscribe and review our podcast on iTunes.

欢迎收听丽莎老师讲机器人，想要孩子参加机器人竞赛、创意编程、创客竞赛的辅导，找丽莎老师！欢迎添加微信号：153 5359 2068，或搜索微信公众号：我最爱机器人。丽莎老师讲机器人之2018十大机器人新进展，索尼电子狗，哈佛微型机器人、耶鲁机器人皮肤榜上有名！机器人技术和机器人开发在2018年取得了一些标志性的进展，无论是家用、工业、医疗、生物和玩具行业都取得了显着的进步，推出了新机器人和先进的人工智能。比如之前日本出名的机器漫游车捕捉小行星的近照、索尼新一代电子狗、哈佛研发可在水上水下行走的微型机器人还有耶鲁大学研发的机器人皮肤。然而，今年这个领域也发生了可惜的事情，Rethink Robotics由于销售不佳，在2018年10月25日被收购，而开发社交机器人的Jibo也倒闭，推出家庭助理库里Mayfield Robotics也命运相似，今年以来一直在寻找外部合作伙伴进行长期技术开发，但未能找到投资来支持，最终该公司在10月31日前停止所有业务。跟任何技术一样，当新技术进入市场时，旧技术会被淘汰或者被更新，2018年在机器人领域已经看到了一些新的进步，用各种方式改变我们的生活。从家庭助手到帮助拯救环境，机器人也将会继续发展，承担我们分配的任何任务。而本文将会介绍新推出的机器人和机器人开发项目，以及预测未来的行业趋势。1：波士顿动力公司推出Atlas人形机器人2：JAXA的MINERVA-II机器漫游车捕捉小行星的近照日本宇宙航空研究开发机构（JAXA）几个月前登上新闻头条，他们研发的机器漫游车搭乘无人驾驶的隼鸟2号探测器，成功着陆小行星。之后，一对机器人漫游车（Rover-1A和1B）就开始拍摄小行星的图像和视频，实现世3：索尼限量版电子狗Aibo在美国首发Aibo还配备了一对相机，有鱼眼和SLAM功能（同步定位和制图），可以导航和识别障碍物。相机以及狗的传感器套件（ToF、测距、压力、电容等）4：康奈尔大学工程师开发可适应环境的形状移位模块化机器人5：耶鲁大学研究人员开发机器人皮肤，可将物体变成机器人7：伍斯特理工学院推出Hunter/Killer水下自主机器人，可以拯救被狮子鱼入侵的生态系统8：本古里安大学的RSTAR机器人可以识别障碍，完成爬行、攀爬和伸展动作9：哈佛的下一代微型机器人可以在水上或水下行走10：AIST的HRP-5P施工机器人在日本当工人

欢迎收听丽莎老师讲机器人，想要孩子参加机器人竞赛、创意编程、创客竞赛的辅导，找丽莎老师！欢迎添加微信号：153 5359 2068，或搜索微信公众号：我最爱机器人。丽莎老师讲机器人之MIT机器人教父的Rethink Robotics倒闭了，机器人智能化还有希望吗？整个机器人业界看上去正在欣欣向荣。根据市场研究机构报告，2017年，世界机器人销量比2016年增长31%，创造了新的历史记录。但是，就在近日，作为协作机器人的先驱的 Rethink Robotics 宣布公司倒闭。在 Rethink Robotics 公司 CEO的一封电子邮件中，其透露了公司倒闭的主要原因：“确认这个不幸的消息是真的，Rethink 从今日起正式关闭。Rethink Robotics 作为业内先驱创建了协作机器人这一新品类，但不幸在市场表现方面没有达到预期。”Rethink Robotics 成立于 2012 年，并推出两种安全易用的机器人产品——Baxter 和 Sawyer，获得了 GE 风投、高地资本和贝索斯的投资。其创始人之一 Rodney Brooks 是麻省理工计算机科学和人工智能实验室的知名科学家。在 20 世纪 90 年代，Rodney Brooks 引领了机器人领域的新研究方向。Rethink Robotics 独特的红色 Baxter 和 Sawyer 机器人是协作机器人的典型代表。它们可以自己学习如何把物品从传送带上取下来。这个看似简单的任务复杂得惊人，需要最先进的机器世界技术，还需要对机器人的机械部分进行合理的折中设计——一味追求精度是不合适的。其中，Sawyer 机器人产品一个值得注意的设计特色是触摸屏界面，它通常表现出富有表现力的眼神，但也可以显示功能数据和用户界面。双臂 Baxter 主要用作开发人员和研究机构的研究平台。随着 2015 年单臂 Sawyer 的推出，Rethink Robotics 想成为一个多用途供应商。当终端效应器和抓取器提供商发布接口时，他们通常会将 Rethink Robotics 列为可以与之合作的公司之一。但这一切最初设想得过于美好，Baxter 和 Sawyer 机器人确实受到了广泛关注，但它在销售方面遇到了难题。也许这也是因为 Rethink Robotics 高估计了技术的发展速度：自主学习机器人的发展远远低于预期，而且也没有几家业界公司愿意来冒这个险。先驱者倒下的前景和警示Rethink Robotics 的处境反映了机器人创业公司的前景和挑战。世界范围内，机器人都被视为劳动力短缺的解决方案，比如电商巨头就在大力采用机器人实现分拣、包装和货物处理的自动化。协作机器人就是其中一种能够帮助实现自动化的产品。协作机器人即那些力量不足以对人造成永久危害，因此可以被用来与人类一起工作的机器人。协作机器人比传统的工业机器人更小，更轻，更慢，它们可以更安全地与人类一起工作并且没有安全隔离装置。然而，正如上周在硅谷召开的 RoboBusiness 2018 年会议上几位发言者所指出的那样，协作机器人仍然需要进行安全评估，以确定工作空间，末端执行器和有效载荷是否安全。协作机器人比其他机器人更容易编程和使用，预计这将刺激中小型企业更快采用自动化。由于它们不需要太多固定设备，因此他们可以日后改变用途，甚至可以用于制造产品，机器管理和包装，具有很高的可变性。协作机器人仍然是整个工业自动化市场中相对较小的一部分，但它正在快速增长。机器人行业协会（RIA）的数据显示，协作机器人市场的复合年增长率为 56.84％，到 2023 年可达到 42.8 亿美元。而 Rethink Robotics 还是在一定程度上推动了协作机器人的发展。在过去的几年中，协作机器人有了较大发展，这些机器人开始比较容易地适应新环境，为人机合作开辟了新的道路。目前已经有多家公司涉及协作机器人领域。Rethink Robotics 的竞争对手之一，丹麦Universal Robots公司推出了一款简单的协作机械臂，已经销售超过2万5千部。而且，Rethink Robotics 创始人兼首席技术官 Rodney Brooks 其实一直是机器人技术的杰出倡导者。他还是 iRobot 的联合创始人，这家公司的 Roomba 系列扫地机器人已经成功占领全球扫地机器人市场。“我们必须感谢 Rethink Robotics 激发了人们对协作机器人的兴趣。” 魁北克抓手制造商总裁塞缪尔·布沙尔说：“如果没有他们大胆的尝试和推广，这个行业就不会像现在这样。”一家位于波士顿郊外的仓储服务机器人企业CEO 也表示，智能机器人行业的奠基人尽管略微超前于时代，但是他们影响了之后几十年的行业发展，为客户提供了新的选项。传统的机器人技术提供商最初不看好协作机器人，但 ABB，富士通，KUKA 和 安川 现在也都发布了他们自己的协作机器人模型。这个领域的领导者是位于丹麦欧登塞的 Universal Robots A / S，它拥有超过 50％的市场份额，上个月宣布售出了 25,000 台机器人。IDC 的服务机器人研究主管约翰桑塔盖特说：“不幸的是，有时候作为行业领军者也有风险。这是一个很好的例子，说明早期进入市场的人如何能够提高行业意识，但是他们可能由于几个因素而没有成功，最重要的是其他人从Rethink Robotics 中学到的经验教训，并在此基础上改进。”Rethink Robotics 的谢幕为机器人产业提供了教训。目前用 AI 让机器人智能化已经成为潮流，深度学习和强化学习可以让机器人自主进行复杂任务。此外，业界认为，机器人和AI的结合正在取得进展，且成效显著。然而，任何看上去在实验室很惊人的技术，在商业化道路上都会面临巨大挑战。Rethink Robotics 的消失，并不意味着工业机器人行业正在走下坡路，或者机器人和AI的结合没有前途可言，它只是提醒探索者：至少在机器人行业，成功比想象的要艰难得多。机器人公司未来仍可期像许多机器人创业公司一样，Rethink Robotics 曾希望被收购，但收购并未实现。最近倒闭的其他机器人公司包括社交机器人制造商 Jibo  和 Mayfield Robotics。与任何新技术一样，初创公司在商业化方面面临众多挑战。RoboBusiness 的专家小组成员表示，无论他们的产品多么有创新，机器人创业公司都需要深入了解市场需求，制定相应的商业计划。“像所有行业的创业公司一样，一切都很困难，”自动化推广协会以及 RoboBusiness 总裁杰夫伯恩斯坦表示，“有时早期的产品并不像你想的那样好，有时新的想法不会立即得到市场的认可，有时候其他市场参与者会更快地获得资源。这些因素可能影响了 Rethink Robotics 的发展。”“但这绝不会减缓机器人开发或降低当前用户对协作机器人的期待。我们看到市场对这一行业的正面反馈，而且，虽然 Rethink Robotics 遗憾的退出市场，但来自世界各地的数十家公司正在进入协作机器人市场”，他说。Brooks 也曾表示，若能有机会影响机器人产业的发展，让机器人更智能，更易用，无需针对每个新情况编写冗长代码，是他一生的荣幸。智能机器人的潜力还未充分展现出来，不过这应该是不久的将来就可见到的事情。

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Mike Fair. At the 2018 International Machine Tool Show I recorded a podcast with Mike Fair, Product Manager of Rethink Robotics, a robotics company specializing in collaborative robots for use on the factory floor. What sets Rethink Robots apart from several of the other collaborative robot companies […]

We start with the new robotic era that dawned when Rethink Robotics launched its Baxter robot. Baxter and its successor, Sawyer, shifted the industry. We then consider the ancient legacy equipment and standards that still plague so much factory automation. Next, we dive into society's urgent need for robots to assist with elder care in the coming years. We close with Rodney's fascinating take on how a poor understanding of a technology's history distorts perspectives on its near-future prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode summary: In this week's episode of AI in Industry we speak with Rodney Brooks, Founder and CTO of Rethink Robotics, a collaborative robot manufacturers founded in Boston in 2008. Rodney explores robotic safety an regulations and he also paints a picture of what robots might be capable of in the next five years. Executives in the logistics and manufacturing sectors considering adopting robots will find Rodney's insights most valuable.  Rodney explores what applications will move into the realm of robotics and what application won't in the near future and delves into what business executives need to know about human robot collaboration before considering their adoption. Interested readers can see the full interview with Rodney Brooks from Rethink Robotics here: https://www.techemergence.com/improving-robot-safety-capability-artificial-intelligence-rodney-brooks/

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_18", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FThe_Future_of_Collaborative_Robotics_with_Jim_Lawton_of_Rethink_Robotics-episode_233.mp3"}); An interview with Jim Lawton, Chief Operating Officer at Rethink Robotics, on the future of collaborative robotics (cobots). In this episode, Jim shares case studies and insights on the use of data analytics, robotics, and cobots in repetitive manufacturing. Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights – Podcast episode #233

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If you own a Roomba, you can thank Rod, because he's the co-founder of iRobot. He launched the company almost three decades ago when he was a professor at MIT. Well, today, he's at it again. He's trying to disrupt the world of industrial robotics with his new startup, Rethink Robotics. While I was in Boston a few weeks ago, I visited him at his home in Cambridge and captured some great stories. His extensive experiences over his career inspired the new company. We hear about the pending workforce shortage (yes, really!) and why location matters with manufacturing, whether it's China, America, or anywhere else. It's possible that the influence of the Prague Spring on his college math classes in Australia might have been the key influence in his research years later. He warns us about the hype of artificial intelligence and the potential of collaborative robotics. I'm surprised to hear how difficult it has been for his company to get their robots onto the factory floor given the obvious ROI. He shares humbling lessons about finding product market fit, which he learned the hard way across all three of his startups, and the lessons he takes away. But thanks in large part to his evangelism, the conversation around industrial robotics is changing. Might his ideas help save the manufacturing industry? The views expressed on The Art of Manufacturing podcast are those of the guests, and not our sponsors or partners. For more information, photos, and links, check out the show notes at http://makeitinla.org/rodneybrooks. 

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_96", {soundFile:"http%3A%2F%2Fsupplychaininsights.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpodcasts%2FRobotics_and_the_Autonomous_Supply_Chain_with_Jim_Lawton-episode_193.mp3"}); As we think about digital manufacturing and Supply Chain 2030, we need to rethink the robot’s role in manufacturing based on new capabilities. While traditional robots were used to replace labor, the robots of the future are able to improve the agility of the supply chain through sensing and enabling new capabilities. In this session Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, interviews James Lawton, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Rethink Robotics, to understand the latest trends in robotics and the future of robotics in Supply Chain 2030. Jim will be presenting his vision at the Supply Chain Insights...

Even though they've become a necessary part of society's progress and have made life much easier, robots are a lot of work. They require teams of programmers in order to perform the most basic tasks, and every worker on the line needs to learn the safe way to interact with them. Yet, they were all we had. Rethink Robotics set out to find a better way to integrate these disruptive machines into manufacturing. The solution was Baxter — a friendly robot that works alongside people rather than replacing them. It doesn't require a bunch of programmers to get started. You simply grab the arm, walk it through the desired action, and let it get to work. Once you show it how to do something, it can do it over and over again. And, by design, Baxter is completely safe to be around. In this episode, we chat with Jim Lawton, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Rethink Robotics. Hear how these collaborative robots are so comfortable to work with that co-workers dress them up and take photos with them, and how the company is working towards a future where robots are accessible to everyone — from factories to classrooms and even your living room.

Transcript below.  In this episode, we celebrate our 200th episode! That's over 6000 minutes of robot goodness and nearly 8 years releasing interviews with your favorite roboticists. The podcast is all volunteer run, a special thanks to everyone on the team who's made this possible! And thanks to all of you for listening in all these years. To celebrate, our president Audrow Nash has invited a team of old-timers from the podcast team, and one of our favorite recurring guests, Rodney Brooks from Rethink Robotics.

In this episode, we celebrate our 200th episode! That's over 6000 minutes of robot goodness and nearly 8 years releasing interviews with your favorite roboticists. The podcast is all volunteer run, a special thanks to everyone on the team who's made this possible! And thanks to all of you for listening-in all these years. To celebrate, our president Audrow Nash has invited a team of old-timers from the podcast team, and one of our favorite recurring guests, Rodney Brooks from Rethink Robotics.

Stuart Russell, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley Rodney Brooks, founder and CTO of Rethink Robotics and co-founder of iRobot, and  Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal discuss adn debate the advantages and pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence. 

Collaborative robotics are transforming the manufacturing shop floor and ushering in a new era in factory automation. Join us as Jim Lawton, Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Rethink Robotics shares how they’ve brought technologies like compliant motion control, embedded vision and advanced AI together; removing today’s industrial bots from the cage and placing them directly on the line to work interactively with people. Flexibility and versatility have been redefined so listen-in to learn how robots Baxter and Sawyer are bringing this revolution to a variety of manufacturers, large and small.

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Dr. Rodney Brooks is the co-founder of Rethink Robotics, a company that makes robots for the manufacturing industry. Rethink’s first robot, Baxter, was introduced in October 2012 with the goal of increasing US manufacturing productivity. Prior to Rethink, Dr. Brooks co-founded iRobot, which makes robots for the consumer and defense industries. iRobot’s first consumer product […]

In today's episode we speak with Rodney Brooks at the offices of Rethink Robotics about their first product Baxter, his ambition to revolutionize manufacturing and latest tips for young entrepreneurs.

In the latest edition of Open for Business Tom Russo, Brian Parker and Ken Cook explore where the jobs are, what jobs are worth getting, and how talent wins out on a global scale. PLus, the continuing titanic battle between Apple & Samsung (with Google and every mobile equipment maker on the planet being drawn into it). According to Forbes, if you are in the energy, technology, and (believe it or not) manufacturing fields, your industry is doing well. The best job opportunities are in these areas, and the geographic centers that support these industries are growing. That means oil states like Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. It means manufacturing centers in the midwest like Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. According to CNN/Money, If you work for companies where you find your work meaningful, then you work at a “best company to work for” winner. This includes Google, Wegman’s Markets, and Men’s Wearhouse. What you do is not nearly as important as whether you find your work meaningful and whether it is valued. Finally, Tom Friedman takes us to Rethink Robotics, a MA robot maker who uses talent across the world to make robots that remake how companies get stuff done. Tune in and hear how the job market and opportunities are evolving. Open for Business #45 – more great information than you could hope for in less than an hour.