SRI International in Menlo Park was the birthplace of the da Vinci surgical robot, which made it a natural location for Robo Madness 2014, Xconomy’s third annual Silicon Valley robotics event. Held (as always) during National Robotics Week, the forum was a celebration and exploration of entrepreneurship and technology in robotics, here in the Bay Area and around the continent.
In the slide show above you can click through a few photos from the event, which come courtesy of SRI’s Scott Bramwell and Suitable Technologies’ Palvinder Jagait.
You can also check out Elise Craig’s rundown of Robo Madness 2014 takeaways, where you’ll find quotes from our fabulous speakers and moderators, including Helen Greiner, Scott Hassan, Paolo Pirjanian, James Gosling, David Mindell, Brian Gerkey, Melonee Wise, and John Markoff.
It was a fun and informative event. We’re incredibly grateful to sponsors SRI International, Silicon Valley Bank, Intel, and RoboBusiness for their support this year—and to all of our fantastic speakers. Now, if you’ll not be needing me, I’ll close down for a while.
Author: Wade Roush
Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco.
Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.)
I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia.
I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats.
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