Drones, Bots & More at Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion, 3/31

Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion

If you follow emerging technologies and startups, you’ll notice that “machine learning” seems to be everywhere. So are natural language processing and computer vision. So are drones and connected devices.

We’re putting all those things together for a business audience at a very special event on March 31, called Robo Madness: The A.I. Explosion. It’s all happening at Google in Kendall Square, and we’re bringing together a who’s who of robotics and artificial intelligence experts, from startups and investors to researchers and big companies.

Here’s the current speaker list:

Colin Angle, Co-founder & CEO, iRobot
Helen Greiner, Founder & CEO, CyPhy Works
Larry Bohn, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners
Scott Eckert, CEO, Rethink Robotics
Jana Eggers, CEO, Nara Logics
Rohit Gupta, Co-founder, Sentenai
Dan Kara, Research Director, Robotics, ABI Research
Rob May, Founder & CEO, Talla
Dan Roth, Founder & CEO, Semantic Machines
Tom Ryden, Executive Director, MassRobotics
Max Versace, Co-founder & CEO, Neurala
Conor Walsh, Founder, Harvard Biodesign Lab, Harvard University
Jeremy Wertheimer, Vice President of Engineering, Google

Some topics we’ll explore:

—How robotics and A.I. are coming together to create new products and industries in the Internet of Things, smart homes, and connected devices.

—Which business strategies are working (and not working) for startups using A.I. technologies to solve real-world problems.

—What advances in research and development are coming further down the pike that could change everything.

—How New England innovators and companies can make use of the region’s strengths in talent and technology to collaborate more effectively and get ahead.

We’ll have more updates on the program soon. Tickets have been going fast, but there are still a few left—you can grab one here. We hope to see you all on March 31.

Author: Gregory T. Huang

Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003. Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.