Hard to believe, but we’re just a day away from Robo Madness 2017, our third annual Boston conference on robotics and artificial intelligence. It’s all happening at Google’s offices in Kendall Square tomorrow afternoon. The full agenda is here.
In addition to talks and discussions, there will be three live demos in the program, each from a different sector of robotics:
—Soft Robotics CEO Carl Vause will show his company’s soft gripper technology (see photo). This robot is used to pick and place items in food, packaging, and assembly tasks.
—Piaggio Fast Forward COO Sasha Hoffman will demo a mobile carrier robot named Gita. The robot can hold a briefcase or other cargo while it follows you around or goes where you need it to.
—Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert will show a robot that is still a mystery, even to us. His company is known for its walking and running machines that can balance by themselves.
We’re looking forward to an amazing day, and hope to see you at Google. For those who don’t have seats yet, there are still a few overflow tickets available.
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.
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