The program for our fourth annual Robo Madness conference in Boston is almost set. In case you’ve been hiding under a rock lately (understandable), it’s all happening on the afternoon of April 12 at iRobot headquarters in Bedford, MA.
We’re pleased to announce some new speakers in the program:
—ClearMotion CEO Shakeel Avadhany (ClearMotion raised a $100 million funding round a year ago to commercialize “digital chassis” tech for vehicles)
—Vecna Robotics CEO Daniel Patt (see his thoughts on how automation can elevate humans)
—Owl Labs CEO Max Makeev (startup going after smart video conferencing)
—Ori CEO Hasier Larrea (startup working on robotic furniture)
—Clara Vu, co-founder of Veo Robotics (collaborative industrial robots)
—Joe Jones, co-founder of Franklin Robotics (home gardening/weeding robot)
—Christopher Micali, co-founder of Sense (home energy automation)
—Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics (nonprofit hub for robotics, now expanding)
—Lael Odhner, co-founder of RightHand Robotics (piece-picking robots for order fulfillment)
We’ll have more details, including the full agenda, soon. Meantime, you can still snag a ticket here. See you all on April 12.
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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