Prime Movers

Summary

Anthony Jules, co-founder of Robust AI, discusses how his company is building robots that are designed for real-world tasks. He also addresses the misconception that robots will replace human jobs, highlighting the potential for increased productivity and job satisfaction through human-robot collaboration.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:35 The Importance of Form Factor in Robotics

06:22 Challenges of Humanoid Robots

10:53 Partnership with DHL and Applications of Collaborative Robots

13:56 Addressing Dystopian Views of Robots and AI

20:15 Preparing for a Career in Robotics and AI

22:40 Prime Mover Questionnaire

How do advances in computer vision help us understand the environment? What does generative AI have to do with climate tech? How do we turn satellite imagery into actionable knowledge? Listen as we answer these questions and more with our panel of founders applying computer vision to solve challenging problems in the natural world.

Panelists:

• Igino Cafiero, CEO and Founder of Bear Flag Robotics
• Matt King, CEO and Founder of FruitScout
• Scott Larson, CEO of SpaceAlpha

Former Prime Movers Lab Futurist Ramez Naam moderates a panel with The Roots of Progress Founder Jason Crawford, Idea Machines Host Ben Reinhardt, and Prime Movers Lab Venture Partner Amy Kruse to discuss the fundamental research that the US needs to invest in and how it will impact the economy.

The conversation is an excerpt from the Prime Movers Lab Breakthrough Science Summit hosted in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 27th, 2022.

Learn about the top trends and technologies in ocean energy. Hosted by Prime Movers Lab Partner Josh Agenbroad and Fellow Nicholas May-Varas.

Panelists include:

- Anthony DiMare, CEO & Co-Founder - Bedrock

- Anders Jansson, Head of Business Development - CorPower Ocean

- Beth Hartman, Strategic Innovation and Outreach Program Manager - Department of Energy

- Marcus Lehmann, CEO - CalWave

Learn about the top trends and technologies in mineral extraction. Hosted by former Prime Movers Lab Partner Gaetano Crupi and Research fellow Mitch Juneau. This conversation was originally recorded on Sep 28, 2022.

Panelists include:

• Aaron Wilson, Chemical Separations Group Lead and Research Chemist at the Idaho National Laboratory
• Nicholas Myers, CEO & Co-Founder of Phoenix Tailings
• Jeff Urban, Lead of LBL Thermoelectric Program, MSD Lead on Water-Energy Initiative at Berkeley Lab

Learn about President Joe Biden’s FY2024 budget request for science and technology programs and which ones are the most likely to pass the Republican-controlled House. Hosted by Prime Movers Lab Partners Gavin Mathis and Pritha Ghosh.

Panelists include:

• Marissa Serafino, Associate - Holland & Knight
• Matt Hourihan, Associate Director of R&D and Advanced Industry - Federation of American Scientists
• Mike O'Neill, Associate - K&L Gates

What industries are being automated first? Why now? What developments make this the right moment to build robots? Just how automated is the world today? And what about humanoids?

Panelists:

Rodney Brooks, CTO and Founder at Robust.AI, Founder at Rethink Robotics, iRobot, Lucid Inc, Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT, and former director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Joyce Sidopoulos, Cofounder and COO at MassRobotics, Co-founder at Robots.Jobs

David Bell, Cofounder and CEO at Remedy Robotics

Advances in scientific breakthroughs, such as single-cell technologies, have led to the increased ability to detect diseases. Accurate and early detection of disease can lead to the enhanced effectiveness of treatments and reduce burdens on the healthcare system. Join Partner Justin Briggs and Research Fellow Ted Ling Hu as they do a deep dive into the emerging trends in the field of diagnostics with our panel of experts.

• Swamy Vijayan, CEO & Co-founder of Zafrens — Vijayan is a serial entrepreneur who founded Omniome and Plexium. Swamy’s current venture, Zafrens, unlocks cellular analysis through ultra-high throughput single-cell screening. The technique provides deep insights that unlock unprecedented diagnostic and therapeutic value.

• Daniel Georgiev, CEO and Co-founder of Sampling Human — Daniel is the co-founder and CEO of Sampling Human, which creates new technologies that harness the processing power of biology to measure single cells at scale. He is also a tenured professor at the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of West Bohemia.

• John McDevitt, Chief Scientist & Founder of OraLiva — McDevitt is the Scientific Founder of Oraliva, Inc. and is a pioneer in the development of programmable bio-nano-chip technologies. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Biomaterials at NYU Dentistry and a member of NYU’s Bioengineering Institute. He also holds a joint appointment at the Tandon School of Engineering (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).