The Robot State Reports

A panel of amazing women in robotics showcasing a range of robotics, in celebration of Ada Lovelace Day 2020. The speakers are:

Dr Ayanna Howard - Chair of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech

Dr Carlotta Berry - Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Angelique Taylor - PhD student in Health Robotics at UCSD and Research Intern at Facebook

Dr Ariel Anders - roboticist and first technical hire at Robust.AI

Moderated by Jasmine Lawrence - Product Manager at X the Moonshot Factory

 

Follow them on twitter at @robotsmarts @DRCABerry @Lique_Taylor @Ariel_Anders @EDENsJasmine

Weekly online discussion about "COVID-19, robots and us" from Silicon Valley Robotics with guest speakers this week, March 24:

Gui Cavalcanti, CEO/Cofounder of Breeze Automation and Founder of Open Source Covid-19 Medical Supplies Group,

Alder Riley, Founder at ideastostuff and a coordinator at Helpful Engineering,

Tra Vu, COO at Ohmnilabs, a telepresence robotics and 3D printing startup,

Mark Martin, Regional Director Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development California Community Colleges,

Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley Director of the CITRIS People and Robots Initiative,

Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics and Visiting Scholar at CITRIS People and Robots Initiative will act as moderator.

Beau Ambur, Outreach, Design and Technology Lead for Kickstarter will be coordinating technology for us.

Donations will support the work of OSCMS, Helpful Engineering and PPE groups.

Weekly discussion about "COVID-19, robots and us" on Silicon Valley Robotics with focus this week on changes since this series started. Guest speakers are:

David Crawley, Founder Ubiquity Robotics

Dale Dougherty, Founder Make Magazine & Maker Faire

Alder Riley, Coord Helpful Engineering & Founder ideastostuff

Tra Vu, COO OhmniLabs

Mark Martin, Directory of Industry & Workforce Development CCC

Ken Goldberg, Director of CITRIS People and Robots Initiative at UC

moderated by Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics

Weekly discussion about "COVID-19, robots and us" on Silicon Valley Robotics with focus this week on robot applications. Guest speakers are:

Ian Bernstein, Founder of Misty Robotics & Sphero

Katherine Scott, Open Robotics

Nikolaus Correll, Founder Robotic Materials

Rikke Rasmussen, Liquid Handling Engineer Pivot Bio

Jessica Armstrong, Coord OSMS & Helpful Engineering

Ken Goldberg, Director of CITRIS People and Robots Initiative at UC

moderated by Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics

Weekly discussion about "COVID-19, robots and us" on Silicon Valley Robotics with focus this week on privacy, law and regulations. Guest speakers are:

Sue Keay, Director of Research CyberPhysical Systems CSIRO's Data-61

Michael Froomkin, Distinguished Professor of Law at U of Miami

Ryan Calo, Associate Professor of Law at U of Washington

Chelsey Colbert, Privacy Counsel at Future of Privacy Forum

Robin Murphy, Rescue Robotics Expert & Robotics for Infectious Diseases Org

Roy Kornbluh, Principal Research Engineer at SRI International

Ken Goldberg, Director of CITRIS People and Robots Initiative at UC

moderated by Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics

Weekly discussion of "COVID-19, robots and us" from Silicon Valley Robotics with guests:

Melonee Wise from Fetch Robotics,

Eric Bennett from Frontier Bio,

Tom Low from SRI International,

Ken Goldberg from CITRIS CPAR and UC Berkeley,

moderated by Andra Keay from Silicon Valley Robotics.

Weekly discussion about "COVID-19, robots and us" on Silicon Valley Robotics with focus this week on making change. Guest speakers are:

Rachel McCrafty Sadd of #distillmyheart,

Robin Murphy Rescue Robotics Expert and Raytheon Professor at Texas A&M University,

Missy Cummings, Robot Safety Expert at Duke University,

Rex St John, ARM IoT Ecosystem Evangelist,

Michael Sayre, CEO at Cognicept,

Ken Goldberg, Director of CITRIS People and Robots Initiative and William S. Floyd Jr Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley

moderated by Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics

Weekly discussion about "COVID-19, robots and us" on Silicon Valley Robotics with focus this week on robots at work. Guest speakers are:

Linda Pouliot, CEO of Dishcraft Robotics,

Vipin Jain, CEO of Blendid,

Rich Stump, Principal at Studio Fathom,

Mark Martin, Industry & Workforce Development California Community Colleges and Bay Area Manufacturing Discussion Forum

Ken Goldberg, Director of CITRIS People and Robots Initiative and William S. Floyd Jr Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley

moderated by Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics

Weekly discussion about "COVID-19, robots and us" on Silicon Valley Robotics with focus this week on robots to the rescue. Guest speakers are:

Robin Murphy, Rescue Robotics Expert & Robotics for Infectious Diseases Org,

Ross Mead, CEO of Semio and social roboticist,

Wendy Ju, Associate Professor at Cornell and interaction design expert,

Cory Kidd, CEO of Catalia Health,

Jessica Armstrong, SuitX and local coordinator Open Source COVID-19 Medical Supplies,

Ken Goldberg, Director of CITRIS People and Robots Initiative at UC

moderated by Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics

Join us for a discussion with experts from the robotics and health community

This event is free and open to the public, every week at 7pm on Tuesdays. Expert guests this week, March 24, are:

Gui Cavalcanti, CEO/Cofounder of Breeze Automation and Founder of Open Source Covid-19 Medical Supplies Group,

Alder Riley, Founder at ideastostuff and a coordinator at Helpful Engineering,

Tra Vu, COO at Ohmnilabs, a telepresence robotics and 3D printing startup,

Mark Martin, Regional Director Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development California Community Colleges,

Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley Director of the CITRIS People and Robots Initiative,

Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics and Visiting Scholar at CITRIS People and Robots Initiative will act as moderator.

Beau Ambur, Outreach, Design and Technology Lead for Kickstarter will be coordinating technology for us.

Donations will support the work of OSCMS, Helpful Engineering and PPE groups.

Every Tuesday at 7pm PDT at https://covidandrobots.eventbrite.com/

 

Open Source COVID-19 Medical Supplies Group is a rapidly growing Facebook group formed to evaluate, design, validate, and source the fabrication of open source emergency medical supplies around the world, given a variety of local supply conditions.

 

Helpful Engineering is another rapidly growing global network created to design, source and execute projects that can help people suffering from the COVID-19 crisis worldwide.

 

About CITRIS CPAR 

Cloud Robotics, Deep Learning, Human-Centric Automation, and Bio-Inspired Robotics are among the primary research themes of the CITRIS People and Robots Initiative that focuses on new theory, benchmarks, software, and approaches that address challenges in the interest of society.

 

About Silicon Valley Robotics

Silicon Valley Robotics is a non-profit industry association supporting innovation and commercialization of robotics technologies. With more than 50 robotics research labs, and over 500 robotics startups, the Silicon Valley/SF Bay Area region is the most active robotics cluster in the world.