Robotic Dexterity: Grabbing the Brass Ring

Event page: vlab.org/event...
Event Date: April 24th, 2020
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Moderator:
Stefano Carpin, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Merced
Panelists
Harsha Prahlad, Co-Founder and CTO and Products Officer, Grabit
Paul Ekas, President, Sake Robotics
Juan Aparicio Ojea, Head of Research Group, Advanced Manufacturing Automation, Siemens
Matt Howard, Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
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Event Description:
From warehouse operations to surgical operations, robots are lending a helping hand like never before. With a rapidly improving ability to manipulate objects of all shapes and sizes, they have the potential to replace human operators with better accuracy, better precision, and better efficiency.
In Robotic Dexterity, we will explore how the latest advances in robotic technologies have the potential to transform entire industries. By combining cloud computing and machine learning with groundbreaking gripper designs, these innovations in dexterity are shaping our future - sometimes literally.
Our panel of founders and industry insiders will explore these and other issues.
Where are the best opportunities for entrepreneurs?
Will these new robots completely replace all human workforces?
How will society react to increasingly capable robots?
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Event Team:
Event Chair: Stefano Foresti
Event Co-Chair: Nikolai Norona
Event Team Members: Mike Chen, Willem de Lange, Ravi Prasad, Luca Rigazio, Dhaval N. Shah, Fred Stein, Sladana Veljkovic