Investing
Robot’s Portfolio Performs Worse than Human’s
It seems that a robotic stock trader isn’t as good as a knowledgeable human trader. James Daw writes about how his robot’s portfolio lost 40% of its value while investors in the stocks tracked by the S&P/TSX composite of the Toronto Stock Exchange “only” lost 33%. Check out his article here.
3Jan2009 | Ray Renteria | 0 comments | Continued
Three Questions for Chetan Kapoor - Agile Planet
Chetan Kapoor is a roboticist at The University of Texas and CEO of Agile Planet. We spoke about how his firm’s control software might change the world in the years ahead, what is driving robotics growth, and why business should take note.
9Jul2008 | Jonas Lamis | 0 comments | Continued
Three Questions for Colin Angle - iRobot
SciVestor spoke with Colin Angle, co-founder and CEO of iRobot Corporation. We asked him about how iRobot will change the world, the importance of Moore’s Law, and why the business community should be interested. We also got his take on the state of the emerging robotics industry.
28May2008 | Jonas Lamis | 0 comments | Continued
MIT’s Technology Awakens Mobile Devices–Robots Next?
The SynTactic Analysis using Reversible Transformations (”START”) system is a super information-finding technology that was developed by Boris Katz and his associates of the InfoLab Group at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. It’s a system that’s been running since 1993–long before Google came along.
The system has two syntactic modules: One for [...]
Colin Angle on the Business(es) of Robotics
Blogging from RoboBusiness in Pittsburgh this week. Much to my disappointment, the Convention Center does not have wireless access, so blog postings are coming out when possible.
Colin Angle, Co Founder and CEO of iRobot spent 45 minutes romping through robotics market business concepts. He presented 21 (I only captured 20 for some reason) [...]
Trossen RoboDevelopment Speech Now Available Online
At this year’s RoboDevelopment conference, Matt Trossen of Trossen Robotics spoke about robot adoption and industry standards.
Robotics and computers are merging, there is no doubt about it, but questions remain- Why is it taking so long? Where do the standards belong? What tools are in the marketplace which assist integration? What are the necessary steps [...]
Sensor Technology May Optimize Driving
The DARPA Urban Challenge created an unprecedented concentration of ambition, intelligence, technology, and money in an ecosystem that advanced autonomous mobility and related technologies by decades.
One such advancement was with the ibeo Lux Laser Scanning system. ibeo is a subsidiary of SICK, veteran makers of basic-but-pervasive laser scanning technology. ibeo [...]
15Nov2007 | Ray Renteria | 0 comments | Continued
Central Texas Robot Makes Waves
One of the best applications for a robot is one requiring repetitive and consistent behaviors. The mapping of subsurface characteristics of lakes is just such an endeavor.
“These studies are extremely tedious. Detailed mapping requires piloting the boat very slowly back and forth across the same water body. It would be like mowing several [...]
Oshkosh Steadfast on its Path to Military Smartcars
In what seems to be a recurring theme among DARPA Urban Challengers, these guys have greater ambitions than winning the race. “The goal was to be a strong performer, not necessarily win,” Chris Yakes, Director of the Advanced Products Group for Oshkosh, said.
Yakes explained that his team is developing an autonomous system in kit [...]
Velodyne Prez talks Mobile Sensing
I wrote about the Velodyne sensor a couple of weeks ago touting its commercial viability in the emerging mobile robotics market. I had a chance to talk to one of its inventors today. Velodyne President Bruce Hall made it clear that although his company doesn’t have a vehicular entrant, they are clearly and [...]
2Nov2007 | Ray Renteria | 0 comments | Continued