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Farewell to Victor Scheinman, inventor of the Stanford Arm which became the PUMA arm or Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly. Victor Scheinman was one of the founders of the robotics industry and stayed involved at Stanford and Silicon Valley Robotics events right up till the end. 

Welcome to new Silicon Valley Robotics Global Partners; Harmonic Drive and Blue Ocean Robotics.

Harmonic Drive empowers your robot with high precision motion control products.

Blue Ocean Robotics invests resources and capital into the exponentially growing robotics industry at large through a carefully selected portfolio of robotic projects.

In local news: Jabil is connecting robotics, advanced manufacturing and youth programs to bring back jobs to San Jose and restore US manufacturing. 

Startups should visit Silicon Valley Robotics VC Office Hours at the RoboBusiness Expo on Wednesday Sept 28 and stay for the Bots & Burgers network lunch.

ABB Robotics is hosting an open house on October 5 at their newly opened facility in San Jose. And you can go straight from ABB Robotics to the monthly Silicon Valley Robotics Bots & Buddies meetup sponsored by Toyota Research Institute.

Do you have a robot platform and are looking for developers? Or are you looking for engineers and can showcase cool technologies? Our new series of Developer Workshops are filling up in less than a day. I'm looking for more.

RoboBusiness is coming up!

  • SVR's code for 20% off Full Conference passes is RB16SVR
  • SVR's code for $25 off the Expo Only pass is RB16SVREX


We're about to announce the semifinalists for Robot Launch 2016 global competition If you wanted to enter but missed out because we changed the deadlines then please  contact me ASAP!! 

CRITERIA: Your startup should be under 5 years old, with less than $2 million in funding. You should have a great new robotics technology and business model. Your startup is related to robotics, AI or autonomous vehicles.

Want to Meet Pepper at SoftBank Robotics? Our first developer workshop at SoftBank Robotics was a sell out success with 60 developers in attendance and over 90 on the waitlist. We've just announced the second one and it's sold out too. Do you want to host a developer night for your robots? (Request info about DevNights.)

Or perhaps you'd like to host or sponsor a speaker event like the "Robotics Toolkit" Influencer Salon sponsored by Qualcomm. (Request info about InfluencerSalons)

Bots & Beer, our regular social meetup, is also looking for venues in SF and SV. Thanks to our current B&B sponsors Root.VC (looking for machine and AI startups) and Toyota Research Institute (Toyota Research Institute is hiring).(Request info about B&B sponsor/venue)

Finally, should this SVR email also be going to someone else at your company? Forward it! They can join SVR here or just sign up for the newsletter there too.

PUT ON A DINNER - ASK FOR AN INVITE - MEET OUR '25 WOMEN FOR 2016'
We're finally redone the Robot Launch website to do what we do best:




Now you can register your startup for competitions or investment OR list a robot startup resource like an accelerator, meetup, makerspace, investor or industry group.


 

Join our syndicate on Angel List!  I'm always looking out for more startups that fit our thesis, and investors who want to get in early. We invest in early stage robotics companies, with strong business model and early mover advantage. Robotics, AI and automation is going to impact on all verticals in the future and our syndicate brings together a lot of robotics experience and deal flow. 

Our first investment Catalia Health just closed the round with Khosla Ventures.

https://angel.co/l/BC9i8

Let me know if you have any questions or would like more information! Andra@robotlaunch.com 

Latest posts and interviews in Robot Startup Series:

Robot Startup Directory: Accelerators
Robot Startup Resources: Pitching
Robot Startup Resources: Manufacturing (new)
Robot Startup Resources: Crowdfunding (new)
Are robots the new black? - Andra Keay at SolidCon
When investing in robots is the right move - Valery Komissarova from Grishin Robotics
Does crowdfunding derisk robotics? - Saurabh Palan and Mighty Carma
Robots: the 'ables' of the next technology trend - Mary Meeker's trends for 2013
Robot Startup Series #7 - Soft Robotics IV Carl Vause
Robot Startup Series #6 - MIT Enterprise Forum VLAB
Robot Startup Series #5 - Rodney Brooks, Steve Cousins at Pioneer Festival
Robot Startup Series #4 - Chris Anderson at CES 2013

Robot Startup Series #3 - Elad Inbar and Robot App Store
Robot Startup Series #2 - Bob Christopher and Pleo
Robot Startup Series #1 - Cory Kidd and Autom


(also online at RoboHub.org - for all the latest robotics news, views and research )  

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Silicon Valley Robotics holds a range of robotics seminars, showcases and social events. You can also join Silicon Valley Robotics as an individual or startup and post your bio on the website.

Are you a startup or successful company doing business in the Silicon Valley or SF Bay Area? Are you a robotics professional, hobbyist, media or policy pundit, looking for more information or networking?
 
Join Silicon Valley Robotics one of the largest robotics clusters in the world. Members get access to network events, news and information. Select startups may be offered an invitation to pitch to investors at an investor showcase.
 
Andra Keay
Founder, Robot Launchpad
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Robotics
 

Happy Hour for Roboticists
1st & 3rd Wednesday | 7pm - 9pm 

Silicon Valley Robotics starts a regular happy hour meetup for roboticists, alternating between Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

1st Wednesdays at Hacker Dojo or TechShop and 3rd Wednesdays at Root Ventures San Francisco.

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