Letter to a Young Woman in Engineering

We recently posted a job for a robotics engineer, which received over 200 applications. One of those was from a female mechatronics engineer with an impressive resume, who said something in her cover letter that undermined her capabilities. We’ve seen this many…

A Century of Art and Technology in the Bay Area

From pirates to prospectors to physicists and from poets to pranksters to programmers, the Bay Area is a magnet for mavericks impatient to reinvent the…

SVR Case Studies: Introduction to Service Robotics

Robotics is finally stepping out of science fiction and into service, if not in our homes, then at least in our hotels, hospitals, restaurants, warehouses, hardware stores and other retail outlets. This new report series from Silicon Valley…

Robotics Monthly Digest: Service and consumer robots catching on | Robohub

Don’t blame robots for the rise in inequality and poky jobs growth

Artificial intelligence: Do not fear the robot revolution

Humans, broadcast earlier this year, became UK broadcaster Channel 4’s most popular drama series of all time. It followed a group of highly intelligent ‘Synths’ (androids) who live with, and form relationships with their human…