Agenda
May 11th
Registration Opens (Lower Sproul Plaza)
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Opening Remarks
Matthew Panzarino (TechCrunch) and Randy Katz (UC Berkeley)
Getting A Grip on Reality: Deep Learning and Robot Grasping
Building on 35 years of research, Professor Goldberg will discuss the “New Wave” in robot grasping for e-commerce warehouse order fulfillment. | Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley)
The Future of the Robot Operating System (ROS)
The open ROS has been a boon to robot creators. Can ROS keep up with the dazzling array of new demands? | Brian Gerkey (Open Robotics), Morgan Quigley (Open Robotics), Melonee Wise (Fetch Robotics)
Eyes, Ears, Data: Robots and GPUs
NVIDIA is the market leader in AI and deep learning technologies crucial to robots, drones and a variety of other autonomous machines.| Deepu Talla (NVIDIA)
The Best Robots on Four Legs
Boston Dynamics’ rocked the world with the DARPA-funded Big Dog, and founder Marc Raibert will show off its latest creation. | Marc Raibert (Boston Dynamics)
Coffee Break
WORKSHOP: Starting Up: How to Commercialize Deep Technologies | (Pauley Ballroom East)
This workshop will guide you through what it takes to turn your entrepreneurial ideas – whether spawned in a lab, through campus research or from spending time in industry – into a venture-backable business. Speakers will include several UC Berkeley alumni who have launched startups that commercialized technologies initially developed at Cal. | Jeremy Fiance (The House), Forrest landola (Deepscale), Mark Godwin (Boxbot)
Old McDonald Needs a Robot
The future of agribusiness is robots, and these founders are already putting automated farm workers in the fields. | Dan Steere (Abundant Robotics), Brandon Alexander (Iron Ox), Sebastian Boyer (Farmwise), and Willy Pell (Blue River Technology)
Teaching Robots New Tricks with AI
The latest developments in AI can extend what robots do and make it possible for anyone to teach a robot new skills, without costly re-reprogramming. Professor Abbeel’s Embodied Intelligence is taking that technology to market. | Pieter Abbeel (UC Berkeley, Embodied Intelligence)
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Robots and humans are working and living together more than ever, and that means we have to watch out for one another — literally. | Ayanna Howard (Georgia Tech), Leila Takayama (UC Santa Cruz) and Patrick Sobalvarro (Veo Robotics)
WORKSHOP: DARPA and the Subterranean Challenge | (Pauley Ballroom East)
A primer on how to work with DARPA and DARPA’s latest robotics challenge. | Dr. Timothy Chung (DARPA)
Lunch
DEMO: High School Student Robotics Teams
Venture investing in Robotics
Has robotics become a mainstream investment focus for venture capitalists? | Renata Quintini (Lux Capital), Rob Coneybeer (Shasta Ventures), and Chris Evdemon (Sinovation Ventures)
WORKSHOP: Pioneering Autonomy: Deep Tech to Consumer Product | (Pauley Ballroom East)
Skydio co-founder and CEO Adam Bry walks through the evolution of the company’s hardware and software, explaining how the team iterated from fundamental research to building a flying autonomous robot that anyone can use.
Betting Big on Robotics
The creator of the Android mobile operating system and former head of Google’s robotics division, Andy Rubin wants Playground Global to invest in all things robotics. | Andy Rubin (Playground Global)
From the Lab Bench to Term Sheet
Researchers in AI and robotics are well positioned to launch startups, but what does that transition look like? | Manish Kothari (SRI), Kaijen Hsiao (Mayfield Robotics) and Paul Birkmeyer (Dishcraft Robotics)
DEMO: Cassie
Coffee Break
Autonomous Systems
How and when will autonomous vehicles (safely) take to the roads in meaningful numbers? | Oliver Cameron (Voyage), Alex Rodrigues (Embark Trucks)
Teaching Intelligent Machines
As the machines we use get more complex, so too do the tools we need to create them. NVIDIA’s Claire Delaunay talks about how to democratize the creation of robots and artificial intelligence with powerful development tools. | Claire Delaunay (NVIDIA)
The Future of Transportation
Many of the first generation self-driving cars will carry systems from Aurora, and Chris Urmson, former head of Google’s self-driving car project, knows the technical challenges and promise. | Chris Urmson (Aurora)
DEMO: NABi and ALPHRED (Dennis Hong, UCLA)
See the latest in the fields of bipedal and humanoid robots from the UCLA lab. A packed demo featuring a number of its robots, including the sideways-walking NABi: Non Anthropomorphic Biped.
Building Stronger Humans
Wearable robotics have already provided mobility to the paralyzed; they will do much more in the near future. Professor Kazerooni is one of the field’s pioneers, as well as leading entrepreneurs. | Homayoon Kazerooni (SuitX)
Wrap Up
Closing Reception (Pauley Ballroom)
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