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AI Robotics and Manufacturing

beebee
edited February 18 in Other Investing
Very interesting article and interview with Intrinsic (GoogleX/Alphabet) CEO Wendy Tan.
The robotics play is part of a larger AI narrative driving markets and investment: In a November report, McKinsey estimated that “by 2030, about $2.9 trillion of economic value could be unlocked in the United States — if organizations prepare their people and redesign workflows, rather than individual tasks, around people, agents, and robots working together.”

Intrinsic launched five years ago out of Google X, the company’s research or “moonshot” division. Its mission: to make industrial robotics software smarter and more accessible.
wendy-tan-white-building-the-android-of-robotics-at-intrinsic

Wendy Tan... "Here we are today, like we where in the 80's with the computer, now with Robotics"

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  • beebee
    edited February 18
    This topic (AI Robotics) is near and dear to my heart. As a Industrial Art teacher turned Technology Education teacher turned STEM teacher I connected my HS kid's with the Engineers that worked next to our school. Kids, teachers and engineers came together in an after school program called FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

    If you are not aware of this amazing program, check it out:
    FIRST Robotics was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen to inspire young people's interest in science and technology through robotics competitions. The first competition took place in 1992, and since then, it has grown to include thousands of teams worldwide, emphasizing values like "Gracious Professionalism" and "Coopertition."




    https://firstinspires.org/about/history

    The 2026 FIRST Competition:





    The Program:


  • yogibearbullyogibearbull
    FIRST robotics is a great program that introduces student to engineering early.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Inspiration_and_Recognition_of_Science_and_Technology

    But what happened to Dean Kamen? There was lot of buzz around his Segway in 2001 - that it would revolutionize personal transportation, that Kamen was modern day Edison or Ford, etc. Segway remained a novelty but was a commercial failure.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen
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