Silicon Valley Robotics

10/17/2026

What does Washington think about robots? What do our armed forces think? We see three very different perspectives compared to the media’s opinion. Which one best expresses the perspective of the majority of the population?

Agility adds fast charging to work 20 out of 24 hours in the day, while Amazon’s million robots have workers and Washington worried.

10/12/2026

Nominations extended for IEEE RAS Awards (products/companies/innovation), Wildfire XPrize Winners, Women in Robotics you need to know about, plus apply for SVR Startup Pitch Showcase and all the latest news in Robots & Startups

Nominations extended for IEEE RAS Awards (products/companies/innovation)

10/07/2026

I’m pretty amazed by the Long Horizon speaker roster - everytime I check the website it’s still growing. This event is rapidly becoming “the rooms where it happens” for robotics. And it’s just as well that talks are spread over three stages with lots of hallway conversation opportunities.

Amazing speakers, even better networking opportunities. Will I see you there?

10/03/2026

"When we introduce AI into our deterministic systems, it doesn’t mean that it replaces them, it means that it works with those deterministic systems." Brandon Hootman, Caterpillar. at CoreWeave's FullyConnected.
Plus Agility Investor Day, Fort IPO, RealSense and RAI acquisitions

Agility Investor Day, Fort IPO, RealSense and RAI acquisitions,

10/03/2026

Now that Q4 2026 is underway some IPOs to look forward to are Agility and FORT Robotics going public, via reverse merger. Agility’s Investor and Analyst Day is Tuesday October 6th, and I’ll be watching the Churchill Capital Corp XI stock price as well. Agility and FORT Robotics also just announced a strategic partnership to advance humanoid robot safety.

Acquisitions and IPOs, oh my! Agility Robotics investor day on Tuesday.

10/01/2026

Congratulations to these 10 inspiring winners of the latest Joanne Pransky Women in Robotics Scholarships. From high school to graduate studies let’s celebrate these future leaders.

$10,000, 10 winners, 18 finalists, 107 applicants

09/30/2026

I'm really excited to be attending both days of the Long Horizon summit. There are already six hundred high-profile registrations from companies including Skild, Wayve (including Chief Scientist, Jamie Shotton), Boston Dynamics, Bear Robotics (CEO and CTO), Mercedes-Benz, and others.

Amazing speakers, even better networking opportunities. Will I see you there?

09/26/2026

Last year the leaders in humanoid production were still speaking in 100s, this year we are 10x across production and 10x across the number of companies involved. Deployment however is still in units of 10s, largely pilots, research or entertainment.

Humanoids 2026 Keynote Speakers, Benchmark Competition and Workshops

09/25/2026

Teaching robots new skills in simulation, field engineering feedback, full physical AI stack deep dives and Battlebots and F1 setups for fun.
Join robotics companies like Dexmate and Walden Robotics at Fully Connected 26.
https://robotsandstartups.substack.com/p/coreweave-wants-to-fully-connect?r=3k8pj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

09/23/2026

Rodney Brooks and Brian Heater live podcast at Automated Happy Hour with A3, Silicon Valley Robotics and Circuit Launch. Full conversation coming your way soon!