Robotic exoskeleton startup wins Oregon life and biosciences angel competition
Biomotum’s SPARK device for rehabilitation of individuals with cerebral palsy, stroke, and other neurological conditions. (Biomotum Photo) Wearable robotics startup Biomotum took home $300,000 at the Angel…
Two Seattle-area students are finalists in NASA design contest for lunar dirt-digging robots
Project Stardust by Ke “Max” Jiang, left, and Terebro, by Mason Lysaght. (Lunabotics Images) Dig this — two Seattle-area students were semifinalists in a national contest run by…
The new frontiers of AI and robotics, with CMU computer science dean Martial Hebert
Martial Hebert, dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, during a recent visit to the GeekWire offices in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)…
The next big challenge for robots: Insights from the new director of CMU’s Robotics Institute
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, new director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, spent his teenage years in Seattle, and did his undergraduate studies at CMU. (GeekWire Photo / Todd…
Robots, automation, AI, and the Pirate Parrot: Insights from our return to the epicenter of robotics
The Pirate Parrot and GeekWire co-founder John Cook right before John found himself at odds with yet another Pittsburgh sports mascot. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) It’s…
‘We’re in this for good’: Amazon plans more home robots despite early skepticism about Astro
Ken Washington, Amazon’s VP of consumer robotics, with Astro. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon unveiled Astro, its first home robot, in September, after developing the rolling…