What robotics investors say they’re looking for in startup pitches

Re:What robotics investors say they’re looking for in startu... by gumby on Thursday July 20, 2017 @11:19AM (#14813212)

Do you have a reference? I would be very (and pleasantly) surprised to hear this.

Baxter had two core features: its OS and its compliant joints, with the aim of it working next to humans both safely and easily reprogrammably.

They had to abandon the OS and switch to ROS which removed the point of being safe for use by naive people.

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Re:What robotics investors say they’re looking for in startu... by javiramos on Friday July 21, 2017 @07:32PM (#14824538)

I don't - it's just what I heard through the grapevine from people working in the field.

I worked at Rethink (previously named Heartland Robotics) as an intern in its very early days (2009, there were ~10 employees). Exciting times.

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