kylebennett
1. Established relationships that have worth
2. Write well about our investments for a few years, and we'll give you a spot once you've paid your dues?
3. Able to sift through the noise?
There are demonstration units in existence, but other forms of energy are still too cheap for now.
> 3. Robotic crop harvesting - I don't think these are here yet
There are tech school programs for GPS controlled combines in the Midwest. Its been around for about 10 years.
> 4. Bipedal robots - I think we are almost there but again, there are more practical designs for military purposes.
Boston dynamics has this nailed down. Google acquired them last year, along with 9 other major robotics firms, and are slowly discontinuing certain military contracts if I understand correctly.
> 5. Robotic surgery, tele-presence surgery - not sure if this is a thing yet.
This already exists. In fact, there was a TED talk in 2013 regarding a telesurgical robot that gave haptic feedback with approximate pressures of that area. Can't recall the presenter's name.