123rd SF Hardware Meetup @ Humanmade | Humanoid Robotics
Join us for SF Deep Tech Week as we talk about all things Humanoid Robotics.
🤖 There will be a chance for an open mic. All demos and standup pitches welcome.
Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network, share knowledge, and support each other and the larger hardware ecosystem.
About Humanmade
Humanmade is a nonprofit open-access makerspace where innovation meets impact. Our mission is to empower individuals in our community to become the next generation of inventors, designers, and makers by providing access to the best training, tools, and facilities through workforce development.
We have a great group of guest speakers
Ben is the Founder & CEO of K‑Scale Labs, building open‑source humanoid robots and foundation‑model‑based generalist robot policy. His prior AI and robotics roles were at Tesla, Meta, and Google.
Brendah is the founder of Homy Robotics, building advanced humanoid robots for senior care and senior living. She focuses on leveraging AI and robotics to support seniors and enhance independent living. She's a serial Founder with prior startups being WEHEAD Robotics, and Aeon Bio Lifespan Extension.
Allen is a Member of Technical Staff at Physical Intelligence, working on foundation models and generalist robot policy. He’s previously contributed to research at Princeton, Stanford, NVIDIA, and Google DeepMind.
6:30-7:00 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
7:00-7:05 - Welcome and introduction
7:05-8:00 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
8:00-8:30p - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.
8:30-9:30p - Mix + mingle
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