In Episode 189 of The Robotic Report Podcast, co-hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre interview Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics.
Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics
On this podcast, Ali Kashani, CEO of Serve Robotics Inc., discusses the Redwood Metropolis, Calif.-based firm‘s spectacular progress, together with a 700% income enhance. He additionally talks about plans to scale their fleet of supply robots considerably.
Kashani shares insights on Serve Robotics’ partnerships, significantly with Magna for manufacturing and Uber for supply companies, and the challenges of increasing into new markets like Miami.
The dialogue additionally covers the position of synthetic intelligence in enhancing robotic capabilities, the significance of adapting workflows for restaurant companions, and the way forward for last-mile supply. Kashani displays on the journey from startup to public firm and the myriad prospects for robotics in varied sectors.
Present timeline
8:40 – Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman recap the information
23:48 – Mike and Gene interview Serve Robotics’ Ali Kashani
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Information of the week
The Bot Firm, led by Kyle Vogt, brings in one other $150M
The Bot Firm — led by former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt — has raised $150 million in new funding, in response to Reuters. Whereas the corporate has but to disclose a service robotic prototype, this newest funding places its valuation at $2 billion. It goals to create at-home robots that help people with day by day duties, equivalent to family chores
Vogt isn’t any stranger to technical and enterprise challenges. He began Cruise in 2013 with Dan Kan. Normal Motors acquired Cruise for $1 billion in 2016. In November 2023, Vogt left Cruise, saying his plans embody spending time with household and “exploring new concepts.”
Zoox points voluntary software program recall for 258 autos
Zoox Inc. final week filed a Half 573 Security Recall Report with the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration. The corporate issued this voluntary security recall in response to 2 incidents by which its autos braked unexpectedly and had been rear-ended by bikes.
The take a look at autos concerned had human security drivers. No Zoox autos at the moment on the street use the recalled software program.
Zoox isn’t the primary autonomous car developer to wrestle with “phantom braking,” or braking for seemingly no motive at sudden instances. A examine from the Delft College of Know-how within the Netherlands discovered that this drawback is usually a results of automated decision-making. That is sometimes brought on by the car’s sensors or algorithms misinterpreting the state of affairs.
China to take a position $137B in robotics and high-tech, studies IFR
China’s Nationwide Improvement and Reform Fee has introduced plans for a state-backed enterprise capital fund targeted on robotics, synthetic intelligence, and innovation. In response to the Worldwide Federation of Robotics (IFR), the fee expects the long-term fund to draw almost 1 trillion yuan ($137.8 billion) in capital from native governments and the non-public sector over 20 years.
This initiative goals to proceed China’s technology-driven success in manufacturing, famous the IFR. In 10 years, the nation‘s world share of business robotic installations has risen from round one-fifth to greater than half of the world’s complete demand, it stated.
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