Brendan Schulman
@RobotPolicy
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Vice President of Policy & Government Relations at Boston Dynamics. Former VP of Policy & Legal Affairs at DJI. Personal views only. Also find me at @dronelaws
Joined April 2021
It's great to see momentum building in Washington DC for policies that will support the success of the US robotics industry. I was honored to have my views quoted in this @politico article on recent developments and future aspirations.
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Thank you to the Congressional Robotics Caucus and @a3automate for hosting today’s very important discussion on robotics and manufacturing. On panel, I was honored to share @BostonDynamics’ perspectives on the urgent need for a National Robotics Strategy.
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Our friends at @BostonDynamics have sent us a robot to push the boundaries of what’s possible. We’re taking Spark and Spot on a tour across the United States. We’d love for you to join us along the way! This is going to be insane.
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Funny how people keep pushing the idea that Boston Dynamics is falling behind Tesla or Figure, but every time I check, they still look ahead
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Reposting for no reason in particular.
Atlas is demonstrating reinforcement learning policies developed using a motion capture suit. This demonstration was developed in partnership with Boston Dynamics and @rai_inst.
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The Trump admin is eyeing robotics as the next frontier in the tech race with China, reports our @YasminKhorram. But China already has 4x as many industrial robots as the U.S. How the Trump administration plans to catch up and compete: https://t.co/3Nf4Gzc63R
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Secretary Lutnick addressed my exclusive reporting today about the Trump administration focusing on robotics. Full story: https://t.co/XriGUcUikN
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@politico After AI Push, Trump Administration is Now Looking to Robots, via @politico (quoting @RobotPolicy ) https://t.co/l2F9jtH56b
politico.com
It's the latest example of how the Trump administration is embracing industrial policy in a bid to compete against Beijing in critical sectors.
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I love that theres a sanitation robot competition. There should be this level of innovation and competition in making our cities wonderful places to live!
Checked out the Sanitation Robot Competition in Shenzhen last week. It was amazing to see so many types of cleaning robots for streets and roads, a perfect use case for service robots.
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday are still available names
Another new humanoid robot from South Korea Holiday Robotics has launched a wheeled humanoid robot named FRIDAY. It seems to be saying that with FRIDAY, you can have a pleasant weekend. Judging from its specifications, this design is primarily intended for industrial
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Low-latency humanoid robot teleop with high-fidelity force feedback
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Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'
cnbc.com
A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.
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I’ve had many conversations with very intelligent folks about this issue. Too many think this way: “I don’t care what country wins at robots. What difference does it make to me?�� I’ll ask the question again when they look out the window and there’s 1000 of these in the street.
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Here is a clip from my testimony to Congress today. We presented a 4-part plan—informed by surveys from hundreds of manufacturers—detailing how the US can bring back manufacturing and lead the world in robotics. I’m heartened by the reception from the members we met, especially
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Excited to be working with this amazing team to lay the product foundations for phase two.
"The customer is always right and you were probably wrong." While the industry races to announce pilots, Boston Dynamics' Atlas Lead Alberto Rodriguez offers a sober reality check: We are all still in Phase One. He breaks down the 3 phases of humanoid evolution and the
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It is an imperative for America to start “overproducing” robots ASAP We are quickly reaching the point where the AI is good enough at which point the demand for robots near instantly jumps from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions But scaling robot production isn’t as
@ruima Well said. The most likely scenario is that China will end up over producing humanoid hardware since it’ll take longer for AI to arrive to make them productive. People dump on US humanoid manufacturers as being way behind China, but in fact there’s no point ramping up a
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I am a little confused about what mass production can mean if we haven't shown the robot doing anything other than walk. Dont hey me wrong, the robot looks amazing, but I worry we are going to burn out on hype here.
Hello, world. IRON is on track for mass production — bringing us closer to large-scale humanoid manufacturing by 2026. IRON is not just a machine, but a companion built with purpose. A new chapter of intelligence begins. $XPEV
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