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Co-founder @DeftRobo | systems integrator of wheeled humanoid robots for 🇺🇸 OEMs & Tiers 1-2 | prev @UCBerkeley, @Tesla Motor Design + Autopilot Hardware
San Francisco, CA, USA
Joined February 2015
*Call for more application-layer robotics companies!*. In 2024, we saw the emergence of robot foundation model initiatives via @physical_int , @SkildAI , and others (e.g. @NVIDIARobotics , @OpenAI). In 2025, I hope more application-layer robotics companies emerge, leveraging the.
these guys started a robotics company in 90 days. & they did it out of their bedroom lol.
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Fun chatting @JieWang_ZJUI - excited to see more research from you soon. Our SF site is open-invite to anyone working on robot learning! DMs open.
Very fun to visit @DeftRobo today! . It’s pleasure to meet the two cofounders @shinheeshanelee and @jungwonshin95 , Berkeley folks from Korea. From home to warehouse, bimanual dexterous control is the solid next step towards useable and generalizable robotics technology . It’s
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big 3 in smart glasses for robotics data collection rn?. Aria 2 from Meta but not really publicly available.
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RT @ericjang11: The number of startups trying to sell data to general purpose + humanoid robots companies seems to exceeds the number of ac….
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RT @_FrontierValley: 1/18 Introducing Frontier Valley: A new special regulation district in SV that’s larger than SoMa. Once approved, it….
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RT @jungwonshin95: Had a great time judging the @LeRobotHF hackathon as a part of the @DeftRobo team! .It was exciting to see so many innov….
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Will dexterous robots consolidate (like autonomous vehicle industry) or proliferate (like 70s/80s PC era) in next 5-10 yrs?. For consolidation - network effects of deep learning systems. For proliferation - grassroots open-source, commoditizing costs, lowering entry barriers.
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See you at the global @LeRobotHF hackathon this weekend! . We’re donating some hardware in the Mtn View location @DeftRobo. This is a LOT of LeKiwis 😳
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Deft Robotics is hiring! @DeftRobo . We’re here to fast-track the rollouts of dexterous robots worldwide. (details soon!). And we need ur help:.- Founding Systems SWE.- Founding ML Engineer (Robot Learning). DM me or @jungwonshin95 about the hardest tech problem you’ve solved.
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What can @DeftRobo do today?.- Pick items up to ~100 mm width.- Payload capacity of ~2 kg per arm.- Reach top shelves up to ~6.5 ft.
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LET'S PACK!!! . We packed 12 pieces of apparel in 8 minutes with our mobile manipulator, Simba V1. @DeftRobo picks e-commerce items like t-shirts from a tote cart, scan their barcodes, and pack them into an auto bagging machine.
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Introducing @DeftRobo’s mobile manipulator, Simba V1. Coming soon to a distribution center near you. Developers - anyone want to be a beta tester? . V2 could go <$17K, after accounting for tariffs and more assemblies brought in-house. V3 will be <$10K.
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cheeky way to get in-home data, most people will be probably too lazy to delete footage, so 1X gets a free pass while signaling privacy.
Key takeaways from NYT article on 1X. ⦿ 1X plans to deploy NEO in more than 100 homes this year.⦿ They will build "call centers" for remote operations.⦿ Data collected won’t be used for AI training until 24 hours later, giving customers time to delete unwanted footage
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