Stateofroboticsfinal 151204190406 Lva1 App6892
Stateofroboticsfinal 151204190406 Lva1 App6892
Stateofroboticsfinal 151204190406 Lva1 App6892
ROBOTICS
2015
Intro Foreword
This report shares our experiences in the space
since the creation of the 'Robotics' track at HAX.
The full “Hardware Trends 2016” report will be
published next year. Comments are welcome!
Thanks to HAX robotics founders and industry friends
for their contributions, and to all robotics lovers out
there who help make things happen.
Autonomous
Tools
Vehicles
+ most major car makers (Toyota, Volkswagen, GM, Renault-Nissan, Hyundai-Kia, etc.)
Robot
Arms
Service
Robotics
Cobots
RoboMing
Others
Lifestyle
Robots
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Source: HAX State of Robotics, November 2015
Robot
Toys
WHAT’S A
ROBOT? ROBOTICS
What’s
a robot?
HAX definition
A device that adapts to
its environment thanks
to autonomous movement
and autonomous decisions
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What’s
a robot?
Not a robot
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Sorry guys
What’s
a robot?
Barely a robot?
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Anatomy
of a robot Actuators
• Actuators convert energy mostly
into rotational or linear motion.
• “Motors” are actuators, as are
pneumatics, hydraulics, solenoids
or shape-memory alloys and
polymers (SMA/SMPs).
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Source: www.robotshop.com
Anatomy
of a robot Actuators
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DC linear actuator Pneumatic & Hydraulic Solenoid Linear SMA
Anatomy
of a robot Sensors
• How many senses can a robot have?
Surely more than five!
• A flurry of sensors have been made smaller,
cheaper and better thanks notably to sales
of smartphones and gaming consoles.
• Sound: infra, audible, ultrasound
• Light: IR, visible, UV, in particular for RGBD/LIDAR used
for SLAM (simultaneous localization & mapping)
• Touch: piezo/pressure
• Smell: chemical
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• Other: accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS, barometer,
temperature, fingerprint, and many more!
Anatomy
of a robot Sensors
Multi-touch touchscreen
display, triple
microphone configuration,
M8 motion coprocessor,
3-axis gyroscope,
accelerometer, digital
compass, iBeacon,
proximity sensor,
ambient light
Touch ID fingerprint
reader, barometer
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Robots can thank Apple, Microsoft and Nintendo
Anatomy Microcontrollers &
of a robot
Microprocessors
• Microcontrollers and microprocessor are the
onboard control, the “brain”.
• Robot-as-a-Service growing
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2015 in
Review
More funding for robots
• More investments (sample)
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ROBOTS
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Drones
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Drones Trends
• Major investments in 2015.
• Most are still glorified RC copters.
• Effort is put on software for navigation,
obstacle avoidance and some vertical
applications like surveying & delivery.
“Drones are still pretty dumb.
The biggest obstacle right now is…
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the ability to avoid obstacles.”
Chris Anderson, CEO, 3DR
Drones Drones for fun
Commoditization of hardware,
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some as cheap as $10
Drones Drones for fun
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3DR raised $99M
Drones Drones for imagery
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China’s Yuneec raised $60M
Drones Drones for imagery
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China’s eHang raised $52M
Drones Drones for imagery
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China’s XAircraft raised $20M
Drones Drones for delivery
Alibaba tests
drone delivery
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for its Taobao service
Drones Long flight drone
Collision-happy
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drone by Flyability
Drones Other drones
• GoPro announced its own camera
drone for 2016.
• A flurry of other drone companies
received angel, seed financing,
and/or crowdfunded.
• Many startups are yet to ship their
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first product.
Drones Drone Industry
• Key players in the drone space have
formed the Small UAV Coalition to inform
policy makers and promote safety.
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Drones Drones for sports
First-person view
drone racing
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Autonomous
Vehicles
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Vehicles Trends
• Autonomous vehicles are now a
mainstream topic.
• On the road with Tesla autopilot.
Google, Uber and car makers are
also on the job.
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• Regulations making progress.
Vehicles
USA
Tesla released
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its autopilot feature
Vehicles
USA
USA
USA
Autonomous bus
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being tested in China
Vehicles
USA
Driverless tractors
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are getting started
Vehicles Robot car racing
“In the future, all vehicles will be assisted
by AI and powered by electricity, improving
the environment and road safety.”
USA
Denis Sverdlov
Founder of Kinetik & ROBORACE
Races with autonomous cars will
take place before Formula E
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Service Robots
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Service Trends
robots
• Entering more industries
• Robot-as-a-Service model
• More companies & funding
“Autonomous ground service robots today have
the same kind of momentum that drones
enjoyed 2-3 years back.”
M.A. Shah, Co-founder,
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Simbe Robotics
Service Warehouse
robots
India’s
GreyOrange
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raised $30M
Service Warehouse
robots
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Service Warehouse
robots
Locus Robotics
deployed 10 robots
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at Quiet Logistics
Service Hospitality
robots
Knightscope robots
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patrol premises
Service Surveillance
robots
Autonomous watchtowers
by Insight Robotics
detect fires using
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the heat signatures of forests
Service Retail
robots
Remote-controlled
demolition robot
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by Husqvarna
Service Industrial Cleaning
robots
Commercial
cleaning robot
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by Avidbots
Service Delivery
robots
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Life-
style
Following
suitcase
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by Nua Robotics
Life- Robot wannabes
style abusively called “robots”.
Some recent devices are
•
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Bartesian: Cocktails Momentum Machines: Burgers Brewie: Beer
Robot toys
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Toys Trends
• Lines between toys, tools and education
are not always clear.
• Edubots = gateway to personalized
learning & getting children into coding?
“Right now, robotics technologies cannot
make robots serve people well, but they can
make people play well.”
ROBOTICS Jasen Wang, Founder, Makeblock
Toys
Robo Wunderkind is an
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educational robot for kids
Toys Modular
The CellRobot
by Keyi Technologies
is the first “affordable”
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modular robot
Toys
iPal by AvatarMind
wants to play with
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and teach your kid
Toys for Pets
Petronics makes
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autonomous robots for cats
Social
Robots
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Social Trends
robots
• Several investors and corporates
fund social robot projects heavily.
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Social
robots
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Jibo raised $38.6M
Social
robots
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France’s Keecker raised $1.15M
Social
robots
France’s Buddy
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by Blue Frog Robotics
Social Mabu by Catalia Health
robots helps with your meds
and reports to your doctor
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Social
robots
• Desktop-sized and
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affordable
Tools
Consumer 3D printers
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range from $100~$5,000
Tools
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Circuit board printer
Tools
Computer-assisted
power tool
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by Shaper Tools
Robotic arms
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Robot Trends
arms • Yaskawa, ABB, Fanuc & Kuka are
world leaders. Chinese are growing.
• Hobby arms are commoditizing.
• Next step is a low-cost pro arm.
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Robot
arms
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Robot
arms
Carbon Robotics
is working on a low-cost
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industry-grade arm
Robot
arms
Nextage cobots
by Kawada Industries
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join for morning calisthenics
Cobots
Schaft
Google acquired
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Boston Dynamics and Schaft
Others
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Tesla tendon-driven charger
Others Amazon Challenge
OpenROV underwater
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exploration robot
Others da Vinci surgical robot
Picking strawberries
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requires computer vision
Others Other robots
• Some fields of robotics are still
confined to experiments and labs.
• Among them:
• Modular robotics
• Biomimetic robots
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• Soft robotics
Others Biomimetics
EPFL develops
adaptive robots
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Cat-like inspired by nature
robot
Others Reconfigurable robots
Inflatable arm
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by Pneubotics
Others Grippers
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Bends naturally around objects
Others Biomimetic gripper
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2016 &
beyond • “Plug&play” hardware & software
part will help more projects start.
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2016 & Robotics talent war
beyond
• Uber hired about a third of Carnegie
Mellon University’s famed robotics
center staff, about 50 people in the first
half of 2015 alone.
We invest in,
accelerate
and scale
hardware companies
HAX Tracks
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Several startups on a “Fitbit trajectory”
ROBOTICS LIFESTYLE
“Lego for robotics” “Polaroid” mobile case
ADVANCED IoT
MANUFACTURING Circuit board printer ENABLEMENT $9 computer
LIFESTYLE HEALTH
Smart lights Mobile blood testing
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