Robo Business conference in Pittsburgh: June 20-21
 

Is anyone planning on attending the ROBO Business Conference and Expo?

Are any FIRST teams going to be in attendance?

I am wondering if it would be a good place to go.

Andy

Re: Robo Business conference in Pittsburgh: June 20-21
 

The Robo-Business Conference was hosted in Boston last year. People from FIRST HQ, Boston FIRST, and some FIRST alumni who currently work for robotics companies attended the conference.

I found that the Robo-Business Conference is a good place to network, discover suppliers in the areas of software and navigation, and spin off new ideas for possible products. Workshops included: marketing, navigation, keynotes, company pitches, and upcoming technologies.

I'd really like to attend it again this year. My brain was swarming with ideas by the end of the day.

Re: Robo Business conference in Pittsburgh: June 20-21
 

Don't forget about IMTS :cool:

-Q

Re: Robo Business conference in Pittsburgh: June 20-21
 

They actually had some pretty interesting people speaking. There was one person from PC Magazine talking about the lack of robotic toys. Joseph Engelburger talked about medical robots and showed a movie of him and Johnny Carson (Don't know if it's the right person) and the first successful industrial robot. There were a lot of speakers from iRobot. Cynthia Brezeal talked about sociable robots.

Re: Robo Business conference in Pittsburgh: June 20-21
 

Will there be any big names there (i.e. Fanuc, Motoman, Adept, Staubli, etc.) or just the hobbyist stuff?

-Q