automating a better world: clusters, impact, and the bottom line

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Automating for a Better WorldClusters, Impact, and the Bottom Line

Daniel TheobaldCoFounder and Chief Innovation Officer, VecnaCoFounder, MassRobotics

RoboUniverseNew York, New York

April 12, 2016

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The Three Laws of Robotics

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm

2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law

3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

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What was then science fiction is now reality.**Does not refer to mind-reading robots, faster-than-light space travel, eternal life, colonizing other planets, high-speed moving walkways, accelerator strips.

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Advanced robotics across

health care, manufacturing,

and services could generate a

potential economic impact of

$1.7 trillion to $4.5 trillion per

year by 2025.Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economyMcKinsey & Company, May 2013

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There are some jobs humans shouldn’t do

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We need to accelerate.

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We don’t adhere to Moore’s Law for the hell of it. It’s a fundamental expectation that everybody at Intel buys into… We simply don’t accept the growing complexity of the challenge as an excuse not to keep it going.

Craig BarrettCEO, Intel 2002

Moore’s Law

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Seek inspiration & innovation everywhere

Build on the successes of others

Launch MPVs quickly

Collect Data

Synthesize

Robotics’Formula for Success

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Robots take on theboring, repetitive,and dangerous jobs

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The Three Laws of Robotics

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm

2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law

3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

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0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

The Three Laws of Robotics

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm

2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law

3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

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Technological Advancement

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No sensible decision can be made without taking into account

not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

Isaac Asimov

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If humanity cannot stop causing itself harm,

we should not use robots.

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Daniel Theobaldtheo@vecna.com

Better technology, better world.