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Welcome to Episode 98 of The Robot Report Podcast, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Join us every week for discussions with main roboticists, progressive robotics firms and different key members of the robotics group.
Samantha Johnson, founder and CEO of Tatum Robotics, joined the podcast this week. The Boston-based startup gained the Pitchfire robotics startup competitors at RoboBusiness 2022. The firm is constructing an impartial communication instrument for folks with deafblindness who can’t hear or see. Tatum Robotics’ anthropomorphic hand is designed to signal tactile signal languages for folks with deafblindness. You can see a few images and a video about Tatum Robotics on the backside of this web page.
Johnson dives into the difficult system design and the alternatives for such expertise. She additionally discusses her ardour for serving to the deafblind group, educating us about a few of the each day challenges they face. The interview with Johnson begins on the 21:44 mark of the episode.
The podcast additionally recaps a few of the week’s prime tales, together with a brand new spin on shelf-inventory robots and a merger between two LiDAR firms.
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