I want robots everywhere Cofounder & CEO @HIROIndustries Robotics @OregonState
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42 days ago, I left my job as a founding engineer at a @ycombinator robotics startup and moved back to Oregon to start my own robotics company.
Here's how we got here.
I started HIRO (Humanoid and Intelligent Robotics Organization) as a club at Oregon State because I believed advanced robotics should be accessible to everyone, not just a handful of well-funded labs.
I had preordered a robot from @kscalelabs, but when the company shut down, I reached out to its founder, @benjamin_bolte, about buying one of their prototypes. Instead, Ben talked me out of driving down to Palo Alto and encouraged me to build our own robot for the club.
That conversation stuck with me.
Earlier this year, I graduated from Oregon State and moved to San Francisco to work at Nori Robotics.
Over the summer, we went through three iterations of robots and multiple public launches. I learned a ton about what it actually takes to build and ship hardware.
On September 1st, I came back to Oregon and went all-in on @hiroindustries with my cofounder, @ethan_marreel.
In just six weeks, we've brought Origin, our first two-armed robot, to life. From designing and assembling hardware to getting it moving and sharing our first demos.
There's still an enormous amount to figure out. The hardware isn't perfect, the software is a work in progress, and Ethan's teleoperated beaver throw could use some practice.
Six weeks ago, Origin was still an idea. Today, I get to watch it move in my apartment.
Congrats to @jang_yoel and the team! I am loving this new vision towards accessible api physical intelligence for all robots. Hoping to get their work on @hiroindustries Origin soon
Today, Dream Labs is coming out of stealth with Dream-1, a robot foundation model that controls bimanual robots it has never seen, on tasks it was never shown, in places it has never been, from $3/hour.
Dream API is live for everyone, today. 馃У
Chat what do I need to do to get the invite-only rocket version of the @Tesla Roadster
ChatGPT accurately predicting what my prompt is going to be, and all I have to do is press tab, is actually a game changer
It鈥檚 about time. Hopefully the rest of the robot model labs will follow suit and make their models usable
Lex Roller retweeted
This is why I love the robotics field. Everything is new it gives anyone a chance to be great.
@hiroindustries is the most fun I've had working on a project in a long time
42 days ago, I left my job as a founding engineer at a @ycombinator robotics startup and moved back to Oregon to start my own robotics company.
Here's how we got here.
I started HIRO (Humanoid and Intelligent Robotics Organization) as a club at Oregon State because I believed advanced robotics should be accessible to everyone, not just a handful of well-funded labs.
I had preordered a robot from @kscalelabs, but when the company shut down, I reached out to its founder, @benjamin_bolte, about buying one of their prototypes. Instead, Ben talked me out of driving down to Palo Alto and encouraged me to build our own robot for the club.
That conversation stuck with me.
Earlier this year, I graduated from Oregon State and moved to San Francisco to work at Nori Robotics.
Over the summer, we went through three iterations of robots and multiple public launches. I learned a ton about what it actually takes to build and ship hardware.
On September 1st, I came back to Oregon and went all-in on @hiroindustries with my cofounder, @ethan_marreel.
In just six weeks, we've brought Origin, our first two-armed robot, to life. From designing and assembling hardware to getting it moving and sharing our first demos.
There's still an enormous amount to figure out. The hardware isn't perfect, the software is a work in progress, and Ethan's teleoperated beaver throw could use some practice.
Six weeks ago, Origin was still an idea. Today, I get to watch it move in my apartment.
Lex Roller retweeted
wagmi.
42 days ago, I left my job as a founding engineer at a @ycombinator robotics startup and moved back to Oregon to start my own robotics company.
Here's how we got here.
I started HIRO (Humanoid and Intelligent Robotics Organization) as a club at Oregon State because I believed advanced robotics should be accessible to everyone, not just a handful of well-funded labs.
I had preordered a robot from @kscalelabs, but when the company shut down, I reached out to its founder, @benjamin_bolte, about buying one of their prototypes. Instead, Ben talked me out of driving down to Palo Alto and encouraged me to build our own robot for the club.
That conversation stuck with me.
Earlier this year, I graduated from Oregon State and moved to San Francisco to work at Nori Robotics.
Over the summer, we went through three iterations of robots and multiple public launches. I learned a ton about what it actually takes to build and ship hardware.
On September 1st, I came back to Oregon and went all-in on @hiroindustries with my cofounder, @ethan_marreel.
In just six weeks, we've brought Origin, our first two-armed robot, to life. From designing and assembling hardware to getting it moving and sharing our first demos.
There's still an enormous amount to figure out. The hardware isn't perfect, the software is a work in progress, and Ethan's teleoperated beaver throw could use some practice.
Six weeks ago, Origin was still an idea. Today, I get to watch it move in my apartment.
Lex Roller retweeted
In 6 weeks this young man goes from idea to reality. On 433 follow along.
You can clean up your timeline. All you have to do is follow awesome people doing awesome things. LFG
42 days ago, I left my job as a founding engineer at a @ycombinator robotics startup and moved back to Oregon to start my own robotics company.
Here's how we got here.
I started HIRO (Humanoid and Intelligent Robotics Organization) as a club at Oregon State because I believed advanced robotics should be accessible to everyone, not just a handful of well-funded labs.
I had preordered a robot from @kscalelabs, but when the company shut down, I reached out to its founder, @benjamin_bolte, about buying one of their prototypes. Instead, Ben talked me out of driving down to Palo Alto and encouraged me to build our own robot for the club.
That conversation stuck with me.
Earlier this year, I graduated from Oregon State and moved to San Francisco to work at Nori Robotics.
Over the summer, we went through three iterations of robots and multiple public launches. I learned a ton about what it actually takes to build and ship hardware.
On September 1st, I came back to Oregon and went all-in on @hiroindustries with my cofounder, @ethan_marreel.
In just six weeks, we've brought Origin, our first two-armed robot, to life. From designing and assembling hardware to getting it moving and sharing our first demos.
There's still an enormous amount to figure out. The hardware isn't perfect, the software is a work in progress, and Ethan's teleoperated beaver throw could use some practice.
Six weeks ago, Origin was still an idea. Today, I get to watch it move in my apartment.
Lex Roller retweeted
RIP Benny 馃槶
42 days ago, I left my job as a founding engineer at a @ycombinator robotics startup and moved back to Oregon to start my own robotics company.
Here's how we got here.
I started HIRO (Humanoid and Intelligent Robotics Organization) as a club at Oregon State because I believed advanced robotics should be accessible to everyone, not just a handful of well-funded labs.
I had preordered a robot from @kscalelabs, but when the company shut down, I reached out to its founder, @benjamin_bolte, about buying one of their prototypes. Instead, Ben talked me out of driving down to Palo Alto and encouraged me to build our own robot for the club.
That conversation stuck with me.
Earlier this year, I graduated from Oregon State and moved to San Francisco to work at Nori Robotics.
Over the summer, we went through three iterations of robots and multiple public launches. I learned a ton about what it actually takes to build and ship hardware.
On September 1st, I came back to Oregon and went all-in on @hiroindustries with my cofounder, @ethan_marreel.
In just six weeks, we've brought Origin, our first two-armed robot, to life. From designing and assembling hardware to getting it moving and sharing our first demos.
There's still an enormous amount to figure out. The hardware isn't perfect, the software is a work in progress, and Ethan's teleoperated beaver throw could use some practice.
Six weeks ago, Origin was still an idea. Today, I get to watch it move in my apartment.
Had my agent set up BlueBubbles on my Mac mini. Now I have iMessage on Linux (Ubuntu + Omarchy).
It really is the year of the Linux desktop 馃悙