Our Next Meeting

• When: March 5, 2026 at 7:00 to 9:00pm
• Where: Artisans Asylum (96 Holton Street, Boston, MA 02135))
• Register: Register

Agenda

• 7:00 Mingle, network, show and tell
• 7:30 Lightning Talks
  • Please send me ideas
• 7:45 Featured Speaker: Tom Ryden, Executive Director of Mass Robotics
• 8:30 Q&A and Open Discussion
• 9:00 End of formal meeting

Robotics Landscape

We are very fortunate this month to have Tom Ryden as our guest speaker. He is Executive Director of MassRobotics, the world's largest independent robotics hub. He has worked in the industry in a variety of robot-adjacent companies so he knows what he is talking about. Mass Robotics wants to help create and scale the next generation of successful robotics companies, supporting entrepreneurs and startups in the field.

In this talk, Tom will examine which robotics startups are getting funding and reaching customers versus those that are failing. He'll identify gaps between research and real-world products, pointing out opportunities in automation, manipulation, and human-robot interaction.

Key questions: What technical skills matter for getting products to market? Which applications have real customers versus just cool technology? How can roboticists and groups like Boston Robot Hackers get involved in the local robotics scene?