Developing Robotics Tech Today and Tomorrow – Talks by Silicon Labs, ON Semiconductor and Olis Robotics

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This event is supported by Mouser Electronics.

Special thanks to Thinkspace for hosting us at their fantastic venue.

Robots are already in use everywhere. There is no doubt that robotics technology has been reported as the most innovative and disruptive across industries. Join us on June 11th to learn more about how robotics is shaping the high tech landscape directly from:
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– An innovator who creates the silicon, software, and solutions that enable the connection of things, information, and people (Silicon Labs).

– A company who makes robots operating in dynamic environments like space, the ocean floor, and outside the factory floor, smarter (Olis Robotics).

– The company’s products help engineers solve their unique design challenges in automotive, communications, computing, and so on (ON Semiconductor).

See agenda below for full details about the speakers.

Drinks will be served throughout the night.

About the speakers

Mike Hansen, Senior Field Product Manager at Silicon Labs

Talk title: The Internet of Robotic Things

About the speaker: Mike Hansen is a Senior Field Product Manager for the IoT products division at Silicon Labs. In this role, he supports Western Americas key customers in positioning Wireless, Microcontroller, and Sensor product lines while also collecting feedback that drives new product development.  Prior to this role, he was a Sales Engineer in Silicon Valley. He’s been at Silicon Labs for 8 years.

About the company: Silicon Labs is the rebels on a mission to transform industries, grow businesses, and improve lives. Their life’s work is to create the silicon, software, and solutions that enable the connection of things, information, and people.

Don Pickering, CEO at Olis Robotics 

Talk title: The Missing Link in the Evolution of Robots

About the speaker: Don Pickering is CEO of Olis Robotics (formerly BluHaptics), an AI-driven remote robotics software company based in Seattle. An enterprise technology pioneer, Pickering has launched and developed five tech startups and brings extensive experience in software application development, analytics, geospatial, big data, and unmanned systems.

About the company: Olis Robotics makes robots operating in dynamic environments like space, the ocean floor, and outside the factory floor, smarter. The AI-driven software platform plugs into existing robots and syncs with off-the-shelf sensors to deliver adjustable levels of autonomy. Olis Robotics’ software platform is an evolution in robots delivering humans from harm’s way, and making the work robots perform safer, more precise, and more efficient.

Ali Husain, Sr. Manager, Corporate Strategy & Marketing at ON Semiconductor

Talk Title: How the Emerging 48V Ecosystem will Enable the Next Generation of Robotics

About the speaker: Ali Husain is Sr. Manager for Strategy and Corporate Marketing, focusing on power electronics.  He previously worked in Technical Marketing at Fairchild Semiconductor and at International Rectifier in various roles for 9 years.  Ali has a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, and also a Bachelors of Economics, from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

About the company: ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON) is driving energy efficient innovations, empowering customers to reduce global energy use. The company is a leading supplier of semiconductor-based solutions, offering a comprehensive portfolio of energy efficient power management, analog, sensors, logic, timing, connectivity, discrete, SoC and custom devices. The company’s products help engineers solve their unique design challenges in automotive, communications, computing, consumer, industrial, medical, aerospace and defense applications.

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Community partners

IET – The Institution of Engineering and Technology

E&T – The IET’s award-winning monthly magazine

Electronic Specifier – Europe’s premier publisher of information resources to the Global Electronics Industry.

IoT Hub – A community of technologists, influencers, talent, and IoT related businesses

New Tech Northwest – The Gateway to Your Tech Community and the Hub for Northwest Startups and Tech!

Wevolver – enables engineers to understand the state of the art in their field

Agenda

6:15 pm – Attendee check-in, drinks and networking.

6:50 pm – Event opening. 

7:00 pm – Mike Hansen – Senior Field Product Manager at Silicon Labs

7:20 pm – Don Pickering, CEO at Olis Robotics 

7:40 pm – Ali Husain – Sr. Manager, Corporate Strategy & Marketing at ON Semiconductor

8:00 pm – Community announcements: This is the time for you to share with the rest of the room what you are working on, or make any sort of announcement you like. You have 2 minutes max. for a short shout out.

8:20 pm – Drinks and networking.

9:30 pm – Event ends.

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