Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White to keynote Robotics Summit

By RBR Staff | March 27, 2023

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Wendy Tan White, the CEO of Intrinsic, a robotics software program and AI firm at Alphabet, shall be keynoting the Robotics Summit & Expo on Might 10-11, 2023, in Boston.

Intrinsic goals to unlock the inventive and financial potential of commercial robotics for companies, entrepreneurs and builders by making industrial robots simpler to make use of and practice. Intrinsic grew to become an Alphabet “Different Guess” in July 2021.

In December 2022, Intrinsic acquired the Open Source Robotics Corporation (OSRC), the for-profit arm of the Open Supply Robotics Basis, which is the developer of the Robotic Working System (ROS). When the acquisition was introduced, Intrinsic mentioned that long-term help for builders of the worldwide ROS group was key to its mission to democratize entry to robotics.

Tan White will give her keynote speak, titled “Way forward for Open-Supply Robotics Growth” on the primary day of the Summit at 9:30 AM.

Previous to changing into CEO at Intrinsic, Tan White was a Vice President at X, the moonshot manufacturing facility, the place she coached quite a lot of groups and leaders on the right way to chart their path to the moon, together with sustainability tasks Mineral and Tidal.

Earlier than becoming a member of X, she was a associate at BGF Ventures, a £2.5bn development capital fund, and a common associate at Entrepreneur First, a worldwide expertise expertise investor in AI, robotics and biotech. Early in her profession, Tan White was CEO and co-founder of Moonfruit, the world’s first Software program-as-a-Service (SaaS) web site builder platform. She additionally helped launch Zopa.com, the primary European peer-to-peer lending web site, and Egg.com, the UK’s first web financial institution.

Tan White holds a bachelor of engineering in pc science from Imperial School, a grasp’s in materials futures design from Central Saint Martins, and an honorary doctorate from Salford College. In 2016, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Tan White an MBE for her providers to expertise and enterprise.

You could find the full agenda for the Robotics Summit here. The Robotics Summit & Expo is the premier occasion for business robotics builders. There shall be almost 70 industry-leading speakers sharing their growth experience on stage in the course of the conference, with 150-plus exhibitors on the present flooring showcasing their newest enabling applied sciences, services that assist develop business robots. There additionally shall be a profession truthful, networking alternatives and extra. Expo-only passes are simply $75. Tutorial reductions can be found and educational full convention charges are simply $295.