115th NY Hardware Meetup @ NYU Tandon - Robotics
The Hardware Meetup community is excited to announce the 115th NY Hardware Meetup at the Makerspace at NYU Tandon! This month's theme is robotics.
SPEAKERS
Ben Riviere, Assistant Professor at NYU with a dual appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering and the Department of Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Riviere leads the Riviere Robot Lab.
Julian Meier-Viereck, Robotics Researcher at Kyber Labs. Kyber Labs builds a real-world dexterous manipulation platform: a torque-transparent, fully backdrivable, high-speed robotic hand paired with standard robot arms and force-first control software. It is designed to deploy quickly into production workflows, especially high-mix, low-to-mid volume tasks that do not justify custom automation. The system closes the gap where traditional robotics falls short, helping teams reduce manual labor and improve consistency.
Kel Geurin, VP of Platform at Fauna Robotics: an American robotics company that designs and assembles its products in NYC. Our mission is to build capable, safe, and fun robots for everyone. We believe the future of robotics has to be useful and delightful: in homes, classrooms, and everyday human spaces. To get there, more developers need a faster, safer way to build and test real-world robotics applications without reinventing the basics each time. That’s why we built Sprout: the development platform we always wished existed. Sprout brings modern developer workflows to robotics, helping teams move from idea to prototype to deployment with less friction and more confidence.
Nana Obayashi, Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Dr Obayashi is the principal investigator at Prema Labs, focused on soft robotics.
AGENDA
5:00 - 6:15: Arrival & networking
6:15 - 6:25: Intro & welcome
6:25 - 6:35: NYU Center for Robotics and Embodied Intelligence introduction
6:35 - 6:55: Fauna Robotics
6:55 - 7:15: Kyber Labs
7:15 - 7:30: Faculty Presentation by CREO
7:30 - 7:45: Open Mic time
7:45 - 8:00: Networking
SPONSORS
IEEE @ NYU is a student‑run chapter for ECE students to network and connect with hands‑on builders across embedded systems, signals/communications, robotics, VLSI/FPGA, hardware‑software systems, and ML on devices. We run: Workshops (tools, prototypes, PCB/EDA, soldering, Raspberry Pi/Arduino); Industry & alumni sessions (panels, networking, company talks); Project nights & mixers (learn‑by‑doing, peer mentorship); Mini‑hacks / build‑a‑thons
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