https://ryanhickman.com/blog/ Writing by Ryan Hickman. en-us https://ryanhickman.com/blog/humanoid-robots-wrong-answer/ https://ryanhickman.com/blog/humanoid-robots-wrong-answer/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 We all have a million things in our lives that we’d rather not have to deal with. From keeping up with emails, to countless chores around the house, there ar… https://ryanhickman.com/blog/no-general-purpose-robotics/ https://ryanhickman.com/blog/no-general-purpose-robotics/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 I’ve always had a fascination with Disney’s Fantasia. Of course I wasn’t alive when it came out in 1940, but I’ve watched it countless times and dreamed of a… https://ryanhickman.com/blog/augmented-reality-robotics/ https://ryanhickman.com/blog/augmented-reality-robotics/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Mars rovers and your smartphone have the same problem: figuring out where they are without GPS. https://ryanhickman.com/blog/shopping-with-robots/ https://ryanhickman.com/blog/shopping-with-robots/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 The “death of retail” is greatly exaggerated and it’s actually an area ripe for disruption. There’s just something inherently human about shopping in person … https://ryanhickman.com/blog/point-to-point-mobility/ https://ryanhickman.com/blog/point-to-point-mobility/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Robot arms have always garnered attention for being used in manufacturing, but there’s an often overlooked segment regarding robots that simply move from poi… https://ryanhickman.com/blog/ticktock-consumer-robot-explorations/ https://ryanhickman.com/blog/ticktock-consumer-robot-explorations/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 We started TickTock in March 2017, knowing that robotics was about to have a breakthrough, and it was going to start with mobility. https://ryanhickman.com/blog/echo-show-on-wheels/ https://ryanhickman.com/blog/echo-show-on-wheels/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Bloomberg claiming that Amazon is working on a secret home robot. People keep sending me the link and asking “what do you think Amazon’s robot is going to do”?