William Pryor

Pro: Industrial tech, automation, 🇺🇸/🇦🇺 VC
Am: Sailor, San Francisco local engagement
Boston Dynamics, Wharton, Rice alum
RT != anything

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@signulll @shiringhaffary @EdLudlow @natlungfy AI cleaning fees

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@DustinWalper @mercoglianos

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@davidliuxyz yes

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@boxcardavid Get @lumafield on those samples immediately

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@typesfast Is this at the Portuguese maritime museum? Such a cool spot!

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@NimaZeighami Can’t decide if I love or hate that orbital gash / plastic paperboy hat look

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@signulll “unlike most ppl i love rainstorms” npc ass comment

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@Noahpinion I’m going to plug Scoma’s for being and old school not tourist trap in Fisherman’s Wharf

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@triceraflopz @Noahpinion The Morris is excellent. Used to be less well known

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@boxcardavid @connorkapoor @westmagco @a16z @foundersfund @LuxCapital @MenloVentures This post got me spinning

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@AndrewYNg https://t.co/1BFqUEsTTt

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"He told everyone he’s a Forward Deployed Engineer..."
"Deployed to what? The 3rd floor? The war on working printers?"

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New in-home robotics form factor just dropped

[Nathaniel Nifong @VMises76153]

A robot arm basically has a rocket equation problem. Each motor closer to the root must support the weight of all the ones above it.

An advantage of cable robots is that the motors don’t have to be on the moving part. In a CDPR you can place all the main motors on the wall, and they can all be the same part with the same torque. You don’t even have to place one in each corner. In theory you could have a cable robot in every room in your house and put all the motors in the basement with the lines passing through PTFE tubes in the walls.

In Stringman, each anchor has a pair of motors, one direct, and one indirect, routed though a ceramic fishing eyelet in another corner. Consolidating the motors into fewer components drives the cost down, but two camera angles still gives a good view of the room.

The spool motors are Damiao direct drive actuators (DM-H6215). And unlike an arm, they’re all sharing the load, so they can be one of the smaller models, and having no reducer keeps the noise to a minimum.

If you want a cable robot in every room in your house by the way, I’m your guy. https://t.co/NISnwnUxVI

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@boxcardavid I’m never gonna get that oai actuator job

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@chris_j_paxton @TheHumanoidHub “To build *our* [OAI’s] future infrastructure”: will be a data center robotics play

Last year Masa Son was on a mission to rebuild the process of data center construction with an automation-first playbook. This is almost certainly related

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This Monday morning, ask yourself: am I a Builder? Or, am I a Chud?

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@youwillmakemaps @DurinMining This could be out of John McPhee book. Kudos.

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This weekend I ate the largest sandwich I have ever eaten. I am humbled, but unbowed. Roxie Market & Deli, Inner Sunset, SF.

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@powerbottomdad1 (I hear they call him Tala Freako)

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@powerbottomdad1 James Talarico ass sandwich

[Meacham @MeachamDr]

It’s like a meth family moved in….