Ignacio López-Francos

Tech Lead (AI x Robotics) @NASA (🇪🇸🇺🇸)

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

Announcing the 1st Space Robotics Workshop at IEEE SCM-IT/SMC!

Join us for a 2-day workshop bringing together experts from industry, academia, and government to discuss the latest advances in AI & space robotics.

July 17-18 @ Mountain View, CA
https://t.co/cTwlbZOEkS

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@GJarrosson All respect to the founders but “leading NASA’s Dragonfly” is a stretch

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@masahiro_ono But can’t wait to see Siwi crawling through the lunar lava tubes

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@masahiro_ono Not you Hiro! 😢

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@CJHandmer Cant dm you but curious if you plan to incorporate SfS and/or ShadowCam layers?

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@puppy_kirk @CJHandmer That’s an objective of VIPER mission flying next year

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@parisbayarea goats!

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@rickyramosx @innate_bot @ax_pey Congrats!! Really cool project 🚀

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@CJHandmer What’s wrong with quickmap / moontrek?

[👩‍💻 Paige Bailey @DynamicWebPaige]

🚀 Over 1000 registrants for the RoboHacks Hackathon this morning at @ycombinator!

And a *ton* of @Raspberry_Pi, Jetson Nano, 3D printers, and more.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

@elonmusk Thank you, @elonmusk - the four of us glimpsed the red hues of Mars far in the distance as the sun slipped behind the Moon and there was zero doubt in our minds that the creative genius of our greatest minds will have us there very soon. LETS GO

[NASA @NASA]

Artemis II may have splashed down, but our photos and videos from the mission are still rolling in! Keep an eye on the latest: https://t.co/rzM1P0QbOl

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

Looking forward to Kevin’s keynote on the current state of AI at @NASA and its long history across the agency

[Axel @ax_pey]

We are bringing @NASA's Chief AI Officer to @ycombinator this weekend for Robohacks

The day after the landing of Artemis 🌎🌔

This is the first of our speakers for the opening ceremony, next one announced tomorrow

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

NASA Artemis passing close to the Moon

[Ilir Aliu @IlirAliu_]

• every team gets a robot
• you build across all AI modalities at once
• prize goes to the most complete real-world use case

General-purpose robotics leaving the lab!

The team around @innate_bot is bringing NASA, Google DeepMind, Scale AI and more to Y Combinator for a robotics hackathon.

You need to combine everything:

Manipulation.
Voice.
Navigation.

Can you do this??

What’s in it for you❓

> cash, robots, YC interviews
> access to top labs and builders
> real competition on real systems

Moving from demos… to full-stack robotic systems built under pressure.

Not “can this model work”

But:

“can you make a robot actually do something useful”

❗️ Saturday 11 April
👉 9:00 - 12 Apr at 17:00 GMT-7
📍 San Francisco, California

Registrations here:
https://t.co/52CUWh7FH5

[ETH Robotics Club @ethroboticsclub]

We’re selecting 4 of Europe’s best roboticists and flying them to San Francisco, together with @HackIterate and @innate_bot.

If you want to represent European robotics talent at the highest level, this is your opportunity.

@NASA @YCombinator @GoogleDeepMind

120 hackers. 25 MARS robots. $15k+ in prizes.

Apply now: https://t.co/oHwZNkiHGn

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Under @POTUS America will never give up the Moon again. 🇺🇸

[@jason @Jason]

Legit

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@NoemiKhachian @rohindhar Different target demographics. I suspect wealthier buyers are mostly just looking for single-family homes.

[Ignacio López-Francos @ilopezfr]

@ax_pey Haha don’t jinx it 😁

[Iterate @HackIterate]

Build a robot -> Get a YC Interview

Introducing RoboHacks, hosted at Y Combinator by Innate and Iterate.

36h
25 Robots
120 builders
15k in prizes

Thank you to our partners: NASA (@ilopezfr), @scale_AI, DeepMind, ElevenLabs, Nebius and Dryft. https://t.co/zDdc1zJtxL