James Emerick

Building autonomous construction equipment @cosmic_robotics (YC S26)
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[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

Today, @thelcjones and I excited to announce @cosmic_robotics has joined @ycombinator's summer batch to accelerate our mission:

Building autonomous construction robots to build a city on Mars.

And our systems are already at work today on some of the largest energy projects in the US.

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@bznotes That’s two in the same month

https://t.co/fMozBfZtfL

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@zanehengsperger https://t.co/PIWf4GdVUd

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

When the latest hardware comes in and the team has to make sure the forklift doesn’t drop the goods

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

I spent years retrofitting Cats, deeres, and other heavy equipment to drive themselves. what kept me up at night was that we were building on a platform that didn't belong to us. this is what I was afraid of.

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@rlacombe and there's a lot more solar coming

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@SiteSpecs @thelcjones @cosmic_robotics @ycombinator thanks - the best way to build for mars is to get the necessary work done here on earth first

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

Today, @thelcjones and I excited to announce @cosmic_robotics has joined @ycombinator's summer batch to accelerate our mission:

Building autonomous construction robots to build a city on Mars.

And our systems are already at work today on some of the largest energy projects in the US.

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@bramschork skill issue

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

In today’s episode of things seen from the office roof:

the south korean president’s delegation

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

Gotta love dogpatch. Some nights you get the local fireworks show from the office

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@ljupc0 @thelcjones @cosmic_robotics @ycombinator 100%. construction will increasingly use robotics and automation

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@alexisohanian yum yum 😋

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@tobyliiiiiiiiii @thelcjones @cosmic_robotics @ycombinator Sick. Just dm’ed you

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@thelcjones @aj_hugs @cosmic_robotics @ycombinator 🤫

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@ArjChi @NYSE let's get you guys some construction robot co-workers

[Ankit Gupta @agupta]

please take 60 seconds to put your speakers at 100% and watch this video.

what an absolutely epic mission.

they're building autonomous construction robots to build a city on Mars. They are starting today with the biggest construction projects on earth: data centers and solar farms.

this thing is actually real. It's a giant SUV sized 10,000 pound robot, already being used for production construction jobs.

truly insane

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@ashkan01C more to come soon! 👀😉

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@MaCVentureCap let's get to it 🦾

[Ankit Gupta @agupta]

https://t.co/Uggp1h6YLb

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@morganlinton @thelcjones @cosmic_robotics @ycombinator thanks, Morgan! it's going to happen a lot sooner than most think

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@rlacombe @cosmic_robotics it would be pretty cool to build on Olympus Mons...

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@thelcjones @cosmic_robotics @ycombinator stoked to have @cosmic_robotics (S26) live on @ycombinator and to be working with incredible partners @agupta and @finbarr

https://t.co/9OjrfsWoCi

stay tuned for more 🤖 👀

[James Emerick @JamesAEmerick]

@thelcjones @cosmic_robotics @ycombinator This is Cosmic-1. Born in San Francisco, made for the field.

It has already more than doubled crew productivity on some of the largest solar projects in America. And it's just getting started.