Ros Shinkle

robotics. ceo @roboticscorp, former staff roboticist @BostonDynamics, @Penn, @GRASPLab, @YCombinator

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

'embodied ai' this 'embodied ai' that. robot erasure

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Not surprising to anyone into gundam (nb: I got into gundam 4 months ago)

[dar @radbackwards]

Turns out Gundam designers make for great humanoid designers

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Enhanced human robot interaction - local encryption of memory - customizable appearance

[UBTECH Robotics @UBTECHRobotics]

Unveil UBTECH Full-Size Advanced Bionic Humanoid Robot——U1 Pro Series 🤖✨

U1 Pro comes with a Built‑in Memory‑Emotional AI Model, Enhanced Human‑Robot Interaction, Local Encryption of Memory, and Customizable Appearance.

More tech surprises on the way. Stay tuned. 🚀

#UWORLD #UBTECH #HumanoidRobot #CommercialRobotics #AI

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Thermal model testing let’s go Knicks ‼️

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Building a consumer product is hard

[ABC News @ABC]

Thermos, the popular food and beverage insulated container company, is voluntarily recalling more than 8 million jars and bottles for injury risk after several people "suffered permanent vision loss." https://t.co/GvvitlhmWY

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Adidat: all day I dream about taste

[Joshua Kushner @JoshuaKushner]

make data centers aesthetically beautiful

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Amtrak’s NextGen Acelas have a pinch point on the trash cans. Sorry to contribute to American train doomerism :(

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Worst case scenario

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Introducing GPT-Rosalind, our frontier reasoning model built to support research across biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine.

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

I'm not allowed to post a pic but our robot looks like this today

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

I love seeing robotics teams obsessed with their customers. Too many get lost in the robotics sauce. Let’s go Ultra!!

[Ultra @Ultraroboticsco]

Introducing Operator, our newest industrial AI robot built to work, not demo.

Operator handles your warehouse's most repetitive tasks: packing, sorting, and kitting. Up to 24 hours a day, with flexibility and consistency that allows businesses to scale quickly.

This is what we've been building. ↓ [1/4]

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

I’ve worn my YC merch twice in NYC, and both times I have been stopped by YC founders in the street for a chat

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Cool, you built a hand. Can you control it? Can you manufacture it? How many picks before a part fails? Do you need all of those DOFs to solve the problem you set out to solve?

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

This is how most 5 fingered hand demos look to me btw

[Marwa ElDiwiny @MarwaEldiwiny]

The Utah/MIT Dextrous Hand ... 1982

A groundbreaking robot hand rarely talked about!

Watching this old demo is pure gold!

[Luke Metro @luke_metro]

Nvidia GTC 2026:

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

Gobsmacked @GeneralistAI

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

I love being in the business of cute robots

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

On flight to NVIDIA GTC. Dinner is sandwiches smuggled from the lounge. 1 cold beer.
Zootopia 2 playing. Writing our company manifesto... every startup is a conspiracy to change the world

[Chris Paxton @chris_j_paxton]

Hot take; it still lacks both

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

If you’re walking around NYC and you see a stuffed animal keychain on a backpack, look closer. It’s a Palantir backpack. Girlypops are the backbone of this surveillance state.

[Eliano A Younes @eliano]

Palantir tennis skirts 🔜 🎾

[Ros Shinkle @make_robot_go]

@JonMSchwartz Well, have a nap. Then sim2real ze robots