Robotics And AI Are Going From Cage To Stage – TechCrunch - AI Summary

But the transition from tech-focused research group to product-focused startup isn't easy to make; fortunately three experts in the matter joined us at TC Sessions: Robotics to discuss a few ways to get through it successfully. Milo Werner is a new general partner at MIT's The Engine, an accelerator and fund focused on "tough tech." Joyce Sidopoulos is a co-founder of MassRobotics, a community and advocacy group for the sector's startup ecosystem. Our panel started out with some of the most obvious technical considerations founders need to keep in mind when shifting from a research to a mass production process. Werner pointed out that many founders, having come off four to eight years of work in the area, have a passion and familiarity with the material that's difficult to match -- but that can be a barrier to building a team.