001 / The photos
Before it ships, someone will ask if it’s insured.
A certificate of insurance, product liability, cyber: customers and pilots ask before they sign. Spot helps hardware startups get covered, with software plus a human team that works with your broker or brings in new ones.
Before it ships, someone will ask if it’s insured.
A certificate of insurance, product liability, cyber: customers and pilots ask before they sign. Spot helps hardware startups get covered, with software plus a human team that works with your broker or brings in new ones.
002 / From Spot
Building hardware? Spot handles the insurance.
Spot is our insurance product. It helps startups buy and manage commercial insurance, from product liability and general liability to cyber, D&O and the certificates customers ask for: software, plus a human team that works with your broker or brings in new ones.
003 / Who showcased
Who brought what.
forklift automation
live mechanical-drawing-to-quote software
personalized hearing devices
Tinylab smart well plate prototypes
an autonomous construction-site mapping robot
an ear-worn EEG wearable
a sleeve prototype and a robotic hand
Gravion, a heavy-duty outdoor utility robot
the c100 developer terminal
voice-first AI smart safety glasses for maintenance technicians
a forklift that unloads trailers on robot foundation models
a personal AI lifelogging device
a hand-cranked offline AI inference box
a desk robot with a moving head and a local voice pipeline
a haptic-feedback smart knob
textile fibre made from agricultural residue
a floating touch-bar instrument
a stair-climbing wheelchair prototype
Sesame, the red.HEX hexapod and a mini fridge tank
a prompt-directed robotic arm
a tabletop front-desk robot
jet and quadcopter interceptor hardware
AR 3D organ models for robotic cancer surgery
a 3D-printed six-axis robot arm
pen plotter art
a full-size Johnny 5 robot
LENS
an autonomous voice-controlled robot
UK5 utility-knife prototypes and an 8x mechanics model
text-to-3D-model-to-manufacturing software
CAD to interactive 3D work instructions
an embedded SLAM camera module
markerless motion capture
robotic hardware for cell-therapy manufacturing
LeKiwi and SO-ARM101 robot teleoperation
wheeled humanoid robots
Ouren Memory ONE, a wearable camera for dogs
an AI companion built into a makeup compact
Petoi robot pets
a flex-sensor glove driving a cable-driven sixth finger
Q8botOne, a zero-wire open-source quadruped
Robert, an expressive humanoid robot
AI camera detection for coastal rescue
a fluid-free electric cylinder for heavy equipment
HOMIE Gen2, a wearable rig for capturing physical-AI training data
day-scale injection molds
a camera, editor and sticker printer in one
YAM robot arms anyone can drive with Astra
a Unitree Go2 quadruped
interactive e-ink trading cards
the X1Plus Expander board for Bambu Lab X1 printers
004 / Made possible by
Sponsors
Community
Media
005 / The videos
The night, in motion.
A walk through the room on the night.
Johnny 5 arrives.
Getting Johnny 5 through the door. Moved by Lugg.
The truck pulls up on Folsom.
Unloading.
Gear through the door.
Johnny 5 comes off the lift gate.
Into the lobby.
006 / Add yours
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