It takes a village to design and deploy robots in ways that fit into a customer's operations, work well for their employees, and provide immediate and worthwhile ROI for their business. This is what we’ve been up to lately at Robust.AI, working closely with DHL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFO_...

Congrats to the Papahanaumokuakea national marine monument on receiving the designation as a Marine Sanctuary! We could all use good news like this during this tumultuous time. sanctuaries.noaa.gov/papahanaumok...

What a cool Stanford Robotics Center event! “Rule Breakers” was eye opening, heart warming, and also tear jerking www.angel.com/movies/rule-...

Last week, I visited the @prakashlab.bsky.social, where they're making paper microscopes foldscope.com, low cost malaria diagnosis tools octopi-imaging.org, and plankton monitoring tools www.pelagica.io. What a cool combination of basic science, user-centered design, and open hardware!

In the interest of saving unwanted content from your feed, I'm going to use this account for professional content about human-robot interaction. If you're interested in personal content, just follow me at @leilatakayama.bsky.social

The other day, I noticed this sticker on a Stanford campus wall. It gave me a boost of inspiration when I really needed it. Maybe it’ll give you a boost, too.