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Here is a transcript: https://www.tango.vc/posts/y-combinator-cofounder-trevor-blackwell-on-investing-in-robotics https://www.tango.vc/posts/y-combinator-cofounder-trevor-bla... 1:34 The thesis at the start of Anybots 3:27 Wheels vs legs for telepresence robots 6:50 Why did Anybots make legged robots 8:04 What do you think of Boston Dynamics Spot Mini 9:50 Vertical vs Horizontal applications in robotics 12:24 A proof of concept proves to everyone what is possible, and emboldens copy cats 13:37 What would have happened to Cruise if GM hadn't acquired them 16:15 What does it takes to launch self driving car service like Waymo or Cruise 18:04 Benchmarks for autonomous driving performance 19:48 Why it's better to have customers hungry for a solution 21:06 How to overcome the challenge of rule based behavior planning, like Tesla doing end to end ML 23:42 How early stage startups should build hardware by focusing on iteration speed and tight customer feedback loops 26:58 Vertical vs Horizontal applications and their impact on iteration speed, like building 3D printed houses 28:43 What should hardware companies get done during the YC batch. Ideally cheat with teleoperation if you can 31:17 Why Tesla's approach to getting data from real drivers is very effective path to full autonomy. You need to figure out a business model that isn't bleeding money while you're getting data. 33:47 What Elon Musk gets wrong about end to end autonomy 35:38 What robotics companies would you like to see applying to Y Combinator? 36:36 Drone delivery is working well where people are more desperate. Generally technology is developed where need is greatest, and then moves more broadly to other applications. 38:50 We get accustomed to high quality, like the speed of delivery. The standard can always improve. How many more iPhones would people buy if delivery were every 15 minutes. 40:19 Speedy delivery for auto parts is a clear application. 41:38 How telemedicine can be much more efficient 42:32 Regulations in medicine make developing products far more expensive. 43:15 Regulation is like a fog of war which dramatically lowers iteration speed 44:50 Inaction causes harm, including an example of the cost of $1 parts and the tradeoffs for human life. 46:06 What do you think of Marc Andreessen's "It's Time to Build". San Francisco doesn't feel like the future. We need more experiments.