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From YouTube: MassRobotics Ribbon Cutting & Tour
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With the assistance of the city of Boston, MassRobotics applied for and was awarded a $2.5M MassWorks grant to assist in the design and construction of an additonal 25,000 sq. ft. With this expansion, MassRobotics will now be able to support up to 70 companies and over 200 employees.
A
B
B
So
maybe
I'll
use
this
time
just
to
tell
a
little
bit
of
the
story
of
of
mass
robotics
so
and
we're
just
sharing
this
with
Governor
Baker.
You
know
this
was
a
group
of
small
group
of
technologists
that
were
in
the
robotics
field
and
observed
that
there
really
wasn't
an
easy
way
to
get
a
new,
robotic
startup
going
a
lot
of
equipment.
B
You
need
a
lot
of
special
expertise,
a
lot
of
special
supplies
that
you
need
and
as
an
individual
company
to
pull
those
pieces
together
is
not
easy
and
they
said
how
you
know:
what
can
we
do
to
kind
of
get
together
and
you
know
sort
of
share
some
of
these
things.
The
sharing
economy
is
a
big
theme,
as
you
know,
and
everything
these
days,
and
this
is
really
just
the
sharing
economy-
is
applied
to
creating
new
robotics
companies.
B
If
you're
one
of
the
founders
and
you're
the
room,
you
want
to
raise
your
hand,
so
I
think
they'll
you'll
be
introduced
later
by
by
our
executive
director.
But
thank
you
for
what
you
did.
They
reached
out
to
a
few
of
us,
who've
been
doing
things
in
sharing
I'm
with
the
Cambridge
Innovation
Center
and
we've
been
sharing
space
in
other
ways,
and
they
asked
for
some
help.
We
ended
up
creating
a
nonprofit,
which
is
what
this
entity
is
and
there's
a
number
of
board
members.
B
If
you're
a
board
member
of
mass
robotics,
you
want
to
raise
your
hand
and
again
you'll
be
introduced
later
number
of
us
jumped
in
including
some
of
the
leaders
of
the
robotics
industry
in
the
state
and
we
we
went
out
and
we
worked
with
our
public
partners
in
the
state
in
the
city
and
we
in
private
foundations
and
sponsors
and
we'll
be
thanking
some
of
the
private
sponsors
later
today,
pull
the
funds
together
and
created.
What
today
is
is
an
absolutely
incredible
platform
for
for
startups
in
the
robotics
space.
B
B
So
I'm
just
beginning
with
introductory
remarks,
mayor
wells,
please
come
in
the
you.
You
gave
me
an
opportunity
for
a
longer
intro
than
I
use.
They
usually
give
me
so
so.
I
want
to
kick
things
off
by
just
introducing
two
important
leaders
in
the
robotics
industry
in
Massachusetts.
Colin
angle
has
become
a
good
friend
as
a
fellow
board
member
at
mass
robotics
iRobot,
as
you
know,
is
probably
maybe
the
best
known
name
in
robotics
in
the
world
and
Colin.
You
have
been
one
of
the
the
real
thinkers
in
how
we
do
this
from
the
beginning.
A
So
I
would
start
off
by
saying
this
is
AI
robots
30th
year
so
I've
been
at
this.
Only
job
I've
ever
had
a
true
passion
for
the
last
30
years,
and
oh,
my
god,
how
things
have
changed
when
we
started.
If
I
wanted
a
robot
to
have
voice
understanding,
I
had
to
invent
it.
If
I
wanted
a
robot
to
have
object,
recognition,
we
had
to
invent
it
now.
A
Things
have
gotten
a
lot
easier.
An
interesting
thing
happened:
iRobot
went
public
in
in
2005,
I
want
a
contrast
to
where
we
are
today
and
I.
Think
Tom
will
say
a
few
words
about
the
VC
environment
for
robotics
today,
but
my
robot
had
a
successful
IPO
in
2005
and
that
triggered
alarm
in
some
of
the
Boston
area.
Vc
firms
because
they
hadn't
funded
us
and
I.
Remember
going
and
meeting
with
our
beast,
the
VCS
and-
and
they
said
okay,
tell
us
the
story
again
and
we
did
and
they
said
yep.
A
If
you
walked
in
today,
we
wouldn't
invest
either
so
we're
in
a
much
different
place.
Today,
thanks
to
all
of
the
innovations
that
have
happened
in
mobile
all
the
innovations
that
have
happened
in
the
gaming
industry
and
the
wireless
communications
industry,
we
truly
have
a
toolkit.
We
have
a
technology
to
create
new
robots
to
do
Korea
Valley
in
many
many
different
ways
and
again
referencing
back
to
iRobot.
We
have
gone
beyond
25
million
Roombas
sold
and
Roomba
zarnow
robot
vacuum.
A
Cleaner
is
a
category
about
25%
of
all
money
spent
on
vacuum
cleaners
today,
so
here
a
toolkit
applied
to
a
very
pragmatic
problem
can
in
fact
change
the
world.
Another
amazing
thing
happened
because
having
the
toolkit
is
is
great,
but
if
there's
skepticism
and
not
the
consumer
demand
for
your
products,
that's
another
huge
hurdle,
and
last
year
we
witness
a
sea
change
from
it
used
to
be.
If
you
didn't
own
room,
but
was
because
you
didn't
believe
it
could
possibly
work.
There's
this
huge
skepticism
that
robots
were
something
that
we're
out
in
the
future.
A
Maybe
my
children
will
have
robots,
but
but
we've
been
promised
for
robots
that
can't
for
so
long.
It
can't
possibly
be
me
in
2019
it
lipped
aggressively
from
skepticism
to
impatience.
They
went
okay,
oh
well,
of
course,
I'm-
never
gonna
vacuum
again,
but
what
about
dog
poop?
What
about
all
these
other
things
that
robots
are
supposed
to
do
that
they
don't
do
yet.
A
I
live
in
a
very
pragmatic
world
cleaning,
so
things
like
this
matter,
but
it's
a
sea
change
and
it
means
that
the
industry
went
from
fringe
to
mainstream
and
the
opportunity
is
represented
here
in
this
building
are
growing
in
their
potential
in
a
profound
and
rapid
fashion.
So
what
we
need
next
is
to
support
organizations
like
mass
robotics,
so
that
peers
can
get
together
and
share
lessons.
Mentoring
can
happen,
so
we
can
learn
from
people
have
been
down
these
roads
before
easy
access
to
the
tools
the
Tim
described,
which
are
really
expensive
and
small
startups.
A
Just
can't
get
access
to
them.
We're
solving
those
issues
and
the
amount
of
money
that
is
flowing
into
the
space
makes
this
a
magical
moment
when
the
dream
of
the
robots
that
we
were
promised
as
children
by
the
movies
and
books,
we
read
I
believe
will
start
to
rapidly
take
shape.
So
this
is
an
exciting
time,
and
mass
robotics
is
a
catalyst
for
this
exciting
industry
and
I
expect
great
things.
B
B
Ty
Brady
is
one
of
that
initial
group
of
five
founders
of
mass
robotics,
one
of
the
initial
folks
that
had
this
idea
he's
just
about
to
take
a
tour
of
duty
on
the
board,
but
he
represents
Amazon
robotics
and
we
are
thrilled
that
Amazon
chose
through
an
acquisition
here
in
Massachusetts
of
a
Massachusetts
born
startup,
to
put
an
incredibly
large
focus
on
robotics
and
its
technology
in
the
state.
So
ty,
Brady,
chief
technologist.
C
Start
dropping
the
mic
in
the
beginning.
That's
awkward!
Okay,
fine!
Well,
what
a
great
day
to
celebrate!
Thank
you!
So
much
it
is
it
just
warms
my
heart
to
see
so
many
people
here
are
so
many
enthusiastic,
warm
friendly
faces
that
are
excited
as
I
am
about
the
future
of
robotics
and
saying
I
really
appreciate
being
here,
and
thank
you
governor
for
coming
and
Mayor
really
appreciate
you
coming
this
well
I
stand
here
as
one
of
five
cofounders,
including
Steve
Pascal.
C
There
we
had
some
crazy
ideas
back
in
the
day
and
it's
just
wonderful
to
see
Joyce
acidophilus.
So
over
there
filming
I,
see
you
Joyce
C.
If
you
don't
know,
Joyce
I
would
be
surprised
because
she
knows
everybody
in
the
community
and
wonderful
chopped
and
I'll
see
you.
Bob
derive
right
there,
another
co-founder
a
really
great
job
where
we
started
in
the
beginning
and
put
our
minds
together
of
how
we
can
realize
this
vision
and
fade
Assad,
our
other
co-founder.
C
It
was
really
a
lot
of
a
the
legs
and,
and
it
helped
us
kind
of
form,
the
structure
and
when
we
thought
of
mass
robotics,
we
thought
of
the
power
of
community
and
community
really
was
the
fundamental
element
of
mass
robotics
I,
see
that
today,
not
at
one,
not
only
when
I
look
out
in
this
amazing
robot
facility,
but
I
see
you
here.
This
is
what
mass
robotics
is
about.
C
C
My
co-founder
said,
mass
robotics
created
a
vision
for
the
many
bright
minds
to
come
together
and
create
something
amazing,
not
just
the
physical
facility,
not
just
the
technology,
but
create
the
power
of
community
that
we
have
here.
Thank
you
to
Tim
Rowe
and
the
entire
board
of
the
directors
from
steadfast
guidance
said
that
that
we've
had
over
the
years.
It's
not
easy.
It's
really
not
easy.
It
takes
a
lot
of
work
to
do
this
and
Tim
right
from
the
beginning.
I
can
remember.
Steve
and
I
went
up
to
the
offices
like
ding
dong.
C
Can
we
see
mr.
tin
row
please,
like
who's
come
on
a
couple?
Robotics,
dudes,
ok,
I'll,
go
see
him
and
right
from
the
get-go
came
out
out
out
of
the
gate
to
help
him
and
Tom
riding
worst
worst
tempers
with
my
Tom
Tom
right,
amazing,
determination
and
grit.
Such
makes
such
a
positive
difference
to
all
of
us.
This
just
would
not
even
be
possible
without
what
you've
done.
So
with
all
of
you.
C
What
I
see
is
the
power
of
community
coupled
with
a
really
good
idea,
which
is
masterbox
so
I'm
by
the
chief
technologies
at
Amazon?
Robotics
and
we
are
proud
to
be
part
of
mass
robotics
and
we
believe
in
Massachusetts
as
well
since
2011
I
got
a
couple
numbers
here
to
share
with
you.
We've
invested
three
billion
dollars
in
Massachusetts.
B
C
We've
created
more
than
4,000
full-time
jobs
here
in
Massachusetts,
and
we
continue
to
hire
works
and
we're
expanding
the
even
greater
presence
in
Massachusetts
we
announced
a
few
months
ago,
a
brand
new
stated
our
facility,
that's
going
to
be
in
Westborough
Massachusetts
to
complement
the
state-of-the-art
facility
that
we
have
in
North,
Redding,
believe
it
or
not.
We
manufacture
every
single
one
of
the
robots.
We
actually
manufacture
those
right
here
in
Massachusetts.
We
really.
C
We
have
the
depth
of
talent
here
in
Massachusetts,
and
the
state
can
is
just
been
really
really
great
in
terms
of
investing
in
education
and
in
robotics
to
help
support
our
growth,
so
education
and
the
technology
investments.
Great
we're
really
proud.
I
am
a
really
proud,
Massachusetts
person
for
sure
I
came
to
school
here.
I
did
all
my
education
here.
I
met
my
wife
here,
I'm
raising
my
kids.
Here
they
were
born
here.
We
I
have
the
best
job
in
the
world.
C
But
it's
all
about
the
people
and
the
connection
to
one
another
and
people
need
resources
to
create
people
need
each
other
to
take.
What's
just
the
twinkle
of
an
eye
like
I?
Have
this
idea
and
to
turn
it
into
all
of
this
right
and
as
we
enter
into
this
new
golden
age
of
robotics,
I
believe
in
the
power
of
community,
our
community
is
strong
and
it's
filled
with
bright,
wonderful
people
that
we
have
here
like
you
that
share
our
a
common
vision.
C
B
Will
attest
because
I've
personally
seen
it
tiya
has
brought
Amazon
founder
and
CEO
Jeff
Bezos
into
the
state,
showed
him
around
really
connected
him
here,
amplified
in
his
mind,
what
Massachusetts
is
doing,
thank
you
for
being
and
we
had
some
great
cocktails.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
being
such
a
great
representative
of
the
state.
So
it's
my
distinct
pleasure
now
to
introduce
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
in
which
we
now
sit
mayor.
Walsh
has
continued
Boston's,
long
and
important
tradition
as
an
innovation
city.
Those
who
don't
know
this.
B
The
history
of
innovation
in
this
town
should
understand
that
this
is
the
original
innovation
city.
Some
of
the
most
important
innovations
in
history
started
here.
If
we
think
back
to
the
major
telecommunications
innovations
of
all
time,
the
telephone
was
was
developed
right
over
on
Court
Street
109
court
Street
by
Owens
for
underground
Bell
I.
B
Think
the
other
end
of
that
line
was
in
that
first
phone
call
was
somewhere
in
Cambridge,
I,
think
that's
a
town,
you
know
nearby
somewhere
the
computer
and
the
Internet
we're
both
invented
in
this
area,
actually
nearby
Boston
and
the
state
of
Massachusetts.
This
is
an
incredibly
incredibly
innovative
area,
and
so
it's
not
any
surprise
that
the
world's
largest
innovation
hub
for
robotics
is
here
that
we're
all
eager
to
hear
from
you
mayor,
Walsh,
about
your
thoughts
about
Boston
and
how
this
connects
to
its
future.
D
Thank
you.
This
is.
This
is
a
pretty
exciting
exciting
day
here,
I
didn't
realize
the
crowd
so
big.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
I
want
to
just
first
of
all
thank
ty
and
I.
Think
there's
an
Amazon
Factory
at
my
house
every
day,
I
go
home,
there's
something
out
there
swooshes
there
on
my
front
watch
and
then
on
the
second
floor,
my
house
Jim
keeps
my
house
clean
my
little
robot,
Jim
and
I
want
to
thank
you.
D
You
know
Tim
and
into
Truong
and
the
governor
and
all
the
folks
that
are
here
today.
Thank
you
for
being
here,
I
see
a
city
of
Boston
has
a
big
presence,
particularly
mechanics,
and
so
many
other
folks.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
that.
You
do
and
scrape
to
see
such
a
big
crowd.
The
mass
robotics
is
a
great
Boston
story
and
I
want
to
thank
also
John
Barroso.
Remember
when
John
first
came
to
me
and
said
this
is
a
big
deal
and
I
was
just
sitting
here.
D
Looking
at
the
companies
on
the
board
and
I
was
thinking
about
the
innovations
here
and
I
thought
about
the
importance
and
I
was
just
sitting
there.
Thinking
like
man,
if
we
didn't,
if
we
didn't
work
this
out
in
here,
and
we
would
be
we'd,
be
saying,
we
lost
another
great
opportunity
and
I'm
fortunate
I'm
glad
I
of
John's
here,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
John
for
pushing
this
in
our
office.
In
2015
we
invited
Matt
robotics
locate
in
Boston.
D
We
saw
an
incredible
opportunity
and
John
and
our
Office
of
Economic
Development,
which
is
a
basically
a
brand
new
entity
at
that
point,
saw
the
tremendous
opportunity
for
what
could
happen
here
in
2017
we
opened.
We
supported
the
state
partnership,
expansion
and
it's
clear
now
that,
as
I
said
earlier,
we
made
the
right
decision.
D
You
know
working
with
the
state,
you
talked
about
the
governor
and
it's
so
true
I
mean
when
you
think
about
the
way
we
operate,
trying
to
be
innovative
and
thinking
of
different
ways
of
delivering
services
and
different
ways
of
thinking
about
the
future
of
technology.
Quite
honestly
is
so
important.
Mass
robotics
is
doing
some.
Some
great
things
in
our
city
that
they're
certainly
nurturing
our
local
talent
and
attracting
innovators
from
all
around
the
world
and
to
bring
their
talent
here.
D
What
I've
been
speaking
a
lot
in
the
last
couple
days
at
different
events
and
talking
to
young
people
and
when
I
became
the
mayor
in
2014,
one
of
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
do
in
the
city
of
Boston,
which
always
hadn't
happened.
People
would
come
to
school
here,
did
that
get
educated
here,
and
then
they
leave
and
go
to
New
York
or
they
go
to
Silicon
Valley
to
go
somewhere
else
and
they
wouldn't
they
weren't
establishing
themselves.
D
Here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
my
first
chief
of
staff,
he
went
to
Harvard,
Business,
School
and
I,
remember
being
over
at
how
I've
been
to
school
and
talking
to
the
Dean
over
there
and
asked
what's
the
percentage
of
students
that
graduate
HBS
and
stay
in
Boston
and
at
the
time
was
something
like
5%
and
I
thought
to
myself.
Here
we
have
all
this
incredible
brain
power.
That's
coming
to
our
state
in
our
area,
in
our
region
to
get
educated
and
they're.
Taking
that
other
places,
and
how
do
we
change
that?
D
How
do
we
change
that
mentality
and
what
it
was
was
we're?
Bringing
people
together,
bringing
great
companies
together,
bring
great
startups
together
and
saying
that
we're
willing
to
be
that
that
that
kind
of
that,
then
of
testtube,
is
the
right
way
to
use
anymore,
but
that
incubator,
if
you
will
incubate
as
a
new
word
incubator
for
talent
and
keeping
that
keeping
that
incubator
here,
creating
new
opportunities,
so
people
can
create
tools
that
can
change
the
world.
This
is
how
we're
leading
America
forward
last
week,
I
had
the
chance
to
grab
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors.
D
The
winter
meeting
in
Washington
and
I
was
in
a
conversation
about
the
stage
the
the
future
of
our
work,
and
what
does
that
mean
for
our
cities
all
across
America?
It
was
a
big
topic
wherever
policymakers
get
together,
but
we're
talking
about.
Are
we
prepared,
as
cities,
to
really
think
about
moving
into
continuing
into
the
21st
century?
Are
we
making
sure
that
our
young
people
are
prepared,
especially
for
our
changing
economy?
This
industry
helps
us
see
that
future.
That's
why
I
would
supported
the
development
of
autonomous
vehicles
in
this
neighborhood
here.
D
That's
why
we
embrace
me
embrace
mass
robotics
and
that's
why
we
need
to
stay
engaged
with
everyone
in
this
field
and
continue
to
grow
here
in
Massachusetts
in
Boston
in
Massachusetts.
For
me,
it's
about
how
do
we
give
our
young
people
in
our
city,
the
city,
the
tools
and
in
the
passion,
the
platforms
for
them
to
be
successful?
There's
a
lot
of
conversations
about
our
education
system
what's
happening
and
we
talked
about.
D
We
talked
about
creating
our
young
people
on
a
pathway
to
success
or
a
pathway
to
a
career
pathway
to
college,
and
not
everyone
takes
that
same
path.
I
certainly
didn't
most
of
us
a
lot
of
us
in
this
room
didn't,
but
how
do
we
make
sure
we
create
opportunities
for
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
in
the
boss
of
all
the
schools,
particularly
in
the
dip
on
STEM
Academy.
A
school
that
we
opened
in
Roxbury
is
the
first
new
high
school
in
the
city
of
Boston
over
30
years.
D
But
those
true
schools
in
particular
I
want
to
thank
you
for
reaching
out
to
those
schools
you're
creating
opportunities
for
kids
that
might
not
ever
have
the
chance.
You
know
I
talked
to
at
Target
again
I
talked
about
this
today
when
I
was
growing
up.
All
my
father
wanted
me
to
do
was
to
have
a
job
that
had
a
suit
and
tie
on
in
the
business
card,
and
he
was
a
construction
worker,
the
air
path
he
got.
Half
of
that.
A
D
You
know
he
won
that's
what
he
that's,
what
he
that's,
what
he
envisioned
the
kids
that
you're
helping
the
kids
at
all
of
you
are
touching
every
single
day.
They
have
no
idea
the
potential
opportunities
to
go
work
with
some
of
the
great
companies
on
the
board
behind
me
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that
potential
opportunity
for
opening
up
their
opportunities.
For
that
this
is
this
is
something
I
ask
employers
all
the
time.
You
never
know
the
kind
of
spark
that
you're
gonna
light.
D
When
you
talk
to
a
young
person,
you
have
no
idea
the
opportunity.
You
have
no
idea
the
opportunity.
It
could
literally
be
something
that
changes
a
young
person's
future
forever.
It
shows
this.
This
ensures
that
their
city
is
behind
them
and
cheering
for
them
to
be
successful,
and
now
is
the
time
for
us
to
continue
to
do
that.
We're
moving
forward
together
in
Boston
and
that's
the
spirit
of
work.
That's
happening
in
this
very
building
when
you
think
about
what's
happening
in
this
building
this
space
several
years
ago
was
an
empty
space.
D
Think
about
that
I
was
just
looking.
I
was
thinking
about
this
building
when
I
first
became
the
mayor.
This
is
an
empty
space.
A
basic
a
warehouse
is
what
it
was
I'm
like.
What
are
we
filling
here
and
in
the
past?
What
we
would
have
put
in
here
is
maybe
a
sign
shop
or
maybe
a
storage
area
storage
facility
Knotts,
that's
literally
gonna
change
the
future.
For
so
many
people.
In
so
many
different
ways,
mast
robotics
was
created
as
a
collective
resource.
D
It's
a
place
where
smart
people
develop
practical
tools,
so
they
can
move
humanity
forward.
That's
a
classic
Boston
idea
and
it's
needed
in
the
age
of
technology.
I'm,
not
surprised
that
this
this
facility
is
being
successful.
It
already
has
a
big
impact
and
it's
gonna
have
more
of
an
impact
as
we
move
forward
and
years
to
come.
I
only
ask
the
inventors
here,
one
more
thing:
if
you're
designing
a
robot
that
speaks,
we
want
you
to
make
sure
that
it
has
a
Boston
accent.
D
I
spoke
in
Washington
the
other
day
and
I
gave
this
great
speech.
I
thought
and
everyone
kind
of
looked
at
me
with
this
kind
of
look
on
their
face,
and
the
mayor
of
one,
the
mayor
of
a
town
of
Michigan
got
up
there
and
said
mr.
mayor.
No
one
understood
what
you
said,
but
I
want
to
just
congratulate
you
today
is
a
big
day.
I
know
that
and
I
want
to
thank
thank
all
the
people
in
this
room
feel
supported.
Look
around
us.
Yeah
I
can
name
the
whole
room
on
the
things
that
you
do.
D
B
Thank
You
mayor
Walsh,
both
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
state
of
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
have
been
visionary
in
their
support
for
innovation.
For
a
very
long
time,
as
I
mentioned,
the
state,
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
has
in
particular
been
very
smart
about
some
of
the
bets
it's
made
supporting
individual
industries
in
an
intelligent
way.
Master
biotics
is
a
great
example
of
that.
A
prior
example
is
lab
central,
which
is
doing
something
similar
in
the
life
sciences
hasn't
been
wildly
successful.
B
These
are
nonprofit
entities
bringing
together
people,
Mass,
Challenge
and
and
a
few
more
to
come.
I
should
say
bringing
people
together
under
the
same
roof,
so
they
can
work
together,
create
community.
We,
we
are
fortunate
in
the
common
with
Massachusetts
to
have
the
most
popular
governor
in
the
United
States
of
America,
and
we're
very
fortunate
this
room
to
have
that
person
right
here
to
speak
with
us.
Thank
you
very
much,
charlie.
E
So,
let's
go
all
the
way
back
the
people
who
are
here
to
begin
with
they
created
a
country.
They
created
a
country,
that's
how
far
back
that
sense
of
thinking
differently
goes
and
along
the
way.
You
know
some
of
the
greatest
sailing
ships
most
important
fishing
vessels
also
created
all
the
way
up
the
coast,
the
north
shore,
all
the
way
up
to
new
report,
and
this
has
always
been
a
part
of
the
world
in
a
part
of
the
country.
E
That's
lived
on
its
wits
time
and
time
again,
it's
reinvented
itself
and
gone
through
one
evolution
after
another,
with
respect
to
whatever
the
next
opportunity
to
apply
new
knowledge
and
new
tools
might
be,
and
you
know
when
I
look
at
this
I
went
to
analog
devices
fiftieth
anniversary
party
in
Massachusetts,
about
three
or
four
years
ago.
Many
of
these
companies
are
a
lot
newer
than
that,
but
the
simple
truth
is
people
have
been
playing
on
the
edge
in
Massachusetts.
E
F
E
They
have
some
kind
of
machine,
that's
doing
something
that
they're
able
to
leverage
so
that
they
can
do
more
and
compete,
and
this
is
literally
at
almost
every
level
and
I'll.
Give
you
a
sort
of
a
really
interesting
example
from
last
Friday
and
went
up
to
greater
Lawrence
vocational
high
school
last
Friday
to
promote
this
idea
of
creating
three-shift
career
technical
institutes
where
voc
tech
kids
are
going
to
school
during
the
school
day.
E
Kids
from
the
nearby
high
schools,
who
don't
have
access
to
a
vocational
education
come
in
the
afternoon,
and
then
they
do
programming
at
night
for
adults
who
want
to
do
a
career
change
or
develop
a
skill
and
see
if
they
can
move
up
the
job
ladder
and
they're
actually
doing
it
they're
doing
on
a
bootstrap
because
they're
very
creative.
But
this
is
an
idea
that
we're
gonna
see
if
we
can't
sort
of
use
to
transform
the
way.
E
E
When
I
was
a
kid
and
I
said
well,
if
you
send
pictures
to
him
of
the
kind
of
stuff
you're
working
on
here
and
he
said
yeah,
he
said
my
dad
can't
believe
the
kind
of
equipment
I
have
access
to
and
I
told
that
story
and
that
kid
had
three
employers
who
bolted
right
for
him
as
soon
as
they
finished
telling
the
story
and
I
think
the
thing
one.
The
people
don't
appreciate
or
always
understand
about
this.
E
These
kinds
of
capabilities.
Don't
just
make
robotics
companies
strong.
They
make
all
kinds
of
companies.
Strong
I
mean
one
of
the
reasons
we
created
an
m2
i2,
which
was
built
around
advanced
manufacturing
and
robotics
and
sits
somewhere
over
in
Carolyn
Kirk
shop
at
the
mass
technology
collaborative.
E
We've
always
had
that's
our
greatest
competitor
advantage,
which
is
our
people
and
and
for
us
I
can't
tell
you
how
pleased
we
are
to
be
part
of
this.
How
excited
we
are
about
where
this
can
go
and
and
what
it
can
mean
to
the
future
of
the
Commonwealth
and
to
Mayer
I
would
just
say
again.
This
is
another
example.
E
There
may
be
planning
parts
of
the
world
where
nobody
in
public
life
ever
gets
along
or
ever
wants
to
give
anybody
else.
A
win
or
ever
wants
to
solve
a
problem,
but
we
have
always
had
no
trouble
finding
a
way
to
work
with
the
mayor
and
his
team
on
great
ideas
and
great
opportunities
and
public-private
partnerships,
and
this
is
a
perfect
example
of
all
of
the
above,
and
we
are
really
thrilled
to
be
here
today
with
all
of
you
to
celebrate
this
ribbon-cutting
and
and
to
just
imagine
all
the
opportunity
and
possibility.
E
B
F
I
think
you
got
it
or
Thank
You
mayor.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
being
here,
it's
great
to
see
the
the
level
of
support
that
we
have
as
an
organization.
I'm
also
realized.
You
know
they
often
said
you
shouldn't
be
the
last
speaker
before
a
cocktail
hour
I'm
the
last
speaker
before
you
see
some
of
the
most
exciting
robots
in
the
world
now
and
so
I
will
try
to
keep
my
comments
really
brief.
F
It
was
2015
when,
when
the
gang
of
five
got
together,
Tom
Hopcroft
amassed
TLC
were
really
key
in
making
that
connection
and
getting
that
group
together
to
form
this
idea,
and
it's
amazing
how
far
we've
come
in
the
few
years
that
we've
been
in
here
in
2017,
we
opened
up
on
the
fifth
floor.
We
had
one
company
that
had
signed
up
American
robotics
they
have
since
graduated
and
when
we
say
graduate
that
means
they've
moved
out
and
moved
on
into
bigger
things,
along
with
three
other
companies:
real-time
robotics,
squeryl
robot,
and
on
anodyne
together.
F
Well,
until
a
quick
story
where
we're
we're
kind
of
known
around
the
world
globally
as
really
the
center
of
robotics
and
therefore
we
get
a
lot
of
Tours
that
come
through
a
lot
of
these
delegations
from
we
had
company
countries
represented
from
Denmark
Singapore
Netherlands,
Sweden
Japan.
They
come
through
to
see
and
they
often
ask
that
the
same
question
they
ask
is:
why
is
Massachusetts
the
best
and
most
innovative
state
in
the
country?
F
And
from
our
perspective
there
are
four
things
that
we
talk
about
and
we
talk
about
the
number
of
universities
and
colleges
and
a
talent
that
they
provide
the
robotic
talent,
whether
it's
UMass
Lowell
and
their
nerve
center,
WPI
and
they're
under
and
their
undergraduate
robotics
program.
Harvard
MIT
Northeastern
all
have
amazing
robotics
programs
and
we
work
with
them
all
and
they
get
that.
F
And
they
understand
that
and
they
get
that
and
then
I
say
we
have
on
credible
government
and
local
support
and
whether
it
is
MassDOT
and
newer
new
urban
mechanics
getting
together
an
autonomous
vehicle
working
group
or
whether
it's
mass
tech,
collaborative
and
they're,
really
innovative
internship
program,
which
a
large
number
of
our
startups
make
use
of.
There's
incredible
support
throughout
the
government
and
then
most
of
these
delegations
are
from
governments
and
they
get
that
they
understand
that
and
the
fourth
thing
we
talk
about
is
community.
F
Can
you
make
use
of
this
space
and,
of
course,
we
jumped
up
and
said
absolutely
we'll
do
something
and
I
turned
to
Joyce
and
I
said?
Okay.
Now,
what
what
do
we
do?
So
we
came
up
with
this
idea
of
robot
block
party
and
I
said
well,
it's
on
a
Sunday
and
all
of
our
startups.
Usually
they
work
six
days
a
week,
possibly
seven,
so
it's
hard
for
them
to
give
up
a
day.
This
is
for
the
public,
so
you're
not
gonna,
be
selling
to
any
customers.
F
How
do
we
get
these
companies
to
come
and
they
came
and
they
came
in?
It
was
an
incredible
success
and
last
year,
through
the
help
again
of
mastic
collaborative,
we
hosted
our
third
annual,
robotic
block
party
down
here
in
the
Seaport
and
over
2,000
students.
Families
got
to
see
the
future
got
to
see
some
of
the
really
innovative
robotics
programs
that
are
being
developed
here
and
that's
what
we
have
in
this
community
and
I.
F
Just
don't
think
you
find
that
community
anywhere
else,
so
we're
very
blessed
to
be
part
of
that,
we're
very
blessed
to
to
contribute
to
that,
and-
and
thank
you
all
for
coming,
I'd
like
to
thank
some
individual
company
as
we
go
through.
This
is,
of
course,
our
opening
of
our
brand-new
space.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
Silvermans
for
their
our
architect
firm.
They
took
our
kind
of
our
babblings
of
ideas
and
turned
it
into
this
wonderful
space
that
you
will
see.
F
I
want
to
thank
John
tachi
and
the
tachi
Building
Corporation
who
took
their
ideas
and
said:
okay,
we
can
build
this
and
turn
it
into
reality,
which
is
sometimes
harder
than
it
seems
by
the
way,
and
so
I
give
a
lot
of
thanks
to
those
those
two
folks
and
because
we're
mass
robotics.
We
of
course
used
some
robots
in
building
this
space.
So
I
want
to
thank
David,
a
ski
from
ascend
to
who
donated
their
my
sorry,
donate
let
their
wall-painting
robot
and
Ted
Acworth
from
art
aook.
F
F
Mass
works,
the
City
of
Boston
helped
us
get
that
and
we
worked
very
closely
with
John
barrows
and
his
staff,
and
they
were
very
supportive
and
they
and
the
state
contributed
and
we
shared
and
that
money
that
we
gained
came
from
the
corporate
partners
that
are
listed
here
and
we
have
35
corporate
partners.
I
can't
mention
them.
All.
I
will
highlight
just
three
just
to
give
you
a
sense.
First
analog
devices
at
a
Norwood
Mass
they
are,
and
you
will
see
the
analog
devices
electronics
labs,
which
they
helped
fund
mitre
corporation.
F
For
those
of
you
who
don't
know
mitre,
there
are
FFRDC
federally
funded
research
and
development
center
with
a
large
campus
up
in
Bedford.
They
have
provided
great
connections
to
the
federal
government,
which
is
still
one
of
the
largest
customers
of
Robotics.
In
addition,
they
provided
a
lot
of
the
collaborative
tools
that
you
will
see
in
some
of
the
conference,
rooms
and
screens
and
so
forth.
So
they've
been
a
great
partner
and
third
is
a
harmonic
drive.
F
Most
of
you
probably
don't
know,
harmonic
drive,
they
make
really
critical
gears
that
are
used
and
most
of
the
robots
you'll
see
out
there.
They
have
been
an
early
answer.
They
came
on
board
when
this
was
kind
of
just
a
vision
and
they've
been
very
supportive
throughout
I
will
say
that
that
their
CEO
is
not
here
today
they
are
doing
their
ribbon-cutting
tomorrow,
they're
opening
a
hundred
thousand
square
foot
building
up
in
Beverly,
so
they've
been
growing
as
well
and
they
are.
F
F
Never
had
a
chance
I
encourage
you
to
and
will
will
let
you
know
up.
Do
these
Khalif
runs
an
unbelievable
STEM
program.
He
is
so
great
with
the
kids.
They
love
what
he
does.
He
gets
an
opportunity
to
show
them
some
of
the
neat
tools
and
get
them
excited
about
the
technology
and
so
we're
just
blessed
to
have
him
and
Russell
and
all
our
staff.
So.