Robotics Collaborative Lighting Talks

About the Course

The Rose City Robotics Collaborative is a community of robotics entrepreneurs, scientists, machine learning experts, tinkerers, and fellow enthusiasts united to establish the PNW as the premier U.S. hub for robotics innovation.

This in-person event in April of 2025 featured Lightning Talk's from the following speakers:

David Nichols, Co-founder & CEO Loupe
Robert Topple, Founder & CEO Electron Robotics
Joseph Cole, Founder & CTO Rose City Robotics
Spencer Lindsay, Founder E-tribe
Erin Galiger, Director North American Markets at ROCSYS
Joseph Davidson, Associate Professor of Robotics at OSU

Instructor

Joseph Cole

PhD, Applied Physics

Joseph earned his PhD in applied physics from Rice University and a graduate certificate in applied statistics from Portland State. He is a retired Major with the US Army Reserves and has over 20 years of experience developing computer vision and machine learning algorithms at companies like

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Course Syllabus

1. April 2025 Rose City Robotics Collaborative Meetup Recordings

• Introduction and Opening Remarks - 7:26
• Lightening Talks - 21:57
• Audience Q&A Part 1 - 23:02
• Audience Q&A Part 2 - 19:25

2. After the Course

• Survey: Course Evaluation
• Certificate of Completion