Keller Cliffton
@Keller • 21,817 subscribers
Founder and CEO @Zipline. Previously, built DNA/RNA computers and climbing walls. Harvard grad. Ex-professional rock climber.
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The Bitter Lesson of Robotics: It's extremely easy to make a video of a robot doing something once under perfect conditions then post it to X. But it often takes a decade to harden systems and design for all the insane edge cases of the real world. Many companies raising $$$$ on cool demos, but all the hard work comes after
Keller Cliffton190,298 views • 2 months ago
Making a video of a robot doing something once and then posting to the internet is extremely easy. Making something that operates in the real world reliably is hard and unfancy. One example: using fog machines and cold to stress test flying in icing conditions at test site
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton422,809 views • 1 year ago
Today we’re making one of the biggest announcements in Zipline’s history. We have signed a $150m contract with the US State Dept that will come with $400m of co-commitments from our African partner govts. This will expand life saving autonomous delivery to 130m people in Africa
Keller Cliffton185,086 views • 6 months ago
I’ve been quiet on here because Zipline has been busy. Here’s an update:
Keller Cliffton187,735 views • 6 months ago
