Leading SKA Robotics as President and CEO, with the support of a world-class team, Spencer has designed, created, and successfully deployed advanced field robotics systems that generate meaningful results safely, innovatively, and profitably for his customers. His latest company, Tension Dynamics, is revolutionizing the way linear actuators work with a radical new design that is lighter and more cost-effective than anything on the market. Spencer’s podcast, “Collaborative With Spencer Krause,” is quickly gaining industry-wide recognition as a no-nonsense look inside the minds of people pushing the limits of technology, research, and entrepreneurship. These endeavors continue to fuel his desire to always find fresh outlets of expression and achievement to advance the human experience.
From vision to fruition, Spencer’s clients, partners, and coworkers have benefited from his quarter-century of deep-dive technical expertise and business acumen – a potent blend of passion and precision that he is honored to put to work in every task he pursues.
Robotics does not exist in a vacuum. The value robotics can provide is derived from its application to real world problems. A lot of robotics ideas are technically sound but lacking in business validation. A lot of contract robotics engagements are destined for failure. This talk aims to go through some of the methodologies that I use when evaluating the viability of a business case for robotics and also whether or not to accept a partner engagement. I will give real world examples of projects we turned away and startup ideas I decided not to pursue and why as well as programs that were successful and why those made sense to pursue at the time. Specifically, this talk aims to cover: \
