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Picture is the Innate.bot MARS robot. They're running a hackathon at YCombinator next Saturday.

Please RSVP Here. ROS By-The-Bay is the Bay Area's only meetup exclusively for Robot Operating System (ROS) users!

We're holding a special edition of ROS By-The-Bay with our friends at Beckhoff Automation. This event will be held at the Beckhoff Innovation space at: 2665 N First St Suite #310, San Jose, from 6-9pm on Thursday, April 16th.

Our guest speakers and events for this meetup include:

• Vignesh Anand -- co-founder of Innate. Innate is a robotics startup and recent YC grad building the MARS mobile manipulation platform. They'll talk about their prototype development process and how they took their MARS platform from zero to one.
• Oscar Avatare -- co-founder of Saphira. Saphira is a recent YC grad that helps robotics companies address critical safety and cybersecurity documention requirements like ISO 26262. "This talk explores how robotics teams can move from simulation to real-world deployment while navigating safety standards such as HARA, FMEA, and emerging AI-focused frameworks. Using ROS 2-based systems and scenario-driven simulation, we’ll show how safety risks can be identified, structured, and traced to system behavior—and how AI-assisted workflows can support, rather than replace, engineering judgment in building certifiable robotic systems

Pizza and beverages will be provided. Free parking will be available!