The Role of Trust in Hardware Design
A conversation with Christian Wester, Lead Mechanical Engineer at Shield AI. What is the role of trust in hardware design? First and foremost, we have to trust our teammates. Outcomes are not always what you expect and the way an organization reacts during these moments is telling. Trust requires that when things do not go […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Gabe Mayo
A conversation with Gabe Mayo, Shield AI’s Vice President of Hardware Engineering. Why did you choose a career in engineering? What about the field interested you? I can’t say that I chose a career in engineering; it chose me. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t obsessed with knowing what was inside of things […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On Path Planning & Controls
A conversation with Connie Sun, an AI Engineer at Shield AI. What does planning refer to in robotics? Path and trajectory planning in the context of robotics refers to motion planning, or finding a path to reach a predetermined goal while avoiding obstacles and satisfying other constraints. This concept isn’t unique to robotics; people employ […]
The Role of Trust in Building a Team
A conversation with Andrew Dimitruk, Shield AI’s Head of Talent. How important is trust in recruiting and building a team? One word: Essential. What has influenced your opinions of trust? My experience in the military helped to inform my perspective on the value of trust. When an officer is commissioned in the United States military, […]
Why is it Important to Build Trust as a Leader?
A conversation with Brandon Tseng, Shield AI’s Co-Founder and COO. How do you define trust with respect to leadership? Trust is an earned bond between a leader and his or her team that helps inspire confidence between the two with respect to their ability to succeed in a given endeavor. What does trust make possible? […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On the Evolution of State Estimation
A conversation with Peter Lommel, Senior Principal Engineer and Head of Autonomy at Shield AI. This is a continuation of our 3-part conversation about the fundamentals of state estimation. Before reading on, we recommend reading part 1, Shield AI Fundamen Over your career, what have you witnessed with respect to the evolution of state estimation? […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On the Challenges of State Estimation
A conversation with Peter Lommel, Senior Principal Engineer and Head of Autonomy at Shield AI. This is a continuation of our conversation of Shield AI Fundamentals: On State Estimation. What makes state estimation challenging? In state estimation we generally have a number of sources of information and our job is to fuse them together into […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On State Estimation
A conversation with Peter Lommel, Senior Principal Engineer and Head of Autonomy at Shield AI. What is state estimation? In robotics, state refers to the condition of the robot. The most common conditions we are concerned with are location, velocity, and orientation, but there are many other conditions that could be included in the description […]
The Role of Trust in Teamwork
A conversation with Brad Post, Shield AI’s Vice President of Software Engineering. What is the role of trust in teamwork? Trust is the glue that holds together a team and makes teamwork possible. What foundations of trust must be in place for a team to be successful? In my opinion, teams are built on camaraderie, […]
On Pushing the Boundaries of What’s Possible in Simulation
A conversation with Ali Momeni, Senior Principal Scientist and Director of User Services & Experience at Shield AI. This is a continuation of our conversation On the Use of Simulation in Autonomy. How do you push the boundaries of simulation in terms of what is possible visually? We learn a lot from the game industry. […]
