Closing the Loop
An ongoing series for those pushing real intelligence into the physical world.
Closing the Loop is a speaker series and community hangout for folks working at the edge of robotics, control, embodied AI, and physical intelligence.
Robotics is hard: sensors lie, actuators drift, models fail. Embodied intelligence pushes every layer of the stack—hardware, perception, actuation, control, and failure recovery—under real-world constraints. This is a space for practitioners to learn from each other, swap ideas, and build kinship in a community that understands the grind.
Each session features a handful of short, sharp talks from people building systems that sense, act, and adapt in the physical world. The focus is on sharing real challenges, hard-earned progress, and lessons learned—not polished demos or marketing decks.
There will be pizza, soda, and time to mingle.
Small and intimate. No keynote energy. Just smart people working on tough problems, sharing what they know.
Hosted by Sauron, where we’re building the autonomy stack for the home.
Agenda
5:30 PM – Doors open
6:00 – 7:00 PM – Invited talks
7:00 – 8:00 PM – Mingling + conversation
Talks
Karthik Lakshmanan from Zipline
Szymon Jakubczak from Physical Intelligence
Brannon Smith from Sauron
About Sauron
Sauron is building spatial intelligence for the home—systems that identify, understand, and actively deter threats. Our mission is to empower homeowners with autonomy.
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