New Video from Mouser’s Generation Robot Series Showcases Exclusive Grant Imahara Panel Discussion from ECIA Executive Conference

 Mouser Electronics Inc. today released a new video featuring celebrity engineer Grant Imahara’s panel discussion from the 2018 Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) Executive Conference. The hour-long video panel discussion, titled “How Robotics Will Shape Our Future,” is the final episode of the Generation Robot series from Mouser’s award-winning Empowering Innovation Together™ program.

eit-generation-robot-video6-pr-web3.jpgThis exclusive video features Imahara leading a lively panel discussing the frontiers of robotics with a focus on how they are causing us to rethink the way we live and work. Imahara is joined by the following panelists:

  • Ayanna Howard, Professor and Chair of the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Magnus Egerstedt, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • Dominik Boesl, Vice President, Senior Corporate Innovation Manager and Technical Fellow at KUKA Robotics

The Generation Robot series is sponsored by Mouser’s valued suppliers Analog Devices, Intel®, Microchip Technology and Molex.

“The 2018 EIT series from Mouser has been one of the most interesting projects of my career,” stated Imahara. “I’ve been able to share my love of robotics and really highlight the innovations that prove we are definitely living in ‘Generation Robot’ — where humans and robots coexist on all levels of life and work. Seeing what comes next will be truly mind blowing.”

The ECIA Executive Conference is the only conference where senior management teams from the electronics industry’s leading companies, representing the entire supply chain, gather to understand and address cross-enterprise challenges.

Since 2015, Mouser’s Empowering Innovation Together program has been one of the most visible and recognized programs in the electronic component industry, featuring projects ranging from 3D printing objects in space to the amazing benefits of technologies that are Shaping Smarter Cities.

To learn more about this and all of Mouser’s Empowering Innovation Together series, visit www.mouser.com/empowering-innovation and follow Mouser on Facebook and Twitter. To watch the full 60-minute panel discussion, go to https://youtu.be/HiJ1pq3E-dg.