When CEO Rustom Jehangir put out a call on Craigslist, Elisa Miller answered. It’s easy to see how her energy, creative thinking and ability to step out of her comfort zone make her a great leader on this team that is disrupting the robotics industry. Blue Robotics offers more affordable and accessible underwater robotics components, enabling just about anyone who is interested to get their robotic eyes underwater. In this fun and informative episode, Tamara talks to Elisa about the company’s origin and crowdfunding experience. Listen to hear about the mission to help everyone from students and hobbyists to researchers and professionals dive into the depths with ROV’s and robots to understand more about our precious oceans. Blue Robotics’ manufactures the pieces that make it possible to put robots and ROV’s underwater. Connectors and elements like their latest WetLink Penetrator are critical for success. And the company’s open-source approach demonstrates their open-mindedness to the possibilities for the future of underwater exploration. Elisa also gives some great examples of how a commitment to high-quality components and community-building efforts are already facilitating projects that run the gamut in underwater efforts the world over. These include working with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to help Australian reefs and several robotics competitions. Wave Makers is just getting started with robotics experts. Don’t miss it!

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