Keynote - Don't Fear The Robot

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Argues that physical robots solve hard mobile end-to-end tests by emulating touch, buttons, camera and NFC; builds multiple generations from a chocolate-picker Delta robot to small Arduino/Raspberry Pi rigs that act as a USB mouse emulation and orchestrate multiple devices. Shows practical wins: a train set for NFC payments, Mercedes orders 10 robots, Angry Birds demo hitting up to 800 taps per minute. Integrates with Appium via Pi drivers, handles real phones without app recompilation, and sometimes still hits flaky live-demo issues.

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2. 3:41Cassandra
3. 4:192004 - Selenium
4. 5:042008 - Sauce Labs
5. 6:172015 - Tapster
6. 8:38The Reverse Tron
7. 25:06mindstorms

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