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Bonus Edition - 2023 RBR50 Review

The Robot Report Podcast · 21 Apr 2023 · 1h 07m

What this episode covers

Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman review the 2023 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award honorees, highlighting NASA’s space robotics initiatives, including the James Webb Space Telescope, the DART spacecraft, and the Perseverance Rover. They discuss Space E’s Deming Rover for retail inventory, Tusk Robots’ pallet-moving solution, and WHILL’s autonomous airport mobility service. The hosts also analyze business innovations from Teradyne, Machine Labs’ robotic metal forming, Amazon’s Sparrow picking robot, and Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid.

Most relevant to

large enterprises, early-stage companies and companies scaling up

Topics

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Companies
NASA, Space E, Teradyne, Mobile Industrial Robots, Tusk Robots, WHILL, Machine Labs, Amazon Robotics, Agility Robotics
Products
James Webb Space Telescope, DART, Perseverance Rover, Deming Rover, AutoGuide, Sparrow, Digit

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