# Bonus Edition - 2023 RBR50 Review

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2023-04-21
- Length: 1h 07m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-recap

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=8) Introduction: RBR50 Awards Overview and Process
- [3:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=228) Space Robotics: NASA, James Webb, and DART
- [19:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=1166) Retail Robotics: Space E Deming Rover
- [25:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=1534) Business Innovation: Teradyne and AMR Strategy
- [32:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=1969) Warehouse Automation: Tusk Robots Pallet Handling
- [37:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=2231) Mobility: WHILL Autonomous Airport Wheelchairs
- [44:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=2678) Manufacturing: Machine Labs Robotic Metal Forming
- [50:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=3039) E-commerce: Amazon Sparrow Picking Robot
- [54:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=3274) Humanoids: Agility Robotics Digit
- [1:01:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-04-21-bonus-edition-2023-rbr50-review#t=3691) Conclusion: Future Awards and Summit Preview

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises, early-stage companies, companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- NASA (company)
- James Webb Space Telescope (product)
- DART (product)
- Perseverance Rover (product)
- Space E (company)
- Deming Rover (product)
- Teradyne (company)
- AutoGuide (product)
- Mobile Industrial Robots (company)
- Tusk Robots (company)
- WHILL (company)
- Machine Labs (company)
- Amazon Robotics (company)
- Sparrow (product)
- Agility Robotics (company)
- Digit (product)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Episode 100: Robots in space - Mini Rai](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-11-29-episode-100-robots-in-space-mini-rai) (Robot Talk)
- [Episode Two - Space Robotics: out of this world](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2020-10-30-episode-two-space-robotics-out-of-this-world) (Robot Talk)
- [20. NASA’s New Moon Buggy, Rock Picking Robot, Super-Strong Concrete](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-06-01-20-nasas-new-moon-buggy-rock-picking-robot-super-strong-concrete) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [51. Recapping 2021](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-01-05-51-recapping-2021) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [Episode 117: Robots in orbit - Jeremy Hadall](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2025-04-11-episode-117-robots-in-orbit-jeremy-hadall) (Robot Talk)

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