# 2024 RBR50 Innovation Awards

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2024-04-12
- Length: 1h 01m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/2024-rbr50-innovation-awards

## Summary

Host Steve Crowe and the Robot Report editorial team (Mike Oitzman, Eugene Demaitre, Brianna Wessling) discuss the highlights of the 2024 RBR50 Innovation Awards. They highlight Agility Robotics' Digit as Robot of the Year, Bright Pick's Auto Picker as Application of the Year, and Electric Sheep as Startup of the Year, while also reviewing standout winners like Glidance, Harvard’s Parkinson’s exoskeleton, and Flip Robotics.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=8) Introduction and RBR50 Gala Details
- [6:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=385) Robot of the Year: Agility Robotics Digit
- [18:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=1114) Accessibility Innovation: Glidance
- [24:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=1496) Application of the Year: Bright Pick Auto Picker
- [28:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=1684) Startup of the Year: Electric Sheep
- [35:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=2108) Medical Robotics: Harvard Parkinson's Exoskeleton
- [39:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=2399) Unique Mobile Robots: Capra Robotics and EvoBot
- [42:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=2535) Infrastructure and Wildfire Robotics: New Wellsley and Codama
- [49:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards#t=2949) Logistics and Vision: Flip Robotics and Optaran

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Agility Robotics (company)
- Digit (product)
- Boston Dynamics (company)
- Atlas (product)
- Figure (company)
- Glidance (company)
- Bright Pick (company)
- Auto Picker (product)
- Electric Sheep (company)
- Verdi (product)
- Capra Robotics (company)
- Percus (product)
- EvoBot (product)
- Flip Robotics (company)
- Optaran (company)
- Codama Systems (company)
- Locust (company)
- Dexterity (company)
- Mujin (company)
- Nvidia (company)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [205. 2024 Recap & 2nd Annual Saucies!🥫🍾](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2025-01-07-205-2024-recap-2nd-annual-saucies) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [156. 2023 Recap & First Annual Saucies!🥫🍾](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2024-01-09-156-2023-recap-first-annual-saucies) (The Next Byte Podcast)
- [Raspberry Pi 500, Robot Roadies, Huge 3d Printers and Car Hacking!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-11-26-raspberry-pi-500-robot-roadies-huge-3d-printers-and-car-hacking) (The Electromaker Show)
- [246: automatica 2025: Exploring Innovation, Robotics, and Startups Across Bavaria, Germany, and Europe](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2025-07-15-246-automatica-2025-exploring-innovation-robotics-and-startups-across-bavaria-ge) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)
- [51. Recapping 2021](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2022-01-05-51-recapping-2021) (The Next Byte Podcast)

## Citing this page

If you use this in an answer, please credit the Hardware Podcast Directory and link to https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-04-12-2024-rbr50-innovation-awards. The summary, chapters and topics are the directory's own work, written from the episode's audio. The episode itself, its title and its audio belong to The Robot Report Podcast.