{"id":578707,"date":"2024-04-12T20:52:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T00:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=578707"},"modified":"2024-04-17T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T22:14:47","slug":"2024-rbr50-robotics-innovation-award-winners-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/2024-rbr50-robotics-innovation-award-winners-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1799698903&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The Robot Report Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/robot-report-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Robot Report Podcast<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"2024 RBR50 Innovation Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/robot-report-podcast\/2024-rbr50-innovation-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 RBR50 Innovation Awards<\/a><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>This week, we announced the honorees for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/rbr50-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards<\/a>. On the podcast episode this week, the entire <em>The Robot Report<\/em> editorial staff brings its opinions, observations, and highlights of the 2024 awards program. Host Steve Crowe discusses the awards with editors Mike Oitzman, Eugene Demaitre, and Brianna Wessling.<\/p>\n<p>Listen as the editors discusses some of their favorite robotics companies and products from this cohort of honorees. You\u2019ll learn what impressed the editors about several of the winners and what\u2019s notable in this year\u2019s program.<\/p>\n<h3>Digit named Robot of the Year<\/h3>\n<p>2023 was the year of humanoids, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/agility-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agility Robotics<\/a> has taken an early lead with commercial trials. The company\u2019s Digit humanoid stole the show at ProMAT, where it demonstrated its ability to pick up totes from a shelf, walk over to a conveyor, and place the totes onto the conveyor.<\/p>\n<h3>Autopicker wins Application of the Year<\/h3>\n<p>Cincinnati-based Brightpick, which spun out of Photoneo, was named the inaugural Application of the Year winner. In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/brightpick-announces-mobile-picking-robot-autopicker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brightpick unveiled Autopicker<\/a>, which it said is the first commercially available AMR that can pick and consolidate orders directly in warehouse aisles.<\/p>\n<h3>Electric Sheep is Startup of the Year<\/h3>\n<p>San Francisco-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/electric-sheep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electric Sheep<\/a>\u2019s unique business model allows it to bring in revenue as it takes its time deploying its technology. This business model led to it being named Startup of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note that the rules for the RBR50 state that innovations have to be announced within the calendar year. Keep that in mind as your organization plans its product roadmap, and be sure to submit your nomination the next iteration of the RBR50 later this year.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Come celebrate at the 2024 RBR50 Gala<\/h2>\n<p>We introduced three new categories in 2024 \u2013 Robot of the Year, Application of the Year, and Startup of the Year \u2013 and will be holding the inaugural RBR50 Gala on May 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the end of Day 1 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roboticssummit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robotics Summit &amp; Expo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The gala offers a chance to connect with the world\u2019s leading robotics innovators. 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