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Meet the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards Winners

By Steve Crowe | April 19, 2023

Robotics Business Review, sister publication of The Robot Report, today announced the winners of the 2023 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards (RBR50). For more than a decade, the annual RBR50 list celebrates forward-thinking organizations and their original, impactful creations. Recognized throughout the world, the RBR50 is also a critical measure of robotics sector growth.

“This year’s RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards highlight the critical innovations, and organizations responsible for them, that will spur the development of new robotics solutions and drive robotics adoption forward around the world,” said Steve Crowe, Executive Editor, Robotics, WTWH Media. “Congratulations to all the winners.”

The 2023 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards are presented for the following classes of innovation:

Business and Management Innovation – Business and management initiatives or practices that enhance a company’s commercial standing, foster robotics sector growth or improve society.

Technology, Products and Services Innovation – New commercial solutions that have the potential to positively impact markets or the robotics sector as a whole.

Application and Market Innovation – Sector-specific, newly developed applications that deliver value, provide entry into new markets, or improve performance over existing approaches (improve productivity, increase quality, reduce cost, etc).

The editors in WTWH Media’s Robotics Group – Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman and Brianna Wessling – enjoyed the challenge of evaluating and selecting the 2023 winners and learned much during the process. We hope you share that same enthusiasm and that the 2023 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards also increase your understanding of the global robotics sector.

In that small way, the RBR50 will have done its part to drive the robotics sector forward.

To view the 2023 winners, peruse the table below or our April 2023 Digital Edition (PDF).

OrganizationInnovation
ABBABB introduces its smallest robot arm ever
Agility RoboticsAgility's Digit humanoid targets logistics tasks
Alert InnovationAlert Innovation acquired by Walmart to boost fulfillment
AmazonAmazon looks to automate ‘Holy Grail’ with Sparrow robot arm
AMDAMD Kria KR260 platform eases robotics development
American RoboticsAmerican Robotics expands drone services to oil and gas industries
Australian Droid + Robot
Robot explores dangerous caves to assess vulnerable bat colonies
Boston DynamicsBoston Dynamics Stretch finds early success unloading trailers
Brain CorpBrain Corp adds dual-purpose to floor-scrubbing robots
CionicCionic bionic sleeve assists people with mobility issues
Clearpath RoboticsClearpath OutdoorNav software eases mobile robotics development
Coalition Against Weaponized RobotsCoalition takes stand against weaponized robots
DeepmindDeepmind open-sources MujoCo physics engine
FoxgloveFoxglove standardizes robotics data recording with MCAP
GelSightMIT spinoff creates affordable, mini tactile sensor
HEBI RoboticsHEBI applies modularity expertise to mobile robots
InboltInbolt simplifies use of vision servoing with a unique application
IntrinsicIntrinsic acquires Open Source Robotics Corp
InuitiveInuitive’s vision technologies improve robot autonomy
James Webb Space TelescopeJames Webb Space Telescope revolutionizes astronomy
Johns Hopkins UniversityNASA succeeds in 1st planetary defense test mission
Locus RoboticsLocus Robotics surpasses 1 billion picks with AMRs
Machina LabsMachina Labs uses robots to manufacture titanium sheet metal parts
Main Street AutonomyMain Street Autonomy simplifies sensor calibration
MassRoboticsMassRobotics aims to diversify robotics talent pool
MeijerMeijer uses robots to clean up Great Lakes
NASA JPLPerseverance Rover completes first multi-sol drive on Mars
Nauticus RoboticsNauticus dives into future of underwater robotics
NVIDIANVIDIA improves ROS 2 pipeline processing with hardware acceleration
OnRobotOnRobot D:PLOY lowers barriers to robotics adoption
Open-Source Leg ProjectOpen-source leg project democratizes prosthetic development
OttonomyYeti delivery robot autonomously dispenses packages
PhotoneoMotionCam-3D Color camera captures dynamic scenes
PickNik RoboticsMoveIt Studio offers low-code robotics development environment
Rapid RoboticsRapid Robotics brings flexibility to robotic workcells
RoboTireRoboTire transforms tire-changing process
Skyline RoboticsSkyline Robotics disrupting B window cleaning industry
SpaceeSpacee Deming offers simplified approach to shelf-scanning robots
SparkAISparkAI helps John Deere resolve agriculture autonomy challenges
StratomStratom makes vehicle refueling safer, more efficient
Tatum RoboticsTatum creates revolutionary communication tool for deaf-blind people
TelexistenceTelexistence deploys restocking robots at Japanese convenience stores
TeradyneTeradyne merges AMR subsidiaries AutoGuide & MIR
TuskrobotsTuskrobots develops novel AMR/AGV to automate pallet movement
UC BerkeleyDayDreamer algorithm enables robot learning without simulation
Universal RobotsUR20 is the company's fastest, strongest cobot ever
Viam RoboticsViam combines open-source robotics system with integrated cloud services
WaymoWaymo continues robotaxi expansion
WHILLWHILL autonomously transports passengers at 1st North American airport
WiBoticWiBotic brings benefits of wireless charging technology to ASRS

WTWH Media acquired Robotics Business Review in December 2019. You can view previous lists under WTWH Media’s stewardship here: 2022 | 2021 | 2020

About The Author

Steve Crowe

Steve Crowe is Executive Editor, Robotics, WTWH Media, and chair of the Robotics Summit & Expo and RoboBusiness. He is also co-host of The Robot Report Podcast, the top-rated podcast for the robotics industry. He joined WTWH Media in January 2018 after spending four-plus years as Managing Editor of Robotics Trends Media. He can be reached at scrowe@wtwhmedia.com

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