The RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards recognized HEBI Robotics’ flexible and scalable mobile manipulator, which builds on its modular platform.
April 2025 issue: RBR50 Innovation Awards
The 2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards recognize the top startup, robot, application, and robot for good from the past year.
Celebrate top robotics innovators at the Robotics Summit & Expo’s RBR50 Gala
End the first day of the Robotics Summit with the RBR50 Gala, which offers a chance to connect with the world’s leading robotics innovators.
RBR50 recap: Spotlight on robotics innovation
The editorial team recaps some of the most innovative robotic solutions in the 2025 cohort of RBR50 winners.
50 most innovative robotics companies
See who won Robot of the Year, Startup of the Year, Application of the Year, the new Robots for Good Award, and more.
Brightpick Giraffe reaches new heights for mobile warehouse picking
Brightpick says its Giraffe high-reach mobile manipulator can triple warehouse storage density compared with manual operations.
RBR50 Spotlight: Robotic ventricle advances understanding of heart disease
MIT engineers developed a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle that mimics its beating and blood-pumping action of live hearts.
RBR50 Spotlight: Locus Robotics surpasses 2B picks with AMRs
In August 2023, autonomous mobile robot developer Locus Robotics surpassed 2 billion warehouse picks, which it has doubled since then.
RBR50 Spotlight: Neya Systems developing cybersecurity standards for AGVs
Neya Systems aims to push its autonomy software beyond existing automotive security by using the AICA reference architecture.
RBR50 Spotlight: Robust AI deploying Carter AMR with DHL
Robust AI introduced its Carter autonomous mobile robot in 2022 and quickly landed a commercial deal with DHL.
RBR50 Spotlight: Ukrainian tractor company develops demining robot
Ukraine-based Gardarika Tres is converting existing heavy equipment into autonomous demining machines to clear farm fields of mines.
New Atlas video; climbing to new heights in warehouse automation with BionicHive
Discussion about the latest Boston Dynamics humanoid video and an interview with Gili Ovadia from BionicHive warehouse robotics.
RBR50 Spotlight: evoBot offers unique design for autonomous mobile robots
evoBOT from Fraunhofer IML has a seemingly simple design that doesn’t resemble any other mobile robot on the market today.
2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards open for nominations
2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards will recognize the leading technologies, businesses, startups, and applications of the past year.
RBR50 Spotlight: MOXIE completes historic oxygen-making mission on Mars
The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, generated oxygen aboard NASA’s Perseverance Rover.
RBR50 Spotlight: Exoskeleton improves walking for people with Parkinson’s disease
Researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering developed a soft exoskeleton to help a person with Parkinson’s walk without freezing.
RBR50 Spotlight: igus gives ReBeL cobot a low-cost, human-like hand
igus GmbH offers a finger gripper for its ReBeL collaborative robot arm to help developers
RBR50 Spotlight: Kodama Systems uses robotics to prevent wildfires
Kodama Systems says its teleoperated robots can help thin forests to mitigate forest fire hazards and reduce labor-intensive work.
RBR50 Spotlight: Rockwell Automation’s acquisition of OTTO Motors an all-around win
Rockwell Automation acquired Clearpath Robotics and its subsidiary OTTO Motors adding mobile robotics to its portfolio.
RBR50 Spotlight: Exotec Skypod system scales to serve automotive supplier’s SKU volume
Exotec deployed its Skypod automated storage and picking system to help Lane Automotive modernize fulfillment operations.
RBR50 Spotlight: NVIDIA gives mobile robots all-around sight with Nova Carter
Powered by the Nova Orin reference architecture, NVIDIA launched the Nova Carter AMR as a reference and development platform.
RBR50 Spotlight: OpenAI enabling embodied AI to flourish
OpenAI has created a number of large language models (LLM) and image generation models that are revolutionizing robotics.