Prioria Robotics, a developer and manufacturer of UAS (“drone”) technology, is investing more than $2 million on a corporate expansion scheme in Gainesville that includes the creation of 40 new positions.

“The skies over Florida will look dramatically different in the years to come.”Fank DiBello, Space Florida President

After being courted by several locations in Georgia, North Carolina and Canada, the Florida-based company decided to expand locally. It will renovate a 22,000 square-foot former utilities facility in Gainesville’s “Power District”.

Prioria claims its main drivers for site location included state/community support and access to talent through University of Florida and Santa…

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Casey Nobile is the lead editor for Robotics Business Review’s RBR50 news, editorial and business segment. She is also contributing writer and editor for the publication’s News & Technology columns with special emphasis on breaking news coverage for science, technology and financial transactions. Casey is also editor and contributor for other in-house publications: Robotics Trends; RoboBusiness and RoboBusiness exhibit services.