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Does Recent Spate of Large Investments Portend a Banner Year for Robotics?

Recent series large investments into robotics companies, totaling nearly US $1B, could be an early indicator that 2022 will be a banner year for robotics investments. Apex.AI’s Jan Becker and Joe Speed are also interviewed.

Does Recent Spate of Large Investments Portend a Banner Year for Robotics?

By RBR Staff | February 3, 2022


Welcome to Episode 67 of The Robot Report Podcast, where each week Robot Report editor Steve Crowe and Mobile Robot Guide editor Mike Oitzman review the latest robotics, automation and intelligent systems news and announcements, and interview leading roboticists, leaders of innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community.

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In Episode 67 of The Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman discuss the recent series large investments into robotics companies, totaling nearly US $1B. If this trend continues, 2022 may be a record year for investments into robotics-related organizations.

In the featured interview this week, Oitzman speaks with Apex.AI CEO Jan Becker and Joe Speed, the company’s VP of Product & Chief Evangelist for the company. They discuss the software and operating system requirements for autonomous vehicles, as well as how Apex.AI contributed to the success of the recent Autonomous Challenge @CES autonomous racing event.



Links from Episode 66 of the Robot Report Podcast:

  • Nominations Open for the 2022 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award s
  • Greg Smith from Teredyne Interviewed on The Robot Report Podcast
  • Interoperability Standards for Mobile Robots
  • MyGoat Story on The Mobile Robot Guide – an Example of a Robotics Service Provider
  • What is Robots as a Service?
  • Autonomous Challenge at CES Full Broadcast Archive

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