Robotics Business Review

  • Home
  • Analysis / Opinion
    • RBR Analysis
    • RBR Opinion
    • RBR Interviews
  • Business
    • Management
    • Workforce
    • Start-Ups
      • RBR Start-Up Profiles
      • RBR Start-Up Insights
    • Social Good
    • Investment
    • Transaction Database
  • Markets / Industries
    • Agriculture
    • Construction / Demolition
    • Consumer
    • Defense / Security
    • Energy / Mining
    • Health / Medical
    • Logistics / Supply Chain
    • Manufacturing
    • Public Safety
    • Retail
    • Robotics Development
    • Utilities
  • Resources
    • Websites
      • The Robot Report
      • Mobile Robot Guide
      • Collaborative Robotics Trends
    • Webinars / Digital Events
    • Case Studies
    • Company Directory
    • Podcasts
    • Research
  • Events
    • Robotics Summit
    • RoboBusiness
    • Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum
    • Robotics Weeks
    • RoboBusiness Direct
    • R&D 100
  • RBR50
    • RBR50 2022
      • RBR50 2022 Honorees
    • RBR50 2021
      • RBR50 2021 Honorees
      • RBR50 2021 Digital Edition
    • RBR50 2020
      • RBR50 2020 Honorees
      • RBR50 2020 Digital Edition

Houston Mechatronics CEO to Discuss Maritime Robotics Opportunities – RoboBusiness Direct Session

In this RoboBusiness Direct session, Nicolaus Radford, CEO and CTO of Houston Mechatronics, will describe the growing opportunity for commercial class, unmanned maritime systems, including new applications and markets.

Houston Mechatronics CEO to Discuss Maritime Robotics Opportunities – RoboBusiness Direct Session

By RBR Staff | November 13, 2020

Listen to this article
Voiced by Amazon Polly

Register Now

There is no charge to attend RoboBusiness Direct sessions.

As with terrestrial robotics systems, the addition of increasing levels of autonomy, empowered by artificial intelligence, has resulted in maritime platforms with greater capabilities and wider applicability, enabling new applications and entirely new business models in the process. In his far ranging and inspiring session on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, Nicolaus Radford, CEO and CTO of Houston Mechatronics, a developer of autonomous robots for deep ocean applications, will describe the growing opportunity for commercial class, unmanned maritime systems, including applications and markets. He will also highlight the specific challenges to developing autonomous underwater robots, as well as unique business models, using the entrepreneurial experience of Houston Mechatronics as a guide. Descriptions of Houston Mechatronics deployments and contract wins will also be included, as well as a those areas where critical capabilities are lacking, and thus open to innovation solutions.


Your RoboBusiness Direct Speaker

Nicolaus RadfordNicolaus Radford is the co-founder, chief technology officer, and CEO at Houston Mechatronics, where he is responsible for growing and positioning the company as a robotics and mechatronics leader specializing in both intelligent automation and electric vehicles.

Prior to Houston Mechatronics, Radford spent 14 years at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in the Dexterous Robotics Laboratory. At NASA, Radford was the principal investigator (PI) for the Valkyrie project, a humanoid robot developed initially for disaster response outlined in the DARPA Robotics Challenge. He also served as the deputy and chief engineer for Robonaut 2, a spaceflight humanoid robot, initially developed in partnership with General Motors.

Radford was also the PI for NASA in DARPA-funded advanced electric machine research for robotics using variable-flux memory motors (VFMMs). He led NASA’s efforts in exoskeleton research for crew exercise and mobility assistance and served as co-PI for NASA on DARPA’s Warrior Web program, which focused on wearable robotics for military applications. Radford holds a BS and MS in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University.


About RoboBusiness Direct

RoboBusiness Direct is an ongoing series of digital events delivered by brightest minds from the leading robotics and automation organizations around the world. The series complements continuing coverage and analysis in Robotics Business Review.

RoboBusiness Direct is designed to impart to business and engineering professionals the information they need to identify market opportunities, successfully develop and deploy the next generation of commercial robotics systems, and accelerate their businesses.

You can find a listing of RoboBusiness Direct speakers and session topics, along with the dates and times of RoboBusiness Direct programs, HERE.

There is no charge to register for RoboBusiness Direct programs.

RoboBusiness Direct Register

Related Articles Read More >

RBR Week in Review
RBR Essential Robotics Announcements – January 8 – 14, 2021
Robotics Business Review
Robotics Business Review Examines Dive Technologies’ Recent Equity Round
Robot Report Podcast - Episode 26
Terradepth on Undersea Data Capture / Exyn Aerial Mine Mapping Systems
Robotics Transactions August 2020
August 2020 Robotics Transactions Continue Strong Summer Pace
The Robot Report Listing Database

Robot Report Podcast

May 7, 2022
Agility Robotics gets a boost from Amazon; The US Alliance of Robotics Clusters is born
See More >
Robotics Business Review
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Collaborative Robotics Trends
  • The Robot Report
  • Mobile Robot Guide
  • RoboBusiness Conference & Expo
  • Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum
  • Robotics Summit Conference & Expo

Copyright © 2022 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media
Privacy Policy | Advertising | About Us

Search Robotics Business Review

  • Home
  • Analysis / Opinion
    • RBR Analysis
    • RBR Opinion
    • RBR Interviews
  • Business
    • Management
    • Workforce
    • Start-Ups
      • RBR Start-Up Profiles
      • RBR Start-Up Insights
    • Social Good
    • Investment
    • Transaction Database
  • Markets / Industries
    • Agriculture
    • Construction / Demolition
    • Consumer
    • Defense / Security
    • Energy / Mining
    • Health / Medical
    • Logistics / Supply Chain
    • Manufacturing
    • Public Safety
    • Retail
    • Robotics Development
    • Utilities
  • Resources
    • Websites
      • The Robot Report
      • Mobile Robot Guide
      • Collaborative Robotics Trends
    • Webinars / Digital Events
    • Case Studies
    • Company Directory
    • Podcasts
    • Research
  • Events
    • Robotics Summit
    • RoboBusiness
    • Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum
    • Robotics Weeks
    • RoboBusiness Direct
    • R&D 100
  • RBR50
    • RBR50 2022
      • RBR50 2022 Honorees
    • RBR50 2021
      • RBR50 2021 Honorees
      • RBR50 2021 Digital Edition
    • RBR50 2020
      • RBR50 2020 Honorees
      • RBR50 2020 Digital Edition