MassRobotics Newsletter, Dec 1/2022

our Jumpstart Fellowship Cohort 3 is closing applications This Sunday!

Do you know a sophomore or junior girl in high school that may be interested in technology, or that you want to get excited about a career in a STEM field? Please encourage them to apply for our Jumpstart program. Our Annual Jumpstart Fellowship Program provides training and access for High School Girls to enter engineering and other technical fields. Our goal is to prepare the fellows for the next stage of their career whether that be college, work, tech-related or not. In addition to skills training and hands on experiences the participants receive:

$1,000 stipend after the completion of the program
Paid Summer internship opportunities at Robotics companies

“I found my passion in engineering and coding, my future has never felt so much clearer.” – Helena 2021 (Cohort 1)

Learn more here

MassRobotics in the news

MassRobotics Residents in the news

Activ Surgical was included as one of the 10 next big things in health on this year’s list. - learn more here.

RasLabs and Tatum Robotics were mentioned in "Actuator: Tye Brady interview, recession robotics and a field trip to some of Boston's best startups" - read more here.

Congratulations to the Locus Robotics team for completing $117 million Series F! read more here.
Locus Robotics was also named to Fast Company’s Second Annual List of the next big things in tech. - read more here.

InOrbit launches developer edition and expands robot orchestration capabilities - read more here.

SparkAI addresses Artificial Intelligence Shortfalls with Human Cognition - read more here.

upcoming events

What will the Future look like?
Hear from some robotics and design experts what their are some predictions for 2023 are.

Thursday, Dec 8, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Robotics and Design Predictions 2023.
Join us for an exciting fireside chat about the future of robotics! Register here.

Jan 5 - 8: MassRobotics will be attending CES 2023 -
Come join us at booth #11221.

What we are reading

Soft Robotics Inc. secures $26M in first close of Series C led by Tyson Ventures. Marel and Johnsonville also invest and join Soft Robotics powerful syndicate - read more here.
ISEE’s yard automation solution brings in $40M - read more here.
Robot Gift Guide 2022 Your yearly selection of awesome robot gifts - read more here.
The World's Fastest Shoes Promise to Increase Your Walking Speed by 250% - read more here.
Printing the future: New factory tech reshapes the U.S. industrial economy - read more here.

Opportunities

The ARM Institute, in collaboration with the Institute’s Data for Artificial Intelligence Working Group (DAWG), is completing a major, national manufacturing assessment to identify and prioritize the development of guidance, tools and strategies to help improve how manufactures implement and sustain Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) solutions for advanced manufacturing robotic systems. You can take their survey here.

The US National Robotics Roadmap is undergoing an update, identifying gaps that are not being addressed. They want to engage a broad swath of researchers from academia and industry to ensure that the update is representative of the community’s view of what is needed in robotics research so that national priorities are met. Submit using this form, due January 9, 2023. Papers will be synthesized for the community update. Send questions to Henrik I. Christensen or Holly Yanco.

Annual Partners

Founding Partners