It would be foolhardy to describe any tech sector as immune from the recent slowdown in venture funding. Yet robotics is doing better than most, with startups reaping more than $5 billion in the first five months of 2022. You don’t have to dig much further to discover that logistics and fulfillment automation lead the pack.
Case in point. In April, Amazon — king of the automation jungle — launched a $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund to invest in companies “at all stages” working on supply chain, logistics and fulfillment technologies.
While Amazon is huge, it is by no means the only player defining the space. We’re thrilled that three major influencers in robotics automation — Rick Faulk, CEO at Locus Robotics; Jessica Moran, SVP and general manager at Berkshire Grey and Melonee Wise, VP of robotics automation at Zebra Technologies — will join us online at TC Sessions: Robotics on July 21 for a panel discussion entitled, …
