The combination of innovative research, powerful, low-cost enabling technology, and the support of business, government and academic leaders, bodes well for the commercial robotics sector. But despite the monumental potential of new robotics enabling technologies, as well as substantial social and business drivers, the pace of development for new robotics technologies, products and services has been painfully slow.

The complexity of developing robotics systems, together with the unending crush of technological innovation, has hampered innovation and slowed robotics product releases. This, in turn, has placed companies – both start-ups and mature firms – at risk.

ADDRESSING THE ROBOTICS ENGINEERING CHALLENGE
To address the robotics engineering challenge, the Robotics Group at WTWH Media has developed a new class of educational resource – free from the constraints of place and time – designed specifically to deliver to engineers, technical managers, business development professionals, researchers and others, the information and guidance they require to build the next generation of commercial robotics systems more quickly and easily. That resource is Robotics Engineering Week, a digital event series featuring keynotes and panels, delivered by the leading minds in robotics and automation, and addressing the most critical issues facing the commercial robotics developers of today.