On Wed., Nov. 30, the city’s startup and innovation community will gather to celebrate the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards honorees. The selected companies were chosen based on nominations sent in by readers. They have demonstrated their success in raising funds, launching new products, bringing in new customers, growing their Boston footprint and supporting the local community and innovation ecosystem. Honorees were chosen across nine categories.
Today, let’s get to know the honorees in the robotics category. These companies’ products roll, swim, pack, sort and more.
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Sea Machines
In October 2021, Sea Machines’ autonomous command and control technology drove a tugboat around Denmark, marking what the company says was the first autonomous circumnavigation of a country. This Boston-based company builds autonomous command and control technology and long-range, computer vision perception for the maritime industry. In the last year Sea Machines has partnered with manufacturers like HamiltonJet and Rolls Royce to deploy its tech.
Realtime Robotics
In the last 12 months, Realtime Robotics has raised a $45.8 million Series A round, partnered with Kawasaki and Mitsubishi, opened new offices in Japan and won the Inno Madness tournament. Realtime Robotics is a Boston-based company that creates collision-free motion plans for industrial robots and autonomous vehicles. Its software allows robots to function in unstructured environments and respond to changes in their workspaces.
RGo Robotics
This Cambridge startup emerged from stealth earlier this year after four years of developing its artificial perception technology for mobile robots. RGo Robotics launched with $20 million in funding. The company said it has 50 team members and is growing rapidly with over $10 million in customer deals already secured.
Berkshire Grey
This well-known industry figure made the Fire Awards list just over a year after it started trading on Nasdaq. Since October 2021, Bedford-based Berkshire Grey has secured $68 million in new orders, added six new partnerships to its technology alliance program and expanded its relationship with customer FedEx, which includes an agreement to develop a new solution to help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally. To keep up with demand, Berkshire Grey is rolling out new tech solutions for automating warehouse processes like picking, inducting, packing, sorting and mobility.
