Robotics funding reaches new highs in 2022!

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And the winner of the Cowen Startup Challenge and a $10,000 check at Automate 2022 is…. Covision Quality! Congratulations to all the startups involved.

Using the 2015–19 period from the ongoing Survey of Doctorate Recipients longitudinal panel (LSDR), conducted by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF), this InfoBrief offers insights into the change dynamics among doctoral scientists and engineers, who are interviewed biennially. The LSDR is a new resource for analysis of labor force dynamics and other employment topics. In 2015, U.S.-trained doctoral scientists and engineers under age 66 participated in the labor force worldwide at a rate of 96%, which declined to 92% by 2019.

The U.S. research and development system consists of activities from a range of R&D performers and sources of funding. These include the federal government, nonfederal governments, business, higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses. Organizations that perform R&D often receive significant levels of outside funding, and organizations that fund R&D may also themselves be performers. New data from surveys performed by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation indicate that R&D performed in the United States totaled $67 billion in 2019. The estimate for 2020 is $708 billion.

MassRobotics, a robotics innovation organization, has issued a call for nominations for The Robotics Medal, a new annual award presented to a female researcher for substantial achievements and contributions in the field of robotics.

"Imagine an all-electric drone with zero emissions and no noise. It could venture anywhere — practically undetected — and be used for a variety of applications from search and rescue to military operations. That vision is now here, and it runs on ion propulsion." 

Welcome to the first academic-driven robotics community on sustainability! We organize events, publish collaborative reports and curate resources to support robotics experts since the end of 2021.