How this Amazon engineering outpost is translating its unique geographic position into growth PITTSBURGH — When we last visited Amazon’s engineering center in this city, back in 2018, the company had just announced… Read More
Inside an Amazon robotic sortation center: How automation is changing the ‘middle mile’ IMPERIAL, Pa. — For a first-hand look at how robots and automation are changing logistics, we recently visited “PIT9,” an… Read More
Our robot partners: Inside a research lab exploring the future of human-machine collaboration PITTSBURGH — The biggest potential for robots and automation isn’t taking jobs from humans, but instead making those jobs better… Read More
Play Podcast How Jeff Wilke’s industrial roots guided him at Amazon, and inspired him to help revive U.S. manufacturing Play PITTSBURGH — In his 22 years at Amazon, including his role as the first CEO of the company’s Worldwide Consumer… Read More
Backed by Amazon and newly public, Aurora accelerates self-driving tech, starting with trucks PITTSBURGH — On our last trip to the Steel City, we took a ride in one of Uber’s self-driving vehicles. It… Read More
Podcast Robots, automation, AI, and the Pirate Parrot: Insights from our return to the epicenter of robotics It’s going to be a long time before robots replace sports mascots, but it might be better for one of… Read More
Even with SPACs in sharp decline, this Seattle investment bank remains bullish on finding a robotics target PITTSBURGH — SPACs are suffering. But Cascadia Capital still feels confident about finding a deal. The Seattle investment bank raised… Read More
Ag-tech’s heavy lifting: Rock-picking startup among those seeing demand for automation on the farm PITTSBURGH — The rocks are as dumb as ever, but the people behind TerraClear are getting smarter every day as the… Read More
The robots aren’t coming for your jobs — at least according to these AI and robotics leaders PITTSBURGH — There are no shortage of headlines about automation, artificial intelligence and robotics wiping out large swaths of employment,… Read More
Four key challenges robots need to overcome to play a bigger role in business and industry PITTSBURGH — Breakthroughs in robotics are generating a new wave of startups and commercial activity in this city, and the… Read More
Play Podcast The next big challenge for robots: Insights from the new director of CMU’s Robotics Institute Play PITTSBURGH — A few months into his new job as the director of Carnegie Mellon University’s storied Robotics Institute, Matthew… Read More
It’s such a good feeling, a very good feeling, for Pittsburgh to know it didn’t win Amazon HQ2 PITTSBURGH — It would have been fun for me if Amazon’s HQ2 had ended up here, not only for the… Read More
‘We’ve literally run out of human beings’: Robots rise in wake of pandemic and labor shortages PITTSBURGH — Looking out the window of the Boeing 737 this week after landing at Pittsburgh International Airport, gateway to… Read More
Play Podcast The new frontiers of AI and robotics, with CMU computer science dean Martial Hebert Play This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we explore the state of the art in robotics and artificial intelligence with Martial… Read More
