Episode 9: 2020 review with Steve Crowe of The Robot Report Podcast

This week, host Mike Oitzman reviews the top mobile robot stories of 2020 with Steve Crowe, editor of The Robot Report. 

Steve is also the host of the podcast: The Robot Report Podcast, a weekly interview show that covers anything that "senses, thinks and moves".

This is a long show, so here's a topic index of the show so that you can fast forward to a section of interest:

Time    Topic

07:50    Steve Crowe reviews his favorite news stories from the year.

13:15    Discussion about disinfection robotics 

17:20    Discussion about tele-presence robotics and it's viability as an application

20:37    Steve and Mike discuss the impact to industrial in-person trade shows in 2020 

25:58    The impact of the pandemic on remote deployment and remote interactions with customers

34:30    A review with Steve about robotic investments in 2020

35:10    LiDAR and sensing investments

40:15 Mike wraps up his review of 2020 going over some of the investment numbers from the year. You can find the compete story and review of the investments from 2020 on The Mobile Robot Guide website.  Link: https://mobilerobotguide.com/2020/12/30/the-year-in-review-2020/

Tune in next week for the second half of the interview with Steve Crowe, when Mike and Steve discuss their predictions and look ahead to 2021.

You can find The Robot Report on the web at https://www.therobotreport.com/

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