The use of robots in packaging applications continues to grow. Significant advancements in the ease of use and deployment have helped manufacturers adopt high-speed, pick-and-place robots, enabling greater throughput, higher yields, and more reliability. Robots rapidly and consistently maneuver products; make efficient use of floor space; and quickly adapt to product, packaging pattern, and container […]

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It’s never been a better time to be an engineer. Technology-centric skills are in high demand and a companies are scrambling to hire internally and hitch a ride on the robotics wave that is cresting as we speak.

Are you plotting a career path in robotics? An engineer wondering how to sell yourself to the industry? A company or college focused on cultivating the talents of robotics’ latest visionaries? Listen to this podcast. Jeff Chapman, President and Principle Executive Search Consultant at the Chapman Group, Inc. shares decades-worth of insight from the perspectives of job-seeking engineers and robotics employers.

Hear about the skills and positions robotics companies are looking for, tips for getting the most out of your career, and advice for employers and universities on cultivating top talent.

If you’ve dreamed of a career working with robots, this webcast will help you start or advance a career in robotics. Topics will include:

• The education requirements to become a robotics engineer

This latest RoboBriefings Podcast is on Consumer Robotics. Steve Crowe, Alison Sander and Meldon Wolfgang discuss trends and growth patterns in consumer robotics.

Robotics has reached an inflection point. Technology improvements and economics of scale are driving the potential for robotics in a massive number of consumer households. The Boston Consulting Group posits that Consumer Robotics is the fastest growing robotics segment and projects the market to reach $9 billion by 2025. What’s the logic behind these projections and how can investors and consumer product manufacturers differentiate between fads and fundamental shifts? Listen to find out.

BCG top dogs Alison Sander, Director of the Center for Sensing and Mining the Future, and Meldon Wolfgang, Senior Partner, sat down with RBR’s Managing Editor, Steve Crowe, to explain how they arrived at their numbers, highlighting the most promising technological shifts and the fastest growing market segments.