Astrobotic lunar lander robot
Aurora autonomous semi truck on road
Advanced Construction Robotics  TyBOTtying rebar on construction site
Colorful Hummingbird Bit premium robotics building kit
Bloomfield Robotics agricultural robot among rows of grapevines in a vineyard
Agility Robotics' humanoid robot, Digit on display at Robotics Discovery Day 2022
Neya Systems autonomous off road vehicle
Plus One Robotics, InductOne, a high speed parcel induction robot system
Seegrid autonomous mobile warehouse robot working alongside warehouse worker in large warehouse setting
Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day 2024 logo
November 20, 2024

Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day 2024 Exhibitors

Robotics

412x972

412x972

412x972 connects cutting-edge Israeli technologies with Pittsburgh’s robotics and industrial ecosystem, turning innovation into real partnerships and sales. We specialize in market entry, technology scouting, and cross-border business development.

Advanced Construction Robotics

Advanced Construction Robotics

At Advanced Construction Robotics, Inc. (ACR), we don’t just build robots, we develop intelligent automation solutions that address the most pressing problems in the construction industry. From labor shortages and rising project backlogs to safety risks and schedule overruns, our solutions are engineered to deliver measurable impact where it matters most: the jobsite.

Advanced Motion Controls

Advanced Motion Controls

ADVANCED Motion Controls designs, manufactures, and supplies high performance servo drives and motor controllers out of our headquarters in Camarillo California.

AeroVect

AeroVect

AeroVect develops driverless systems for Ground Support Equipment. Discover our industry-leading, aviation-first approach at aerovect.com

Agility Robotics

Agility Robotics

Headquartered in Salem, Oregon, and founded in 2015, Agility Robotics makes Digit the industry-leading humanoid robot. Today, Digit is the centerpiece of Agility's advanced automation solution, providing reliable and on-demand labor. As Digit learns new skills and expands to new industries, it will become an essential helper in everyday life.

Astrobotic

Astrobotic

Astrobotic is a leading aerospace and defense contractor focused on advancing space exploration through a range of technologies, including lunar landers and reusable rockets, having secured over 60 contracts worth over $600 million and recently launching the first American lunar lander mission since Apollo, with operations in Pittsburgh, PA, and Mojave, CA.

Aurora

Aurora

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora’s driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Continental, FedEx, Hirschbach, PACCAR, Ryder, Schneider, Toyota, Uber, Uber Freight, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Werner. To learn more, visit aurora.tech.

Bally Design

Bally Design

Bally Design applies a human-centered approach to Industrial and User Interface Design to help companies create and enhance new and existing products.

Beyond Reach Labs

Beyond Reach Labs

We aim to harness the transformative power of advanced simulation, artificial intelligence, and optimization to develop robust, deployable solutions for the world’s growing engineering problems.

BirdBrain Technologies

BirdBrain Technologies

BirdBrain Technologies cultivates creativity and makes abstract concepts hands-on by providing flexible and inspiring classroom tools: the Finch Robot, the Hummingbird Robotics Kit, and the new Owlet Math Tools collection.

Bloomfield Robotics

Bloomfield Robotics

At Bloomfield, we are revolutionizing the way crops are monitored and managed. Our AI-powered imaging technology provides continuous, plant-level health and performance insights from seed to harvest. Our mission is to empower farmers with the tools they need to increase crop productivity and quality while using fewer scarce resources, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable and food-secure future.

Concurrent EDA

Concurrent EDA

Concurrent EDA has over 20 years of high-speed electronic design using FPGAs, GPUs, and AI.  Come see how we are using AI to enabling 10-100Gb/s of image, video and signal processing.

Dentons

Dentons

Dentons is a global law firm driven to provide you with the competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected marketplace.

Ekto Vr

Ekto Vr

EKTO VR

We make the experience of Virtual Reality far better and far more accessible for far more people with our technology, starting with wearable ROBOTIC BOOTS!

Elmo Motion Control

Elmo Motion Control

Elmo has been a motion control technology leader for over 35 years, with millions of servo drives working 24/7 worldwide. Elmo offers complete motion control solutions from design to delivery of cutting-edge servo drives, network-based multi-axis motion controllers, and integrated servo motors. All solutions can be customized and configured using Elmo's proprietary advanced and easy-to-use software tools for any machine in any industry, such as semiconductors, lasers, robots, life sciences, industrial automation, AGV, and more. The company employs more than 350 personnel with headquarters in Israel and offices in the United States, China, Germany, Italy, Korea, Singapore, and an additional manufacturing facility in Poland. Elmo has a worldwide distribution network. By advancing motion control with state-of-the-art technology, Elmo makes smart machines even smarter. As of 2022, Elmo is a Bosch Rexroth company.

Estat Actuation

Estat Actuation

ESTAT Actuation

ESTAT Actuation is a deep-tech hardware company pioneering components that solve the critical actuator performance bottleneck in advanced robotics and make customer designs safer, more capable, and less expensive. ESTAT harnesses electroadhesive technology created at Carnegie Mellon University to dramatically boost actuator performance with clutches and brakes that are 10x lighter and 1000x more efficient than conventional components. These improvements solve hardware design challenges and enable next-gen robot capabilities for mobile robots, humanoids, and manufacturing applications.

Eye-Bot

Eye-Bot

Eye-bot's Remote Asset Visualization (RAV) is a configurable, autonomous drone system that delivers real-time aerial insights.

ForSight Assistive Devices

ForSight Assistive Devices

ForSight Assistive Devices is redefining independent navigation for people who are blind or visually impaired. Rather than directing the user where to go, our technology delivers real-time spatial awareness, enabling users to form a mental picture of nearby obstacles and choose their own path. The result is greater confidence, independence, and safety - even in complex, crowded, and rapidly changing environments.

Gather AI

Gather AI

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Gather AI is the world’s first Physical Intelligence Platform - the system of record for operations across warehouses, plants, and yards. Using AI-powered vision on consumer-grade hardware such as drones and MHE, the platform digitizes pallets, tasks, and movements in real time with zero infrastructure changes required, delivering 99.9%+ accurate ground truth synced to WMS and ERP systems. Gather AI’s leadership blends pioneering robotics research from Carnegie Mellon University with scaling experience from Amazon Robotics, applying advances in safe autonomy and 3D perception to solve intralogistics’ toughest visibility and optimization challenges. The solution is deployed across logistics, manufacturing, food & beverage, retail, aerospace, and automotive companies.

Gecko Robotics

Gecko Robotics

Gecko Robotics is the pioneer of AI + Robotics [AIR technology], transforming how the world builds, operates, and maintains its most critical infrastructure. Using fixed sensors and robots that climb, crawl, swim, and fly, we combine first-order data layers with the predictive power of AI into a single source of truth for the physical world.

GovSignals

GovSignals

GovSignals is the end to end intelligent platform for government contractors. Be the first to know, bid, and win.

Grasp Robotics

Grasp Robotics

Grasp Robotics produces innovative artificial muscles with the capabilities of human muscle to power upper and lower limb prosthetics and enable users to complete more activities of daily living and avoid injury.

Hanel Storage Systems

Hanel Storage Systems

Hänel Storage Systems

Manufacturer of vertical lift modules and vertical carousel storage systems.

HeadStrait Labs

HeadStrait Labs

HeadStrait Labs is a medical device company dedicated to advancing the safety and outcomes of patients suspected of central nervous system (CNS) injuries, during emergency medical transport and evacuation scenarios

Hebi Robotics

Hebi Robotics

HEBI Robotics

HEBI Robotics produces hardware and software tools that make it easy to build robust world-class robots, including arms, mobile manipulators and more.

Problem-first robotics for real-world applications.

Hellbender

Hellbender

Hellbender builds the picks and shovels for the physical AI world. We design and manufacture the edge hardware that perception, robotic, and autonomous systems run on. Concept to domestic production, under one roof.

Hummingbird Systems

Hummingbird Systems

A Drone-Based Warehouse Automation Solution: Hummingbird is an innovative airborne drone picking solution for 3PL, e-Grocery, and e-Commerce customer warehouses and fulfillment centers;it picks discrete products from existing shelving and collaboratively with ground AMRs delivers these products to shipping, seamlessly integrating into existing operational workflows and Warehouse Management Software (WMS), delivering greater productivity at one third the cost of today’s best automated solutions.

Humotech

Humotech

Advancing personalized mobility care through clinical prosthetic foot trialing, innovative wearable robotic solutions, and Evidence in Motion™️.

Humotech helps individuals, clinicians, researchers, and technology developers better evaluate and understand mobility solutions through experiential data. Our clinical prosthetic foot trialing services are designed to help individuals compare and experience different prosthetic options before definitive clinical decisions are made — bringing real-world insight, measurable data, and patient experience into the selection process.

Using Humotech’s Clinical Caplex®️ System, individuals can safely trial and compare the functional characteristics of multiple prosthetic feet and mobility technologies without needing to physically switch between devices. Unlike traditional evaluation methods or computer simulations, Caplex provides a real-world wearable experience that allows users to rapidly experience how different technologies may impact comfort, mobility, performance, and quality of life.

At the center of our work is Evidence in Motion™️ — our commitment to connecting human experience, clinical insight, and objective data to support more informed mobility decisions and improved outcomes.

In addition to our clinical services, Humotech continues to support leading universities, government laboratories, healthcare organizations, and device manufacturers through our advanced wearable robotics platforms for research, development, and evaluation.

We believe the future of mobility is more personalized, experiential, and evidence-driven — and we are proud to help shape it.

Journey Robotics

Journey Robotics

Journey Robotics builds automation solutions focused on the aviation industry. The current focus is baggage handling robotics designed to reduce worker injury and improve the customer experience.

Kef Robotics

Kef Robotics

KEF Robotics

KEF Robotics provides state-of-the-art autonomy software to fly aircraft without a human pilot. A computer vision company at its core, KEF enables aircraft to operate in day and nighttime without GPS in uncooperative environments. Our mission is to improve the safety and reliability of aircraft and expand their range and utility.

KPMG

KPMG

KPMG

KPMG is a global network of professional member firms providing audit, tax, and advisory services.  Our services help leading organizations address some of their most complex challenges and capitalize on their most significant opportunities. By leveraging proprietary technologies and continually refining our understanding of emerging trends like AI and automation, we provide well-informed, practical insights to drive innovation and enhance overall business value.

Mapless AI

Mapless AI

Mapless AI develops add-on remote driving technology to make direct-to-endpoint vehicle delivery cost-effective and scalable;we let you move vehicles without moving people.

Mine Vision Systems

Mine Vision Systems

Mine Vision Systems is a mining technology company building the decision-making platform for underground mining. We introduce high-fidelity data into the mining workflow that has simply never existed before, enabling operators to move from assumptions to evidence-based decisions. Our digital infrastructure is designed to map, monitor, and manage the underground mining environment with confidence, creating a persistent, data-rich foundation for operational and strategic decision-making. Since the launch of our flagship product, FaceCapture, in late 2023, adoption has accelerated rapidly as customers realize the value of truly understanding their underground operations.

Moss Robotics

Moss Robotics

Our vision is to understand farms as ecosystems and cultivate sustainable farming practices through data-driven truth

Motional

Motional

Motional has been revolutionizing driverless technology for decades. Our DNA — a joint venture between automotive technology expert Aptiv and vehicle manufacturing leader Hyundai Motor Group — uniquely positions us to fundamentally change the way the world moves.

We harness deep industry experience in our mission to develop and deploy autonomous vehicles (AVs). Motional works closely with public and private partners to pair advanced driverless technology with a viable path to commercialization.

Near Earth Autonomy

Near Earth Autonomy

Near Earth Autonomy's technology allows aircraft to autonomously take off, fly, and land safely, with or without GPS. Their solutions enable aerial mobility applications for partners in the commercial and defense sectors. Near Earth bridges the gap between aerospace and robotics with complete systems that improve efficiency, performance, and safety for aircraft ranging from small drones to helicopters. Learn more at https://www.nearearth.aero.

Neuraville

Neuraville

Neuraville is redefining how AI is built for robotics by shifting the focus from large, centralized models to tools that empower individuals to create their own intelligent systems. Instead of relying on massive, one-size-fits-all AI, Neuraville enables developers to build, customize, and deploy adaptive behaviors tailored to specific robots and real-world tasks. Through its Neurorobotics Studio platform, the company provides a simple, modular environment for creating and scaling intelligent automation across both simulated and physical machines. Neuraville is accelerating the adoption of service robots across industries by making intelligent automation more accessible, flexible, and practical to deploy.

Neya Systems

Neya Systems

Neya Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Research Associates, is committed to advancing the field of unmanned systems through the development and integration of cutting-edge technologies and expertise in autonomy, computer vision, cybersecurity, and general unmanned systems development and deployment. Our team of experts is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that help our customers meet their mission goals. To learn more about Neya Systems, visit neyarobotics.com.

Omnicell

Omnicell

Omnicell is a leading provider of medication management solutions and adherence tools for healthcare systems and pharmacies. With a focus on leveraging advanced robotics, automation, and data analytics, Omnicell aims to enhance patient safety, streamline workflows, and improve operational efficiency. Their innovative technologies, such as automated dispensing cabinets and central pharmacy automation systems, are designed to optimize medication management across the continuum of care. As a pioneer in the field, Omnicell continues to drive the future of healthcare through cutting-edge solutions that support better clinical and financial outcomes.

Paragonix Tek

Paragonix Tek

Robotic Systems used to enter confined space and submerged areas to clean while systems remain in service and no-person entry.

Phantom Robotix

Phantom Robotix

Phantom Robotix is a robotics development company ready to provide both hardware and software solutions for your organization.

Powell Electronics

Powell Electronics

For more than 80 years, Powell Electronics has been an authorized distributor delivering authentic, traceable electronic components for aerospace, defense, medical, industrial, and other high-reliability markets. Customers benefit from genuine products backed by manufacturer warranties, documentation, quality systems, and regulatory compliance.

Powell ensures product integrity, accountability, and full supply-chain traceability, reducing the risks of counterfeit, altered, or improperly handled components. Backed by technical expertise, inventory, value-added services, and engineering support, Powell provides trusted solutions that help customers protect mission-critical programs and maintain confidence in every component they purchase.

Premier Automation

Premier Automation

Premier Automation is a strategic engineering partner specializing in complex industrial systems, from legacy modernization to new build integration. We bring deep technical expertise, a powerful ecosystem of OEM and technology partnerships, and structured engineering frameworks to projects where experience and precision matter most. When the system is aging, the requirements are unclear, or the stakes are too high to get it wrong, Premier is the engineering partner built to solve it.

RealBotics

RealBotics

RealBotics is a leading innovative industrial automation solutions provider specializing in custom automation systems and telerobotics.

RedZone Robotics

RedZone Robotics

At RedZone Robotics, we don’t just gather data, we help cities, municipalities, and utilities understand how smart data can protect your infrastructure, and your community, from harmful system failures. We provide the services you need to keep your collection system healthy - small and large diameter inspection, manhole inspection, complete system-wide assessment with our Accelerated System Assessment Program (ASAP), and specialty inspection services for those projects that just don't fit the standard mold. Let us guide your inspection project with our team of experienced professionals and innovative tools

Rivers Agile

Rivers Agile

Rivers Agile is a deep tech company that helps organizations solve complex business challenges through AI, computer vision, digital twins, robotics, XR, and custom software. We develop intelligent solutions that improve safety, optimize operations, and accelerate digital transformation across industrial, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare industries.

Robotics Factory/Innovation Works

Robotics Factory/Innovation Works

The Robotics Factory, a program of Innovation Works, supports robotics founders from idea to scale through its Create, Accelerate, and Scale programs. Based in Pittsburgh and run alongside the nationally recognized AlphaLab program, we provide funding, technical expertise, and hands-on support to help startups bring robotics innovations to market.

Seegrid

Seegrid

Seegrid is redefining industrial material handling with autonomy that works. As a leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) solutions provider for palletized workflows, Seegrid delivers AI-powered autonomous fork trucks and tow tractors, enterprise fleet management software, and best-in-class service and support to enable safe, connected, reliable autonomy at scale.

With over 20 million autonomous miles driven, Seegrid solutions are proven in live production across 2,500+ vehicles at 200+ customer sites.

Building on this trusted foundation, Seegrid is advancing its next-generation capabilities—including Physical AI and VDA 5050-compliant interoperability—while simultaneously executing a strategic roadmap to introduce new solutions that expand into additional market opportunities.

Ska Robotics

Ska Robotics

SKA Robotics

Our mission is to automate the jobs that people can't, shouldn't, or don't want to do. We strive to promote efficient economies and a better quality of life for all humanity.

St Engineering, Aethon

St Engineering, Aethon

ST Engineering, Aethon

Aethon is the leading autonomous mobile robotics company in healthcare. In addition to our mobile robots, we provide field-proven infrastructure integration solutions that enable any robot platform to seamlessly interact with elevators, doors, and building systems, removing critical barriers to deployment and adoption.

Titan Robotics

Titan Robotics

Titan Robotics Inc. is a full-service robotics company specializing in highly autonomous no programming systems that adapt to process variability. Titan can help you automate the most complex and variable processes with advanced sensing and control. Services and capabilities include turnkey system integration, research and development, sensor development, and AI / ML process control, proof of concept systems, and autonomous path planning. Titan has proven experience deploying production systems performing autonomous sanding, laser coating removal, thermal spray, non-destructive inspection (NDI), 3D scanning, grinding, and more. Stop by our booth to see our technology in action showcasing an autonomous robotic workcell with flexible fixturing, advanced input devices, and NO PROGRAMMING required.

Tronix3D

Tronix3D

Tronix3D is a precision-driven additive manufacturing partner specializing in rapid prototyping, low-volume production, and engineering consulting. We help robotics and hardware teams design, iterate, and produce functional parts using advanced polymer and metal 3D printing technologies. From concept to production, our team supports faster development cycles, complex geometries, and supply chain flexibility across robotics, aerospace, medical, and energy applications.

Velo AI

Velo AI

Velo AI designs, manufactures, and deploys smart AI tech for road safety.  Our flagship products include AI-powered bicycle lights capable of watching traffic and alerting users to dangerous road scenarios.

VideoRay

VideoRay

VideoRay is an established, dual-use Defense Technology company that dominates the portable underwater robot segment by delivering solutions for the most demanding missions. VideoRay gets the job done – in the deepest, swiftest, and murkiest water. Its ability to locate, identify and render safe underwater targets has earned it large orders from the US and allied Navies.

Woolpert

Woolpert

Woolpert is a global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial (AEG) services, with over a century of experience driving innovation and delivering impact. We fuse deep technical expertise, including artificial intelligence and GeoAI, with a forward-thinking mindset to solve complex challenges across the public, private, and government sectors. Woolpert is proud to be a certified Great Place to Work, a Top 25 Building Design+Construction firm, a Top 50 Engineering News-Record Design firm, and a Global Top 100 Geospatial company. Woolpert operates from more than 75 offices across five continents — building smarter, more resilient communities around the world. Learn more at woolpert.com.

Career Pathways

Allegheny Educational Systems

Allegheny Educational Systems

Allegheny Educational Systems provide technical assistance, hardware and curriculum to educational institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

BrainSTEM Learning

BrainSTEM Learning

BrainSTEM Learning supports community-based robotics made up of secondary school students from the Northern Pittsburgh area. For over a decade, BrainSTEM Learning teams have participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition, receiving annual recognition for our engineering expertise, robot performance, and contributions to STEM education on an international scale.

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CMU Computer Science Academy

CMU Computer Science Academy

CMU Computer Science Academy is an online, graphics-based computer science curriculum taught in Python provided by Carnegie Mellon University. The Computer Science Academy creates novel, world-class Computer Science education for your classroom —and it’s entirely free.

CMU National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC)

CMU National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC)

The Carnegie Mellon University National Robotics Engineering Center brings 30 years of experience to bridge the gap between fundamental research and commercial technology by developing and deploying custom robotic solutions for industry partners and government sponsors.

The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy studies how educators can use robots to teach Computer Science, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (CS-STEM). Our mission is to use the educational affordances of robotics to create CS-STEM opportunities for all learners. We fulfill our mission by developing research-based solutions that are classroom-tested and foreground CS-STEM concepts.

CMU Office of Admission & CMU Alumni Association

CMU Office of Admission & CMU Alumni Association

At the Center for Business Engagement (CBE), we facilitate the connections that make that work possible. The CBE team works with both external industry and government partners and CMU faculty seeking to collaborate with those partners. CBE starts and guides the conversations — with the right people — that lead to sponsored research partnerships, tech transfer, capstone projects, talent recruitment and much more.

CMU Robomechanics Lab

CMU Robomechanics Lab

The Robomechanics Lab conducts research in legged and wheeled mobile robotics, mechanism design, feedback control, computer vision, motion planning, and applications of robotics research to environmental monitoring, planetary exploration, and home assistance.

Cmu School of Computer Science Partnerships

Cmu School of Computer Science Partnerships

Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science is a world leader in innovative thinking and game-changing collaborations that make life better. Inviting industry and government agencies to join CMU in what we do best: solving real-life problems. From building visibility among students to gaining access to cutting edge research, upskilling your workforce and launching new initiatives,  partnership opportunities offer both immediate and far-reaching results.

Community College of Allegheny County

Community College of Allegheny County

The Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) is a regional leader in robotics, advanced manufacturing, and industrial automation education, preparing students for careers in one of Pittsburgh's fastest-growing technology sectors. Through hands-on certificate and degree programs, industry-recognized credentials, apprenticeships, and workforce training, CCAC equips learners with practical experience using industrial robots, collaborative robots, PLCs, machine vision, automation systems, and smart manufacturing technologies. Working closely with employers across Western Pennsylvania, CCAC helps develop the skilled workforce that powers the region's manufacturing, logistics, energy, and technology industries while providing accessible pathways for students, career changers, and working professionals to enter and advance in robotics-related careers.

Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County

Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) drives Western Pennsylvania’s technical workforce by preparing students for high-demand careers in robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology.

STEM & Robotics Education

CCBC offers industry-aligned degrees, micro-credentials, and hands-on technical training designed alongside regional industry leaders. Students learn troubleshooting, automation, programming, and system maintenance directly in modern lab environments.

College in High School & Early Pathways

Through the CCBC STEM Academy and dual enrollment programs, high school juniors and seniors earn up to 28 college credits before graduation. Students jumpstart careers in engineering, robotics, cybersecurity, and computer science while cutting the time and cost to complete a degree.

Workforce & Career Pathways

Whether aiming to step directly into tech roles or transfer seamlessly to a four-year university, CCBC builds practical skills that match regional workforce needs.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

We empower you with academic resources, mentors, and hands-on opportunities, and give you a supportive, vibrant campus experience—all at an affordable cost.

Instinct Robotics

Instinct Robotics

Instinct Robotics, emerging from Carnegie Mellon University, is set on revolutionizing robotics automation for complex surface grinding. The mission is to tackle challenging grinding tasks, liberate workers from monotonous labor, and alleviate the industry's labor shortage. By deploying advanced safety algorithms, Instinct Robotics can ensure a collision-free operation, protecting all involved and ushering in a new era of efficient, intelligent, and safe robotics automation.

Penn State University

Penn State University

Penn State University is a leading public research institution that offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs, fosters innovation, and emphasizes community engagement and global outreach.

Pennsylvania Western University

Pennsylvania Western University

At Pennsylvania Western University, you can choose from three unique campuses, each nestled in a picturesque, vibrant town. Although each campus is distinctly different, they share a common goal of offering you the best educational and life experience, both in and out of the classroom.

Robert Morris University

Robert Morris University

Robert Morris University (RMU) is a professionally focused, private, doctoral-granting institution dedicated to meeting local, regional, and global workforce demands. Through robust programs in Engineering & Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Health Professions, and Business, RMU directly aligns its curriculum with industry needs. By combining strong theoretical knowledge and technical expertise with career competencies—including critical thinking, communication, teamwork, and leadership—RMU prepares well-rounded graduates for high-impact careers and serves as a preferred strategic partner for corporations across the region and beyond.

Slippery Rock University

Slippery Rock University

Slippery Rock University, formally Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, is a public university in the Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania area. SRU is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university has been coeducational since its founding in 1889.

University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh is a prominent public research university recognized for its diverse academic offerings, strong emphasis on healthcare and engineering, and commitment to advancing knowledge through innovation and collaboration.

West Virginia University Robotics

West Virginia University Robotics

West Virginia University is a comprehensive land-grant R1 university that has a strong track record in robotics and is now offering a robotics engineering degree program.

Build Bedrock

Build Bedrock

Build Bedrock helps startups get their first 50 customers through sales and marketing services.

Catalyst Connection

Catalyst Connection

Catalyst Connection is a nonprofit economic development organization and the southwestern Pennsylvania affiliate of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), that helps manufacturers improve competitiveness through technical assistance across product development, process improvement, workforce development, and technology adoption. At the Robotics & AI Discovery Day, visit our Advanced Manufacturing Zone booth to learn about technical assistance, assessments, training, and funding resources available to small and medium manufacturers as they improve processes and deploy technologies to address challenges. Visit our Career Pathways Zone booth to learn about manufacturing careers, workforce training, apprenticeships, and programs that connect people to rewarding careers in advanced manufacturing.

Commonwealth Charter Academy

Commonwealth Charter Academy

Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) is a top accredited public cyber charter school that provides personalized educational programs and services to students in grades K through 12 at no cost to families

InnovatePGH

InnovatePGH

InnovatePGH is a non-profit organization focused on translating Pittsburgh's significant technological strengths into an equitable growth strategy. Through customized founder support, direct programming, and physical asset development, InnovatePGH is working to strengthen Pittsburgh's innovation district and create a founder-first neighborhood in Oakland.

New Century Careers

New Century Careers

New Century Careers is a nonprofit manufacturer and technical skills development organization serving the Southwestern Pennsylvania region through inclusive access to technical training opportunities while helping employers find and develop technicians seeking purpose, passion and success in the workplace.

Partner4work

Partner4work

Local Workforce Development Board

PathQuester

PathQuester

PathQuester is a digital career education platform that simplifies career exploration and planning by offering interactive, digital job guides and AI tools. We help individuals explore and succeed in diverse pathways, whether through university degrees, trade certifications, or freelancing.

Per Scholas

Per Scholas

Per Scholas - No-cost IT training, professional development, and employer connections.

Pittsburgh Robotics Network

Pittsburgh Robotics Network

Resources for Successful Commercialization

The Pittsburgh Robotics Network (PRN) offers comprehensive support to robotics businesses at every stage of their journey and fosters a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, engineers, and other professionals. We strategically connect companies in this deep tech ecosystem with the critical resources needed to grow their businesses via access to capital, business development opportunties, industry insights, supply chain needs, as well as early stage growth opportunities through mentorship programs, startup accelerators, and educational workshops. The PRN promotes a variety of multi-industry collaborations, which drive innovation and forge partnerships that lead to collective success.

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

The United States is a maritime nation, and the U.S. Navy protects America at sea. Alongside allies and partners, the U.S. Navy defends freedom, preserves economic prosperity, and keep the seas open and free.

Advanced Manufacturing

Aerotech

Aerotech

Looking for meaningful work where you can make a difference in global innovation? Engineer a better future with Aerotech, a global leader in precision motion and automation. Our customers create some of the most innovative products on the planet, from life-saving medical devices to tools for deep space exploration. Our precision motion and automation systems make it all possible.

Allegheny Performance Plastics

Allegheny Performance Plastics

Allegheny Performance Plastics is a high-end injection molder, manufacturer and global supplier of technically advanced products, specializing in high performance/high temperature resins.

Arin Technologies, inc.

Arin Technologies, inc.

ARIN Technologies

ARIN Technologies builds IIoT solutions that help improve safety around mobile material handling equipment. We help reduce the risk of accidents by providing humans with situational awareness while enabling the human to focus on the task at hand.

Arm Institute

Arm Institute

ARM Institute

The ARM Institute focuses on accelerating the adoption of advanced robotics and automation in manufacturing by fostering collaboration between industry, academia, and government, aiming to drive innovation and improve competitiveness in the sector.

Aw Miller Technical Sales

Aw Miller Technical Sales

A.W. Miller Technical Sales

As a 3D printing distributor, we find the best additive Advanced Manufacturing technology to optimize Advanced Manufacturing workflows for productivity and profitability.

Butler Technologies, Inc.

Butler Technologies, Inc.

Butler Technologies is a solutions provider specializing in printing, fabricating, and assembling custom components.

Cell X Technologies

Cell X Technologies

Cell X Technologies has a robotics and AI solution to empower biotech companies to develop and scale cell therapies and enable cures to be delivered to patients.

Clark Metal Products

Clark Metal Products

Custom Sheetmetal Fabrication and Machining

FS-Elliott

FS-Elliott

FS-Elliott is a global leader in industrial air compressor with Headquarters located just outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Protohaven

Protohaven

Protohaven is Pittsburgh’s largest non-profit makerspace, serving more than 200 artists, entrepreneurs, small-business owners, hobbyists, students, and the community at large. Our mission is to serve as a place where all can be inspired to learn and create. Located in Pittsburgh’s East End, our 12,500-square-foot facility houses more than 90 pieces of equipment applicable to a variety of industrial arts disciplines. The facility exists for the benefit of the community;it is meant to help people from all walks of life create amazing projects, whether they be innovative prototypes, inspiring works of art, a creative consumer product, or that “thing” they have always wanted to build.

Community

Assemble

Assemble

Assemble envisions diverse neighborhoods of empowered people who create, connect, learn, and transform together. Building confidence by uniting communities of artists, technologists, makers, and learners both in Pittsburgh and beyond.

BotsIQ

BotsIQ

BotsIQ is a workforce development program by the Pittsburgh Chapter National Tooling & Machining Foundation. It nurtures youth’s interest in manufacturing careers, offering hands-on learning experiences to foster STEM education, provide technical resources to schools, and connect students with industry mentors. BotsIQ aims to bridge the skills gap and build a competent future manufacturing workforce.

Fayette County 4-H

Fayette County 4-H

Through the FIRST Tech Challenge program the Fayette County 4-H robotics team provides opportunities for youth to experiment with and learn about the engineering design process and programming using Android Studio and the Java language.

First Robotics Competition

First Robotics Competition

FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a challenging and collaborative robotics program for high school students that encourages teamwork, engineering skills, and creativity as they design, build, and compete with robots in exciting games.

Girls of Steel Robotics (CMU)

Girls of Steel Robotics (CMU)

The Girls of Steel is an outreach effort based in CMU's Robotics Institute that uses the FIRST robotics platform for K-12 programs. FIRST is an international organization that holds competitions to engage the students. More than a robotics team, Girls of Steel Robotics is a program of FIRST teamaGirls of Steel Robotics is an outreach program of Carnegie Mellon University focused on providing STEM access to students from 2nd-12th grade through competitive robotics programs.s and community outreach, serving kids in grades K-12 in Greater Pittsburgh.

Main Street Autonomy

Main Street Autonomy

Automatic sensor calibration and perception-based localization software, deployed at scale on robots operating on-road, off-road, indoors, and in the air.

Mars Robotics Association

Mars Robotics Association

Mars Robotics Association is a 501(c3) nonprofit that supports youth in SW PA exploring career options.  Primarily through robotics competitive programs but these teams are operated as a business so students who are not technical can still play a vital role in our teams communication, marketing and finance career exploration.

New Economy Collaborative

New Economy Collaborative

The Allegheny Conference on Community Development and its affiliates - the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance and the New Economy Collaborative - bring together business, civic, and community leaders to foster the conditions that enable companies to locate, grow, and invest in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

North Catholic High School Robotics

North Catholic High School Robotics

North Catholic High School is a college preparatory institution in Pittsburgh that provides a faith-based education, emphasizing academic excellence, personal growth, and community service within a supportive environment. The team's mission is to build students, not just robots, by providing a training ground for a wide range of skill sets. Their vision is inspired by their faith and the FIRST organization's principles, including gracious professionalism.

Pittsburgh Technology Council

Pittsburgh Technology Council

The Pittsburgh Technology Council's Defense Robotics and Ai Coalition is one of the nation's preeminent leaders in connecting dual-use technology developers to the nation's national security apparatus.

RIDC

RIDC

RIDC

The Innovation Accelerators are dedicated to nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs. Our mission is to provide the resources and support necessary for emerging businesses to thrive in competitive markets. We focus on empowering individuals to transform their innovative ideas into successful enterprises by offering access to state-of-the-art technology, collaborative environments, and expert guidance. As part of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, we are committed to advancing the fields of robotics, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship through strategic innovation and skill development.

Our initiative is designed to bridge the gap between concept and market leadership. By fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, we aim to equip entrepreneurs with the tools and knowledge needed to excel.

Riverside Center for Innovation

Riverside Center for Innovation

Riverside Center for Innovation (RCI) fosters a thriving environment for diverse entrepreneurs and small businesses by offering direct services, incubation support, training, and innovative strategies, acting as a sustainable economic engine for the region.

SAE International

SAE International

SAE is the leader in connecting and educating mobility engineers to enable safe, clean, and accessible solutions across automotive and aerospace industries.

Sarah Heinz House Advanced Robotics Team

Sarah Heinz House Advanced Robotics Team

The Sarah Heinz Advanced Robotics Program represents the STEAM programs offered at the Sarah Heinz House, a Boys and Girls Club member in Pittsburgh's North Side Neighborhood. We offer programs to kids from 1st to 12th grade, which include multiple robotics teams that compete in VEX, VEX IQ, Seaperch, FIRST, and FIRST LEGO League.

Team 1708 AmpD Robotics INC

Team 1708 AmpD Robotics INC

Team 1708, known as Amp'D Robotics, is a nonprofit robotics team based at McKeesport Area High School in Pennsylvania. Established in 2005, the team is dedicated to promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education through hands-on robotics experiences. They support students in grades 4–12 from various school districts, including McKeesport, Norwin, East Allegheny, Elizabeth Forward, and PA Cyberschools.

The Citizen Science Lab

The Citizen Science Lab

The Citizen Science Lab creates science pipelines for diverse and marginalized communities through life changing hands-on STEM experiences!

Titanium Titans

Titanium Titans

Titanium Titans Robotics provides students in southwest Pennsylvania with the opportunity to build robots, compete in regional and international robotics events and develop the next generation of problem-solvers. As members of the Titanium Titans, middle and high school students participate in the FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition. With the guidance of skilled volunteer mentors and the financial support of corporate sponsors, students engage in extraordinary problem-solving scenarios that help prepare them for college and a career…while having fun!

Wreck Less

Wreck Less

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This website was prepared by SWPA New Economy Collaborative using Federal funds under award 01-79-15316 URI 121596 from U.S. Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Economic Development Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce.