Mel Torrie, the CEO and founder of Autonomous Solutions Inc. (ASI), will kick off the Field Robotics Engineering Forum with his keynote presentation "A Field Robotics Journey". In this wide-ranging session, Torrie will provide attendees with a first-hand account of the opportunities and challenges of delivering field robotics solutions to the marketplace. Torrie's story will begin with ASI developing industrial robotic solutions in agriculture, landscaping and construction with John Deere 22 years ago. ASI eventually expanded into mining, logistics and automotive autonomy testing. More recently, ASI partnered with SoftBank to accelerate robotics adoption in the landscaping and logistics market through their Mobius multi-fleet orchestration platform.

Historically, bipedal robots have been reserved for research labs. Agility Robotics is starting to change that tune with Digit, a bipedal robot first commercialized in early 2020. The company recently closed a $150 million Series B round to help scale its operation. Agility is targeting real-world applications such as moving totes and packages and unloading trailers at warehouses. During RoboBusiness, which runs Oct. 19-20 in Santa Clara, Calif., Agility Robotics co-founders Jonathan Hurst and Damion Shelton will discuss how they're developing Digit to perform useful tasks.

Early bird registration for RoboBusiness ends August 20, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern. Buy your early bird pass now and save $100 on full conference registration. Expo-only passes are just $75. Discounts are also available for academia, associations, and corporate groups. RoboBusiness 2022 will take place October 19-20 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Since its founding in 2004, RoboBusiness evolved into the world's premier robotics business development event.

Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics, will deliver a keynote presentation at the Robotics Summit & Expo. The international event is focused on the technical issues involved with the design, development, manufacture, and delivery of commercial robots. The Robotics Summit & Expo takes place May 10-11 in Boston at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Faulk's keynote, called "Robotics Automation in the Warehouse: Optimizing Productivity with Business Intelligence," takes place on May 10 from 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM. Faulk will describe how automation solutions can provide companies with various types of key business information, a valuable and actionable resource for business planning, operations optimization, labor management and more.