Seven Game-Changing Robots

Seven Game-Changing Robots

RoboBusiness presents the winners of the 2014 Game Changer Awards, honoring the robotics industry's remarkable technical accomplishments and their makers.

By RBR Staff

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October 15, 2014

RoboBusiness, the leading business development event for the global robotics market, has announced the winners of the second annual Game Changer Awards, honoring the robotics industry’s remarkable technical accomplishments and their makers.

Winners were honored with plaques today during the Welcome Reception of RoboBusiness. Winners will also be profiled online at RoboBusiness, Robotics Business Review and Robotics Trends, reaching a global audience of more than 36,000 robotics enthusiasts. All finalists can be viewed online here.

Following are the winners of the 2014 Game Changer Awards:

Autonomous Navigation: Kairos Autonomi’s Uomo

Data Collection Platform: Clearpath Robotics’ Kingfisher Unmanned Surface Vessel

Domestic Automation: iRobot Scooba 450 Floor Scrubbing Robot

Education: Rethink Robotics’ Baxter Research Robot

Gripper: Grabit 2518 and 2536 Grippers

Industrial Productivity: Andrew Alliance’s Andrew Automated Pipetting Robot

NextGen Game Changer: Harvard University’s Mobility Enhancing Soft Robotic Exosuit

“Game Changers is an award that keeps on giving,” says Tom Green, editor in chief, Robotics Business Review. “There’s no other award like it in the industry. Every winner gets a year-long PR campaign to go along with the award. Long after the award presentation, Game Changer Award winners remain in the public eye.”

Winners were selected by a panel of judges, including Robotics Business Review and Robotics Trends editors, experts at the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems and authorities from the robotics and investment community. Judges rated products on a scale of 1-5 in each of the following categories: standout attributes, design, functionality, benefit to robotics and impact within its primary application area.

Click here for a photo gallery of the winners of the 2014 Game Changer Awards.