It’s a great time to be an automation solutions provider. The prevalence of lower-cost components, open-source code, accessible options for contract manufacturing, an influx of interest in investment capital, and a growing social acceptance of robots empowers many engineers to design innovative robotics for a variety of collaborative tasks. It can be challenging to make the shift from an emerging company to a growth company without keeping a few key components in mind.

1. Successful companies build a robot that solves a problem.

Some robotics startups are quick to design their robots without fully understanding how or why customers will use them. In the rush to create, many robotics engineers don’t focus closely enough on the “critical business” aspect and attempt to build a “be-all-do-it-all” robot that may be an engineering marvel, but has little practical use in the marketplace. Successful companies focus on purpose-built robots that solve specific problems and have market applicability.


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