Association for Advancing Automation

That’s a wrap on IRSC 2025 in Houston! For three days, automation and safety professionals came together to explore how evolving standards, new technologies, and collaboration keep our industry moving forward safely. From updates to ISO 10218 and insights into R15.08 to…

Helen Greiner didn’t set out to change how the world saw robots. She just wanted to build something useful. From early defense robots that kept people out of danger to a small round vacuum that made its way into millions of homes, Helen’s work has shaped robotics from the lab to…

🚀 Startup spotlight from Automate 2025 What a week it was at the Automate Show. One of the big moments came when Kinisi was named the winner of the Startup Competition Founder Brennand Pierce sat down with Brian Heater to talk about where his team fits in today’s robotics…

✅ Day 1 at the International Robot Safety Conference (IRSC 2025) Today in Houston, the conversation centered on what brings our community together, keeping innovation safe, reliable, and human-focused. We kicked things off with an energizing welcome and a powerful reminder…

🚀 Inside Amazon’s “Blue Jay” Reveal and What It Says About the Next Phase of Robotics Development When Amazon Robotics introduced its new Blue Jay system, the real story was not just about the robot itself but about how quickly it came together. From concept to production in…

It’s a haunted house… but it’s about robot safety. From outdated risk assessments to unguarded collaborative cells, these are the real chills for anyone working in automation. For nearly 40 years, A3 has helped the industry stay one step ahead of safety risks through standards…

What if you could move your hand again after 35 years? That’s what happened to one patient thanks to Dr. Aadeel Akhtar, founder and CEO of @PSYONICinc. His company builds bionic hands that can sense touch, survive impact, and even help NASA’s humanoid robots perform fine-motor…

Autonomous systems are advancing faster than ever, but with that speed comes a critical question: How do we keep intelligence safe? That’s where Nathan Bivans, CTO of FORT Robotics, comes in. With more than a decade of experience at the intersection of robotics, wireless…

Robots playing puzzles! 🧩 This is what practical robotics looks like. In this beverage plant, a single system from Sanmartin Brazil prepares product layers, and a high-payload industrial robot lifts and places the entire layer onto pallets in one motion. No flashy demos. No…

💡 Two new whitepapers from Premio highlight the technology behind smarter automation. 📦 Navigating ASRS Hardware Complexities for Technical Program Managers Learn how to select edge computing hardware that keeps Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems performing at their best.…

🌌 From black holes to powered clothing: how one physicist turned theory into motion. Before leading Skip, a startup building wearable robotics that help people walk more freely, Kathryn Zealand was studying the entropy of black holes, a problem no one has solved. Today, she’s…

Reminder! Webinar: The Birth of a Manufacturing Paradigm | The End of the Assembly Line October 28, 2025 | 10-11 AM ET For more than a century, factories scaled by stretching a line and balancing stations. It worked until the line became the bottleneck. This session introduces…

🦾 Meet the Experts Defining the Future of Robot Safety! At the International Robot Safety Conference (IRSC 2025), leading voices from across robotics, AI, and industrial automation are coming together to share the latest standards, strategies, and technologies shaping safer…

Behind every breakthrough in automation is a person who asked a question. That’s what makes the A3 NextGen Career Forum so powerful: it’s a space built for curiosity, connection, and shared experience. Whether you’re just starting out in robotics or already deep in the industry,…

🐦 Blue Jay takes flight. @amazon's newest robot combines three arms on a shared track into one multi-function workstation — built to pick, sort, and consolidate items faster than ever. 🚀 Developed from concept to production in just over a year, Blue Jay’s speed came from…

New episode of Automated with Brian Heater: Inside Amazon’s Robot Army: How a Million Machines Still Depend on People What does it take to put a million robots to work without losing sight of the people who use them? In our latest episode, Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye…

How Edge AI Is Powering the Next Generation of Industrial Automation ⚙️🤖 Manufacturing is evolving fast. What began as Industry 4.0 is now accelerating into Industry 5.0, where humans, AI, and machines collaborate to create smarter, more sustainable factories. This new…

We’re gearing up for the International Robot Safety Conference this November, and 2025 has been a critical year for robot safety standards. Two major updates this year are reshaping how manufacturers, integrators, and users think about safety in robotics: 🧩 The revised ISO…