MassRobotics Partners With Procter & Gamble to Explore Manufacturing Automation Advances

MassRobotics, an organization dedicated to helping the Massachusetts robotics ecosystem grow, last week announced a partnership with The Procter & Gamble Co. to explore technologies around automation and manufacturing-related applications. The partners said the goal is to develop ideas to improve productivity, drive increased value for consumers, accelerate agility from more automation, and allow more flexibility in meeting the manufacturing deadlines of customers.

In addition to exploring and accessing innovations from resident startups, MassRobotics said its community will help Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble (P&G) remain on the cutting edge of automation and more closely collaborate with existing P&G robotics partners in Massachusetts.

"We're excited to be a member of this critical ecosystem to collaborate on the direction and offerings of MassRobotics' residents and partners," stated Jay Joyner, director of robotics and automation at Procter & Gamble. "This will help us as we identify breakthrough innovation with robotics and automation technologies more quickly. This accelerates our ability to deploy innovative new technologies to our manufacturing sites."

MassRobotics expects benefits across industry

"It's always thrilling to see MassRobotics' partners and residents work together to explore the edge of the robotics innovation," said Fady Saad, co-founder and vice president of strategic partnerships at MassRobotics. "P&G offers inroads and intelligence to help our startups bring new thinking to automation and AI for manufacturing. We believe this mutual exploration of technology can benefit the entire automation category."

MassRobotics is the result of the collective efforts of a global group of engineers, rocket scientists and entrepreneurs with a shared vision to create a vibrant robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. The Boston-based organization's mission is to help create and scale the next generation of successful robotics and connected devices companies by providing entrepreneurs and innovators with the workspace and resources they need to develop, prototype, test and commercialize their systems.