The Create Program pairs industry leaders with leading technologists and entrepreneurs to create new products and businesses
Creating New Business
We match industry leaders from promising sectors with top robotics technologists and entrepreneurs to develop solutions that directly address each industry's specific needs. This collaborative process consistently yields businesses and products with a clear product-market fit from the start.
Past Summits
Industrial Automation & Robotics Summit
Participants in the professionally facilitated workshop spent the day identifying the most pressing needs that are conducive to robotics and industrial automation and then developing solutions to tackle those needs. The Industrial Automation & Robotics Summit took place in Pittsburgh April 1-2, 2025.
Defense & Robotics Summit
Participants in the professionally facilitated workshop spent the day identifying the most pressing DoD needs that are conducive to robotics and automation solutions and then developing notional solutions to tackle those needs. The defense & Robotics Summit took place in Pittsburgh October 22-24, 2024.
Agriculture & Robotics Summit
The Agriculture & Robotics Summit was a three-day interdisciplinary series of workshops, panel discussions, robotics site tours, and networking opportunities that took place in Pittsburgh, PA on April 16-18, 2024.
Aviation & Robotics Summit
The Aviation & Robotics Summit was a three-day interdisciplinary series of workshops, industry site tours, and networking opportunities taking place in Pittsburgh, on April 18-20th 2023. This unique Summit brought together aviation and robotics industry professionals with the primary goal of solving aviation business and operational challenges with robotics solutions.
Building Strong Partnerships
In collaboration with the Pittsburgh Robotics Network, we host biannual summits, each targeting a different sector such as aviation, agriculture, and construction, among others.
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