MassRobotics Vacation Letter 2025 – MassRobotics

Expensive MassRobotics Group,

As we shut out a difficult yr, I wish to start by thanking our resident startups. You’re the heartbeat of MassRobotics, and also you make our ecosystem vibrant, inspiring, and by no means boring. Week after week, we see thrilling headlines: new product launches, main partnerships, funding bulletins and each time I’m reminded why MassRobotics exists. Our measure of success is straightforward: we succeed when our startups succeed. With greater than 90 present resident start-ups (and over 250 supported start-ups) from everywhere in the world rising, innovating, and pushing boundaries, we couldn’t be prouder.

This yr introduced many milestones price celebrating:

Bodily AI Initiative
Bodily AI emerged as a serious focus for us. We labored with our start-ups to investigate their wants on this quickly rising area and introduced in specialists from Toyota Analysis, Amazon and others to assist.  We launched the inaugural Bodily AI Fellowship with AWS and NVIDIA and chosen 8 wonderful firms for the first cohort. Functions for the subsequent fellowship are already open, and we’re excited to proceed supporting boundary-pushing innovation. 

MassRobotics STEM Initiatives
 We reached practically 2200 college students providing hands-on robotics schooling.  We celebrated our fifth anniversary of the ladies’ Jumpstart Fellowship program and initiated BOOST, the same boys’ program.  We additionally hosted our seventh Drone Academy and our third Robotics in BlueTech Academy.

RoboBoston
RoboBoston was as soon as once more our largest ever public-facing occasion. (I do know I say that yearly!). This yr set a brand new bar that might be arduous to prime. From the huge crowds to the unforgettable robotic parade and a ribbon chopping with Boston’s Mayor, it was actually one of many highlights of the yr. And making it onto NBC’s At this time Present was the cherry on prime. My crew is already gearing up for subsequent yr, so prepare – we’ll be again in full drive.

Girls in Robotics
Our Girls in Robotics group is stronger than ever. Every quarterly meetup has been standing-room-only, and the third annual Girls in Robotics Gala had an unimaginable turnout. This momentum is inspiring, and we look ahead to increasing the group much more subsequent yr.

Worldwide Engagement

We elevated our international attain, welcoming many overseas governments and organizations. We strengthened our collaborations with Australia’s ARM Hub and South Korea’s KAIST College, constructing beneficial worldwide connections and bringing a few of their start-ups to MassRobotics to get immersed in our nice group.

Lastly, to our sponsors: thanks to your continued assist, belief, and perception in our mission. Your partnership allows us to empower startups, develop this ecosystem, and construct the way forward for robotics collectively.

We are able to’t anticipate what’s forward in 2026.

Heat regards,
Tom Ryden, Govt Director at MassRobotics