Deploying Robots into the Real World: A Case Study with Blue Collar Robotics

Please arrive 10-15 minutes early. We’ll start the panel promptly at 3:00 PM . Panel description follows the location details below. Location: Foundry43 (formerly Industry SLC) Address: 650 S 500 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 The venue was previously known as Industry SLC and has recently been renamed Foundry43 . Please use the full street address above for navigation, as some maps may still show the old venue name or an incorrect address. Join us for a panel discussion exploring what it takes to deploy robots into the real world, using Blue Collar Robotics and its work in grocery automation as a case study. Bringing together perspectives from robotics entrepreneurship, grocery retail operations, the investment community, and academia, the discussion will explore how to integrate autonomous robotic labor into existing industries whose growth is bottlenecked by labor shortages. Additionally, the panel will highlight Utah's growing hard-tech ecosystem, including the pivotal role of university partnerships and state-supported initiatives.