Stuart "Stu" Shepherd, co-founder and president of Shepherd Solutions, talks about his 46-year career in automation and robotics. He was named the 2025 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award winner for Leadership. Shepherd will be recognized at an awards dinner during the Automate Show in Detroit. He is also a past chairperson of the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) and the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), which hosts the Automate Show.
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