Our region’s assets and growing robotics and autonomy sector have uniquely positioned the region to revolutionize industries as varied as agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, logistics and retail. The infusion of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge funding will drive inclusive economic growth for the broader region. Considered one of the next great “general purpose technologies,” robotics and autonomy will increase economic productivity, spur job growth and integrate with other major, crosscutting business trends, such as digitalization, cloud computing and open-source software.