After 20 weeks of prototyping, coaching and community building, the first Nebraska Innovation Fellowship Program cohort presented their robotics innovations during a showcase to demonstrate their prototypes and discuss what they’ve been building.
The event marked the end of a pilot program designed to support early-stage innovators at the intersection of robotics, design and entrepreneurship.
The program, formerly called the Robotics Fellowship, is hosted by Nebraska Innovation Studio in partnership with the Heartland Robotics Cluster. Fellows received $2,500 in material credits, access to a full semester of equipment and facilities and mentorship from industry experts and entrepreneurs.
NIS program coordinator John Strope said the response to the inaugural program was overwhelmingly positive.
“We didn’t get a single weak application,” Strope said. “Talent isn’t the limiting factor, we just need to create more opportunity.”
