The Robot and Automation Almanac is a collection of essays from leading robot and automation experts, executives, and investors. Each of the essays focuses on the "one big thing" that each author sees in the year ahead: an opportunity, a risk, a challenge, investment themes, an overlooked trend, a perception shift, a step change, or a trend change.The robot and automation thought leaders that contributed to this book include Will Allen, Fred van Beuningen, Louis Borders, Jeff Burnstein, Jeremie Capron, Lorenzo Carver, Henrik Christensen, Steve Cousins, Craig Fuller, John Gibson, Rob Handfield, Holly McNamara, Jayesh Mehta, Laura McConney, Lou Micheletto, Stanislaw Radominski, David Schwebel, Daniel Stanton, Kaleb Steinhauer, Daniel Theobald, Michael Walton, and Bruce Welty. The editor, Jason Schenker, also contributed to the book.