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2025 Engelberger Award winner Stu Shepherd talks about robotics

May 6, 2025

Stuart Shepherd spoke with Control Design after being recognized as the winner of the 2025 Engelberger Award for Leadership in this exclusive video

Mike Bacidore

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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Mike Bacidore | Editor in Chief

Mike Bacidore is chief editor of Control Design and has been an integral part of the Endeavor Business Media editorial team since 2007. Previously, he was editorial director at Hughes Communications and a portfolio manager of the human resources and labor law areas at Wolters Kluwer. Bacidore holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is an award-winning columnist, earning multiple regional and national awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He may be reached at [email protected]