Future Travel Experience | August 2025

Journey Robotics has been included among the shortlist of finalists for the prestigious FTE Americas Innovate Awards. The finalists are set to pitch their concepts live on stage before a judging panel and audience whose votes will decide the winners at the FTE Global conference this September in Long Beach, CA. Read the article.

Future Travel Experience | August 11, 2025

International Airlines Group (IAG) has selected a record 29 startups to join the 2025 IAGi Accelerator. These companies will collaborate with IAG’s airlines on solutions capable of scaling across the aviation industry.

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By Gordon Smith | August 11, 2025 | Skift

With AI now ubiquitous and early-stage sustainability startups multiplying, this year's cohort reflects both immediate and longer-term bets. IAG is more than doubling the intake for its startup accelerator, selecting 29 companies for 2025. Now in its ninth year, the increasingly influential list has become an industry bellwether for where airline innovation is heading and what’s worth backing.
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By Jake Dabkowski | August 4, 2025 | Pittsburgh Business Times

Journey Robotics was founded in 2024 by a team of roboticists who had been working to automate aspects of the airline industry at the now shuttered RE2 Robotics. Since its inception, the company launched a prototype automated baggage handling system at Pittsburgh International Airport as part of the airport’s xBridge innovation program. Read the article (requires a subscription).

By Ethan Woodfill | June 30, 2025 | Blue Sky News

U.S. airlines handle more than 500 million bags of luggage each year, placing significant demands on baggage handlers. The repetitive task of unloading approximately 200 bags, each weighing about 40 pounds, from every flight has been linked to injury rates of about 10% among airline workers. That’s where Reeg Allen, CEO of Pittsburgh-based Journey Robotics, identified an opportunity to bring innovation to the task. Read the article.

By Brian Hyslop | May 14, 2025 | Blue Sky News

As innovation leaders gathered in Pittsburgh from around the world, a recurring message emerged that embracing innovation not only builds in resiliency for the future, it also yields tangible results in the near term.

Tuesday included demonstrations by Pittsburgh-based Journey Robotics, which is developing a robotic baggage handling system as part of PIT’s xBridge innovation program. Read the article.

By Paul Gough | May 14, 2025 | Pittsburgh Business Times

In a corner just above where suitcases move from rolling container to conveyor belt, David Lee and his colleagues at a startup called Journey Robotics are working with Pittsburgh International Airport on an automated baggage handling system that could revolutionize the last mile between aircraft and carousel. Read the article.

By Kelly Sasso | May 14, 2025 | WTAE TV

Aviation leaders are in Pittsburgh this week for a global summit that looks toward the future of air travel, featuring the latest technology that could change how we fly. Some of that technology was developed here. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has an exclusive look at one company's prototype that would make baggage claim faster. Watch the news story.

Future Travel Experience | April 2025

Reeg Allen, CEO, discusses how Journey Robotics is transforming baggage handling through robotics and automation. Journey Robotics is Emerging Technology Showcase Sponsor of the FTE World Innovation Summit, which takes place on 13-15 May 2025, hosted by Pittsburgh International Airport. Read the article.

By Jonathan Kersting | April 14, 2025 | Pittsburgh Technology Council

The PTC’s new Fireside Chats, hosted by VP of Communications and Media Jonathan Kersting, takes a closer look at our member companies pushing the technological and innovation envelopes. Kersting sits down with Reeg Allen, the visionary behind Journey Robotics. Read the full article and watch the interview.

By Jake Dabkowski | March 18, 2025 | Pittsburgh Business Times

Journey Robotics was included as one of 10 startups in the Pittsburgh area worth watching in 2025 and beyond. Read the full article (subscription required).

By Alice Crow | March 11, 2025 | Technical.ly Pittsburgh

Founded just over a year ago, Journey Robotics is moving fast to introduce its new robot into airports to improve worker safety and luggage transportation efficiency. Read the full article.

By Future Travel Experience | January 2025

Robotics and automation is a key focus area of the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group (BIWG). BIWG Partner Journey Robotics illustrates the potential of these technologies to help counter rising labour costs and provide a constant baggage flow, reducing peak demands. Read the full article.

Technical.ly | August 1, 2024

The Robotics Factory’s Accelerate program provides participants with $100k, six months of programming and a year of office space. Read the full article.

Journey Robotics participated in the 2024 Robotics Factory Accelerate Cohort. Journey received a $100,000 investment, six months of programming, 12 months of office space, and access to industry experts.