Brooke Becher
Staff Reporter at Built In
Expertise: Hardware and Robotics
Education: University of Lincoln, United Kingdom; California State University, Long Beach

Brooke Becher is a Built In staff reporter covering hardware and robotics. Based out of Los Angeles, she’s been writing culture features and reporting local news since 2014.

Becher holds a master’s degree in journalism and international human rights from the University of Lincoln, based in the United Kingdom, as well as a bachelor’s in journalism and mass communication from California State University, Long Beach. Her dissertation analyzed the nation’s narrative on rape culture through Western, online news media coverage, spanning the American political spectrum. 

Past works are featured in LA Weekly, The Orange County Register, GOOD Magazine, Long Beach Press Telegram, California Business Journal and Los Angeles Magazine.

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photo of a vacuum cleaning robot in the foreground and an exhausted house cleaner in the background
Creating a bot that can do multiple household chores is trickier than you think.
an assembly line of liquid medicine in vials
These companies accrue blockbuster billions in the race for a cure.
Laws of Robotics
What began as a science-fiction trope is now a guiding light for robotics regulation.
solar panels
A backup generator is to a single home as a microgrid is to a multi-building complex, a remote village or even an entire island. 
3D Printing Metal
These high-precision printers melt metallic powders into functional prototypes and ready-for-use parts.
UK Energy Companies
The United Kingdom aims decarbonize its power system. These energy companies can help. 
3D printer and object
These new-age additive manufacturing methods have permanently changed production lifecycles for good.
Stereolithography
This 3D-printing technique uses photopolymer resins to fabricate everything from dentures to aircraft parts.
LiDAR
These sensors use laser beams to map their surroundings.
Mainframe
You may think they’re old school, but these computing platforms still power several major industries.
map of india with indian flag
By volume, ‘the pharmacy of the world’ supplies more than half of the world’s medications.
FPGA
These unique pieces of hardware can be programmed to perform almost any function.