Robot Launch 2014

Meet the winners of Robot Launch 2014

In February 2014, Robohub and Silicon Valley Robotics launched the first global startup competition for robotics. More than 75 startups from 19 countries entered the competition, with robotics inn...

27 May 2014, by Robohub Editors

Meet your (ROS-based) cleaning team from Avidbots

The folks at Avidbots — who won an honourable mention in the Robot Launch 2014 competition — are developing ROS-based commercial cleaning robots....

26 May 2014, by Open Source Robotics Foundation

Robot Launch Finals

Watch the live stream from the 2014 Robot Launch Finals, starting today May 20 at 10AM Pacific. From over 60 entries from all around the world, our judges have narrowed it down to six finalists: DoBo...

20 May 2014, by Andra Keay and Robohub Editors

RobotLaunch startups take note! Sage advice from the experts at Robots2014

It's just a few days until the RobotLaunch Finals on May 20, where our remaining six teams will battle it out in front of a live panel of judges. So we thought we'd recap some of the expert advice we ...

16 May 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Robot Launch 2014 Finals May 20 – Vote now for People’s Choice

Today we announce the six finalists from Robot Launch who will be presenting their pitches online live to a panel of expert judges on Tuesday May 20 at 10am PDT. Join us then to see who takes home the...

14 May 2014, by Andra Keay

Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice round three

For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30 and during our live...

07 May 2014, by Andra Keay

Robot Launch 2014: Robohub People’s Choice Round Two

For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30, and during our liv...

30 April 2014, by Andra Keay

Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice Round One

For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30 and during our live ...

23 April 2014, by Andra Keay

Robot Launch 2014: First round favorites

We had a some amazing entries in Robot Launch 2014 across a wide range of fields, and not all of our favorites made it through to the Top 30. So we’d like to share some highlights of the First Round...

16 April 2014, by Andra Keay

Robot Launch 2014: Announcing the top 30

Are you ready to find out who the semifinalists are in our first Robot Launch global startup competition for robotics? With 76 applications from 19 different countries, and entries covering industrial...

09 April 2014, by Andra Keay

Last days to enter Robot Launch 2014

Robot Launch 2014 is the first global online startup competition for robotics, and as the deadline for first round entrants approaches (11pm PDT on March 30) we're excited to see just where in the w...

26 March 2014, by Andra Keay

Andra Keay on “What does it take to get from imagination to market?”

The rise of online crowdfunding platforms over the last decade has created a whole new pathway for some robot startups. In the process, crowdfunding campaigns have helped to catapult hardware and robo...

12 March 2014, by Andra Keay

What does it take to get from imagination to market?

It's the top-of-mind question for every would-be entrepreneur, and with the Robot Launch 2014 competition deadline coming up on March 30, it's an especially fitting question to pose to our panelists t...

12 March 2014, by RBI Editors

Loving your #startup to death

The world may be a harsh critic, but most good ideas die because they are given too much love. If you've got a startup or project, you're probably loving it to death right now, and your friends and fa...

05 March 2014, by Andra Keay

Wise birds enter Robot Launch 2014 early

We were really excited to see so many entries in the first days of Robot Launch 2014. What most people don’t realize is that you can enter the startup competition immediately but still keep updatin...

26 February 2014, by Andra Keay

Robot Launch 2014: The first global startup competition for robotics is here!

Ready, set, launch! Is your prototype the next breakthrough in home robotics? Or are you developing a smart device, sensor, component or software that will help build the robots of the tomorrow? Roboh...

19 February 2014, by Andra Keay