Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report After selling his business and retiring from 25+ years as a provider of computer direct marketing and consulting to the Democratic National Committee, major presidential and other campaigns and initiatives, he has energetically pursued a new career in researching and investing in robotics. In 2013 he co-founded Robo-STOX™ LLC (renamed in 2015 to ROBO-Global) and developed a tracking index for the robotics industry: the ROBO-Global™ Robotics & Automation Index.
Frank is a member of Robohub and also a panel member for panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.
Recent posts:
- 2018 industrial robot sales barely eke out year-over-year gain
- Enrico Krog Iversen’s impact on the robotics industry
- Fundings, acquisitions and IPOs, June 2018
- Takeaways from Automatica 2018
- Robotics fundings, acquisitions and IPOs: May 2018
- British robot-using online grocer licensing their technology to US Kroger chain
- Warehousing, fulfillment and DC transformation trends
- Robotic fundings, acquisitions and IPOs: April 2018
- Teradyne acquires MiR for $272M, continues robotics spree
- MODEX 2018: Old and new have never been so far apart
- What’s all the fuss about AI, robotics and China?
- Robotics fundings, acquisitions and IPOs: March 2018
- Thousands jam to see Jen-Hsun Huang’s keynote at GPU Developers Conference
- Quiet inroads in robotics: the Vecna story
- 10 tech-savvy companies on the hunt for AI/robotics talent and IP
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Recent scoops:
- Blue Belt Technologies acquired by Smith & Nephew for $275 million
- Keeping jobs in-country | NY Times
- Japanese Team Schaft Gets Highest DRC Score
- DARPA Robotics Challenge
- 32 robot photos you haven’t seen before | Atlantic Monthly
