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Foxconn shopping for robot manufacturer to keep pace with brisk Pepper sales
Frank Tobe
05 Jan 2016
In an article about the pace of sales for the SoftBank Pepper robot, the China Post reported that Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision (AKA Foxconn) has sent a team of 30 to survey the US market for futu...
Interview with IJARS, with Howie Choset and Seth Hutchinson
The IJARS team sat down at ICRA with two influential academics in robotics: Professor Howie Choset (Carnegie Mellon University) and Professor Seth Hutchinson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig...
This flying machine uses ducted fans for propulsion and control
Michael Muehlebach
05 Jan 2016
The Flying Platform is a new flying machine developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. Its purpose is to study the use of electric ducted fans as control and propulsion ...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/4/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
2015 was a busy year in the drone world. As we head into 2016, we looked back at the biggest news stories of the year. Here’s the 2015 Drone Year in Revie...
2015 robotics fundings, IPOs, acquisitions and failures
Frank Tobe
04 Jan 2016
From the 2015 archives of The Robot Report: 54 fundings of $1.267 billion, 31 acquisitions totalling over $1.97 billion, and one IPO -- all adding up to some surprisingly large figures. ...
New Sino-Israeli Robotics Institute gets $20 million initial funding
Frank Tobe
30 Dec 2015
A consortium of Chinese companies, municipalities and investors -- including Siasun, the largest robotics firm in China and the city of Guangzhou -- have inked a deal to set up a $20 million R&...
Competing market research reports agree: Expect double-digit growth for most robotics segments
Frank Tobe
30 Dec 2015
The number of research reports covering the robotics industry has grown exponentially in the last few years. Eighty-one have been previewed on The Robot Report thus far in 2015. The latest batch of 2...
XPRIZE calling all innovators to help map our ocean
Jyotika Virmani
29 Dec 2015
There is a very interesting planet near us. It has almost 130 million square miles of land and the longest continuous mountain chain in the solar system, spanning over 40,000 miles. This planet receiv...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/29/15
In the News
Drones have been banned from World Cup ski events after a large multirotor drone that was being used to film a race nearly hit one of the skiers. Austrian skier Marcel Hirsche...
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Construction Drilling, with Konrad Fagertun
Audrow Nash
27 Dec 2015
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In this episode Audrow Nash interviews Konrad Fagertun, Chief Operating Officer of nLink in Norway....
The robotics year, 2015 in review
Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc.
25 Dec 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, it's a good time to take a look back at a few of the stories and trends that defined the past year. So, without further ado.. ...
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 6
Robohub Editors
25 Dec 2015
Happy holidays everyone! Here's our last video in the holiday video series from MIT. ...
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 5
Robohub Editors
24 Dec 2015
New holiday robot videos from the Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI), Robot Drive In Movies, Georgia Tech's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) and RE2 Robotics....
Speedy robots may someday run to the rescue
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
24 Dec 2015
Rescuers in Turkey are working tirelessly to free this young boy, one of the many victims of Sunday's devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake. He's not yet been freed, but some have been lucky. Rescue w...
Registration now open for #ICRA16’s Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
Airbus Group
23 Dec 2015
The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge invites robotics teams from around the world to create innovative robotic solutions for a real-life manufacturing challenge, and compete live at the IEEE 2016 Internatio...
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 4
Robohub Editors
23 Dec 2015
From Boston Dynamics, Universal Robots, ZenRobotics, and Artiminds. Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...
UK Royal Society wants to hear your thoughts on machine learning
Aleks Berditchevskaia
23 Dec 2015
The UK Royal Society would like to hear your thoughts on machine learning – you are invited to answer some or all of the questions set out in a Call for Evidence here. The closing date for evidence ...
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 3
Robohub Editors
22 Dec 2015
New videos from DTI and Robotiq. Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org! ...
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 2
Robohub Editors
22 Dec 2015
New videos from the Bristol Robotics Lab and KU Leuven. Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...
SpaceX delivers 11 satellites and successfully lands a first stage on land
Robohub Editors
21 Dec 2015
UPDATE: SpaceX successfully completed both the primary mission of setting to orbit 11 ORBCOMM satellites and the secondary mission of landing the first stage of Falcon 9 rocket with pinpoint accuracy ...
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 1
Robohub Editors
21 Dec 2015
Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...
Yamaha RMAX crop sprayer gets full FAA approval
Frank Tobe
21 Dec 2015
The FAA granted Yamaha Motor Corporation an Agricultural Aircraft Operations certificate for their RMAX crop spraying remotely piloted helicopters....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/21/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the U.S. military’s future-making technology organization, is playing a crucial role in the development of ...
Blue River Technology, Jibo and others get holiday funding
Frank Tobe
18 Dec 2015
Jibo got $16 million from Asian VCs to enable Jibo to speak and sell in Japan and China, while Blue River Technology got $17 million from a group of agricultural VCs to expand product development to n...
NSF and partners award $37M to advance nation’s co-robots
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
18 Dec 2015
Yesterday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) -- in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Aeronautics and Space Admi...
Autonomous mobile additive manufacturing robot runs circles around traditional 3D printers
Harvard SEAS
18 Dec 2015
By Adam Zewe | SEAS
3D printing is revolutionizing the way objects are created, from plastic toys to ceramic dental crowns. But the seemingly boundless possibilities of 3D printing technology have ...
What’s new in robotics this week? Australia’s $310K (AUD) firefighting bot
Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc.
18 Dec 2015
Plus: empathy for humanoids; learning to walk using neural networks; X Prize for marine robots; turtle-inspired robot … and much more. ...
New $7M XPRIZE competition seeks to usher in a new era of ocean exploration
XPRIZE
17 Dec 2015
At a keynote address this week during the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of XPRIZE, announced the launch of the $7M Shell Ocean Discover...
Register your drone. It’s the law.
Frank Tobe
16 Dec 2015
The FAA has ruled that everyone who flies a drone must register. Since an estimated 700,000 drones are expected to be sold in the U.S. for the holiday gift-giving season, the registration process is s...
Brown University wins inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge
Rethink Robotics
16 Dec 2015
As the worldwide leader in collaborative robotics research and education, Rethink Robotics is excited to announce the winner of the inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge. Launched in the summer o...
CSAIL shows off demos to 150 high-schoolers for “Hour of Code”
MIT News
15 Dec 2015
By Adam Conner-Simmons | CSAIL
Last Friday, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) hosted 150 local high school students for its second annual “Hour of Code” ev...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/14/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
This week we published “Drone Sightings and Close Encounters: An Analysis,” which examines over 900 incidents involving drones and manned airc...
SRI International behind new robotic technology for Verb Surgical
Silicon Valley Robotics
14 Dec 2015
SRI Robotics has long been known for advancing robotics and delivering new technology platforms to the market. Last week they introduced another transformational robotic technology being brought to ...
Drones for modesty (video)
Hallie Siegel
14 Dec 2015
We've heard of drones for good, and drones for journalism, but this is the cheekiest use of drones we've seen yet. Video by Japanese luxury online retailer Buyma. Enjoy!...
European Robotics Week #ERW2015 recap and videos
euRobotics AISBL
14 Dec 2015
With over 750 events across Europe, this year’s edition of the European Robotics Week broke all records. Throughout the week, Europeans were invited to visit laboratories, join debates, build and pr...
New comprehensive report on the risks drones pose to aircraft
With the holiday season approaching, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates that up to one million new drones will be entering U.S. airspace, creating potentially dangerous situations for...
