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3D Robotics undergoing layoffs and other challenges
Frank Tobe
29 Mar 2016
3D Robotics unveiled sweeping changes by closing its San Diego facility, reducing staff at its Berkeley headquarters and in Austin, TX, and acknowledging that co-founder and president Jordi Muñoz ...
Big bucks and big audiences for drones
Frank Tobe
14 Sep 2015
Intel Capital invested $60m in Chinese drone startup Yuneec last month. At last week's InterDrone conference and expo, one can readily see why: lots of interest, lots of people, and products that are ...
Competition heats up for consumer-friendly aerial photography drones
Hallie Siegel and Ioannis K. Erripis
06 May 2015
Competition is fierce in the world of consumer drones these days, especially among companies marketing products than can produce pro quality video and photography without having to hire a drone ...
3D Robotics presents SOLO, their most consumer oriented drone yet
Ioannis K. Erripis
15 Apr 2015
Following a Kubrick's 2001 lookalike teaser video, 3D Robotics (3DR) presented their most ambitious product yet, ‘SOLO’ - an advanced quadcopter that above all focuses on ease of use and hassle-fr...
3D Robotics launches app development kit ‘DroneKit’
Ben Fisher
26 Mar 2015
3D Robotics has unveiled DroneKit, an open-source development kit for app development. This is a clear invite for the wider development community to build upon 3DR's flight control software....
February was another good month for robotic investments
Frank Tobe
28 Feb 2015
February was another big month for investments in robotic startup companies, including 3D Robotics, Flyability, Fetch Robotics, EHang and many others....
3D Robotics gets $50M series C funding
Frank Tobe
28 Feb 2015
The $50 million Series C funding, mainly from Qualcomm, provides the basis for a tacit partnership between Qualcomm and 3D Robotics with a goal of leveraging the pace of innovation in the smartphone i...
3D Robotics announces ‘Tower’ to open-source community
Ben Fisher
11 Feb 2015
3D Robotics, the largest drone manufacturer in the United States, has announced its latest version of the Flight Controller App 'Tower' to the open-source community. Tower acts as a powerful ground co...
10 best quotes from IROS 2014 Industry Forum
Shima Rayej
18 Sep 2014
How do I get to MVP? How do I take my existing technology to a different market? How do I attract outside funding for my idea? Does IP matter? (The answer to the last question is yes, although researc...
Does the Small UAV industry need its own coalition?
Hallie Siegel
22 Aug 2014
Last week USA Today reported that Amazon, 3D Robotics, Parrot and DJI had banded together to form a "Small UAV Coalition", hiring DC-based lobbying firm Akin Gump to represent their interests...
3D Robotics acquires Sifteo
Frank Tobe
11 Aug 2014
3D Robotics acquired Sifteo, the start-up which developed Sifteo Cubes and their associated game applications, for an undisclosed amount. Sifteo will help 3D Robotics expand their electronics capabili...
Ten lessons for farm drones
Chris Anderson
22 Oct 2013
3D Robotics's Vice President of Sales and Marketing John Cherbini prepares to launch a plane at Small Vines Wines in Sebastopol, Ca Sept. 13, 2013. The plane can help day-to-day operations on a farm...
VLAB: Drones – The commercial era takes off, but breaking the law is going to blow-up in our faces
Robert Morris
26 Mar 2013
Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending VLAB: Drones – The Commercial Era Takes Off at Stanford GSB. The event was truly fantastic and the panel was amazing. The moderator was Chris Anderson,...
Robot startup series #4: Chris Anderson at CES 2013
Andra Keay
11 Jan 2013
Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics, former Editor-in-Chief of WIRED and author of The Long Tail, Free and the newly published Makers, speaks about the new industrial revolution, how easy it is these d...
Chris Anderson, Wired editor-in-chief, resigns to run 3D Robotics
Frank Tobe
05 Nov 2012
... Anderson has held the editor-in-chief position for 11 years during which time, in addition to his work at Wired, he authored three books and founded DIY Drones and co-founded 3D Robotics. He also ...
