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SoftBank invests $5 billion into Didi Chuxing and $4 billion more in Nvidia
Frank Tobe
24 May 2017
SoftBank, the giant telecom company, is venturing out into the world of robotics and transportation services. DealStreet Asia said that SoftBank is trying to transform itself into the 'Berkshire Hatha...
Python programming your NAO robot
Philip English
09 Feb 2017
These videos aim to teach you how to begin programming your NAO with Python. The NAO can be programmed using several programming languages, including C++, MATLAB, JAVA, LabVIEW and Python. Instead of...
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...
Forget Google and unicorns, Asian dragons are going to dominate robotics
Andra Keay
19 Jun 2015
Yesterday SoftBank, FoxConn and Alibaba cemented a strong robotics initiative. Having acquired a majority stake in Aldebaran in 2012 (just after the Amazon acquisition of Kiva), SoftBank’s interest...
UPDATE Pepper delayed until summer; Aldebaran execs Maisonnier and Baillie leave
Frank Tobe
23 Feb 2015
UPDATED 2/23/15 Softbank announced a delay in sales of their Pepper robot from February until sometime during the summer. Aldebaran announced that CEO and Founder Bruno Maisonnier and Jean-Christop...
Bruno Maisonnier moves on from Aldebaran
Andra Keay
23 Feb 2015
Farewell and thank you to Bruno Maisonnier, the founder and CEO of Aldebaran Robotics, which is now 95% owned by Softbank. Softbank had previously acquired a majority stake in the ground breaking Fr...
SoftBank/Aldebaran Pepper robots go on sale in February
Frank Tobe
15 Jan 2015
IEEE/Spectrum Senior Editor Erico Guizzo describes in a recent post (and two videos) how Aldebaran's two-year Pepper project is coming to fruition....
Nestlé 1st big buyer of Softbank’s Pepper robot
Frank Tobe
03 Nov 2014
Earlier this year Softbank announced the launch of Pepper, a robot created specifically for SoftBank and the Japanese market. Last week Nestlé announced that it will use Pepper to sell its Nescafé ...
On Pepper, Aldebaran and emotional robotics: Interview with Bruno Maisonnier
Mark Stephen Meadows
24 Jun 2014
Bruno Maisonnier at TedExConcorde. Photo credit: Rodrigo SEPÚLVEDA SCHULZ.
Last week I dropped by Aldebaran’s studio to get a glimpse of Pepper in action, and was pretty excited about this robot. ...
SoftBank + Aldebaran = Pepper
Frank Tobe
06 Jun 2014
The latest creation from Aldebaran Robotics - Pepper - is designed to live with humans. It doesn’t clean or cook but it talks, is mobile, can read emotions, and reacts aut...
Robot choreographies
Sabine Hauert
27 Feb 2013
Today's TED talk features a troop of NAO robots performing an upbeat choreography....
Filling a need… or feeding a diversion
Frank Tobe
02 Jan 2013
Today's robotics industry could use some strategic guidance,
particularly in the area of healthcare.
It is clear to me that the next big markets for robotics are:
SMEs (robot...
CMU’s Robot Hall of Fame inducts four
John Payne
26 Oct 2012
"The Robot Hall of Fame inducted four robots chosen for the first time by a popular vote — Aldebaran Robotics' NAO humanoid, iRobot's PackBot bomb disposal robot, Boston Dynamics' four-legg...
Aldebaran’s Shape the World recruiting video
John Payne
15 Jul 2012
http://youtu.be/-KvEyV8X5II
Having noticed a recent trend towards robotics companies releasing videos with high production values, this one caught my eye. Aldebaran Robotics is hiring, and produced a...
$160 million for 14 VC-funded robotic companies in 2011
Frank Tobe
03 Mar 2012
Travis Deyle, is a postdoc researcher at Duke and a recent PhD from GA Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he was a member of the Healthcare Robotics Lab and a frequent blogger ...
$160 million for 14 VC-funded robotic companies in 2011
Frank Tobe
03 Mar 2012
By Frank Tobe, editor/publisher, The Robot ReportTravis Deyle, is a postdoc researcher at Duke and a recent PhD from GA Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he was a member of th...
CES 2012 and Consumer Robotics: Informative yet confusing… and bad food!
Frank Tobe
16 Jan 2012
CES 2012 was a mammoth display of the trend toward smart, connected devices for every form of consumer activity: toys, appliances, entertainment, health, mobility, etc. More than 20,000 new products w...
CES 2012 and Consumer Robotics: Informative yet confusing… and bad food!
Frank Tobe
16 Jan 2012
CES 2012 was a mammoth display of the trend toward smart, connected devices for every form of consumer activity: toys, appliances, entertainment, health, mobility, etc. More than 20,000 new products w...
Is 2012 the year that robot applications take root?
Frank Tobe
02 Jan 2012
Tell us what apps you want.
In July of 2008, the app store concept was launched by Apple and it has dramatically changed the mobile industry. Over 1.2 billion apps were downloaded between Chris...
