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Raffaello D’Andrea on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Raffaello D'Andrea
15 Feb 2013
The best way to commercialize robotics research is to make better connections between academics and entrepreneurs. Academics venturing out into the business world tend to have a "hammer looking for ...
So long, and thanks for all the bots!
Markus Waibel
12 Feb 2013
So, depending on who you ask, Willow Garage is shutting down, pursuing commercial interests, or changing direction. But things are not as dire as some may think: ROS is fine (the OSRF will support it)...
RobotsLab launches BOX at TCEA 2013
Andra Keay
06 Feb 2013
We all know that robots are the gateway to STEM education, so what's not to love about getting 4 robots in a box, complete with lessons preloaded on a tablet. As both the US and UK undergo core curric...
3’600-strong underwater robot sensor network returns 1’000’000th measurement, has scientists craving for more
Markus Waibel
05 Feb 2013
The Argo project, which has deployed a network of more than 3'600 robots covering all of the world's oceans, has returned it's 1'000'000th measurement....
Samsung launch accelerator and $1.1 billion in funds
Andra Keay
05 Feb 2013
Samsung today offered hope to robot startups with the launch of its new Catalyst Fund, a $100 million commitment to the development of components, subsystems and disruptive technology. This is almost ...
Mark Tilden on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Mark Tilden
31 Jan 2013
Funding schemes aren't viable until we can make more innovative roboticists, and over the years I've tried several methods of engendering the Divine Frankenstein Complex in others. Teaching at a unive...
ROS on a stick
Andra Keay
29 Jan 2013
One of the exciting announcements at Automate 2013 is also one of the smallest. Gumstix, providers of Linux computers-on-modules (COMs) are offering ROS on a stick. For $45, Gumstix provide a bootable...
Activelink Power Loader gives HAL some competition, but who’s going to Fukushima?
Reno Tibke
22 Jan 2013
New Japanese exoskeleton pushing into HAL's (potential) marketshare
We of the robot/technology nerd demo are well aware of the non-ironically, ironically named HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskelet...
If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?
RBI Editors
15 Jan 2013
Welcome to Robotics by Invitation! Each month we pose a question of general interest to the robotics community, and ask our panel of experts to answer.
So, where would the experts invest their m...
Herman Bruyninckx on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?”
Herman Bruyninckx
15 Jan 2013
A project that would:
represent human knowledge about manufacturing in an ontology server;
focus on system integration software and hardware issues;
develop affordance-driven system and compon...
Mark Tilden on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?”
Mark Tilden
15 Jan 2013
Well if it was for fun, I'd invest in autonomous paving mothers (APMs). A self-driving solar-powered mobile furnace robot that eats sand and dirt and spits out interlocking solar-panel paving stones...
Frank Tobe on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?”
Frank Tobe
15 Jan 2013
As the robotics industry continues to grow, enters new industries, and provides new applications, strategic focus is necessary or the overall industry will develop haphazardly and spread out around th...
MIT spin-off Robot Rebuilt working on sensitive robotic hands | Gizmag
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
An MIT spin-off called Robot Rebuilt wants to build robot hands with human-like sensitivity.See on www.gizmag.com...
Sharp Cocorobo robot vacuum cleaner updated – smaller model and updated app functions
DigInfo TV
21 Nov 2012
Sharp have updated their Cocorobo line of intelligent robot vacuum cleaners, with a new smaller model, as well as a Cocorobo Navi function, which allows the robot to be controlled when the user is out...
Robotic dragonflies take to the sky (with your help)
Mike Hamer
08 Nov 2012
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the Robot Dragonfly from TechJect. Developed over four years by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the US Air Force, the researchers are now i...
Real robots: Out of the labs and into our lives
David Pietrocola
29 Oct 2012
Every week, robots are making 60,000 food deliveries to patients in 150 hospitals across the United States. A lovable robotic baby seal is transforming the lives of hundreds of individuals suffering f...
Robot startup series #1: Autom and Cory Kidd
Andra Keay
26 Oct 2012
Consumer robotics had a watershed moment just a few days ago, when Autom, the robot weightloss coach, was launched at Dublin Web Summit. I’m very excited to open our Robot Startup Series with an int...
RoboBusiness Summit: Workshops feature experts in manufacturing, assistive robotics
David Pietrocola
23 Oct 2012
Robots In DC made the trip from Washington and we’re ready to kick off our coverage of the unique and exciting RoboBusiness event, which is bringing together leaders from robotics businesses, resea...
Episode 1: Robot Launchpad’s lean year
Andra Keay
08 Oct 2012
I thought I’d document our somewhat unusual journey through lean startup methodology and robotics. I founded Robot Launchpad almost a year ago to test the assumption that robotics and lean went toge...
Research and academics: CMU’s Robot Hall of Fame | Robotics Trends
Andra Keay
13 Sep 2012
Heather and her robot bring theater to the proceedings, highlighting the many innovative ways that robots can communicate like and with people.
See on www.roboticstrends.com...
The beginning of something important: InTouch Health and iRobot’s RP-VITA
Frank Tobe
01 Aug 2012
By Frank Tobe, editor/publisher, The Robot ReportLast week I attended the 7th Annual Remote Presence Clinical Innovations Forum hosted by InTouch Health in Santa Barbara, CA, a two-day users con...
New venture fund specifically for service robotic startups
Frank Tobe
16 Jun 2012
... “We are at the start of a transformative period for robotics that requires a new breed of risk-taker to drive mass-market adoption,” says Dmitry Grishin, founder of Grishin Robotics.
....
Open source robotics foundation announced
John Payne
17 May 2012
Announced via the Willow Garage website, the Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. (OSRF) is an independent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. Its mission is ...
List of publicly-traded robotics stocks
Frank Tobe
02 May 2012
... Robotics is becoming a big deal and people want to invest in the industry. But choosing robotics stocks is complicated. Many of the companies are international, some are small subsidiaries within ...
$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...
$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 ...
Divergent views on communicating with machines
Frank Tobe
21 Jan 2012
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft and Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman, Mercedes Benz
Much of what I saw at CES 2012 was about products being upgraded to “smart” under the premise that smart connec...
Huge employer in China makes big step toward robots
Frank Tobe
18 Nov 2011
Foxconn, a big contractor for Apple and others, breaks ground for robot facilities. It plans to replace 500,000 workers with 1 million robots.
Workers are seen inside a Foxconn factory...
US research dollars keep flowing
Frank Tobe
16 Jun 2011
... U.S. DoD to spend $41.7 billion on unmanned aerial vehicles and systems in 2012-2014 (that’s $13.9 billion per year!) says research firm focused on the aerospace/defense sector.
... Defense ...
Prioria Maverick, flexible wing UAS
Ioannis K. Erripis
30 May 2011
Maverick is a small uav made by Prioria, a company founded in 2003 by business and engineering graduates from the University of Florida. It is portable, very light and has most of the features a comme...
Money is out there—particularly for low-cost platforms
Frank Tobe
24 Apr 2011
... Philips Healthcare invests in Corindus’ vascular robotics start-up.
... New telepresence and hacked Kinect/Roomba platforms rolling out:
Kickstarter enables MIT’s Garrat...
Funding for robotic businesses
Frank Tobe
09 Dec 2010
... Heartland Robotics gets $20 million additional funding ($32 million total thus far). Brooks said the company’s new manufacturing robots “will be intuitive to use, intelligent and highl...
