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BCG study finds that reshoring with robots works

Frank Tobe 10 Dec 2015

Two important findings from Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) recent survey of US manufacturing executives: (1) Of those who plan to add capacity, most plan to do so in the US, and (2) a rising perc...

Free global list of robot-related business and edu/research facilities exceeds 4K entries

Frank Tobe 08 Dec 2015

The Robot Report has been compiling and vetting companies that manufacture robots or are directly involved in their making since 2008. Today that list has exceeded 4,000 manufacturers, integrators,...

Robotics fundings and acquisitions: October/November

Frank Tobe 30 Nov 2015

This October and November saw ten more fundings of robotic companies (47 so far in 2015), two more acquisitions (bringing the 2015 total to 27), and an important strategic partnership. Recaps below....

Robots at #ERW2015: From imagination to market

Adriana Hamacher 27 Nov 2015

[clear] Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research in academia and the vibrant robotics startup ecosystem is no easy task. This Wednesday in the UK city of Bristol, a free public event titled ...

Case study shows new roles for robots in today’s economy

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 18 Nov 2015

Robots are starting to move out of the factory and into more common use as a service industry, where they work alongside people in places that range from the warehouse to the supermarket. Along the w...

6 predictions, 9 stocks, a revolution, an apocalypse, and killer robots – oh my!

Frank Tobe 11 Nov 2015

A new 300-page research report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Robot Revolution – Global Robot & AI Primer, and to a lesser extent BSG's report: Man and Machine in Industry 4.0, make for in...

Robots in Depth: Andra Keay on opportunities and challenges for startups

Per Sjöborg and Robots in Depth 10 Nov 2015

Robots in Depth is a new video series featuring interviews with researchers, entrepreneurs, VC investors, and policy makers in robotics, hosted by Per Sjöborg. In this interview, Andra Keay, directo...

Drone maker DJI and Toyota: setting up R&D centers in Silicon Valley

Frank Tobe 09 Nov 2015

No wonder rents are so high in Silicon Valley. Companies from around the world are setting up research facilities and grabbing talent from the area. The most recent announcements are that Chinese dr...

Blue Belt Technologies acquired by Smith & Nephew for $275 million

Frank Tobe 03 Nov 2015

Smith & Nephew, a global medical tech conglomerate that is expanding into robotics-assisted surgeries, announced that they are paying $275 million to acquire Pittsburgh startup Blue Belt Technolog...

While Amazon doubles its number of warehouse robots to 30K, competing systems emerge

Frank Tobe 02 Nov 2015

Amazon announced that at the end of September they had 30,000 Kiva robots at work in 13 fulfillment centers, effectively doubling the number of Kiva bots that it had in 2014. "Our intent is to use...

Robots in Depth: Grishin Robotics’ Valery Komissarova on getting funding

Per Sjöborg and Robots in Depth 23 Oct 2015

Dyson releases 360 Eye in Japan for ~$1200, files legal proceedings against Bosch for VW-like cheating

Hallie Siegel 22 Oct 2015

News Brief: Dyson released its 360-Eye in Japan today -- for about $1200 USD -- and has also filed legal proceedings against Bosch, alleging that their longstanding rival is cheating EU energy eff...

Strategic acquisitions and long-term R&D investments abound

Frank Tobe 19 Oct 2015

We have reported 37 equity fundings and 25 acquisitions so far this year. It's not just the car companies searching for talent and innovation in their new Silicon Valley centers. Israel, Russia, China...

CyPhy Works and Righthand Robotics get funded

Frank Tobe 15 Oct 2015

[tweetquote]The varied world of robotics appears to be in favor with venture capitalists.[/tweetquote] CyPhy Works just got $22 million to scale up building UAVs for the consumer market, and Righthand...

Designing Jibo’s automatic speech recognition, with Roberto Pieraccini

Jibo 14 Oct 2015

Finding the right approach to automatic speech recognition (ASR) has been a critical step in Jibo’s design: get it right and the experience will be great; get it wrong, and it could really take awa...

Robots in Depth: Melonee Wise on building robots, and robot companies

Per Sjöborg and Robots in Depth 06 Oct 2015

IFR predicts double digit growth for service robots through 2018

Frank Tobe 05 Oct 2015

The service robotics industry is relatively new, diverse and picking up steam daily. Service robotics covers every activity except those described as industrial. These are robots that perform useful t...

IFR predicts 15% industrial robot growth through 2018

Frank Tobe 02 Oct 2015

At a press event to launch the IFR's World Robotics Industrial Robots statistical review of 2014 (with projections through 2018), the $1,350 report forecasts a 15% CAGR, thereby doubling the annual n...

August/September robotics fundings report

Frank Tobe 01 Oct 2015

August and September equity fundings, joint ventures, acquisitions and venture funds continue the momentum exhibited throughout 2015 of serious money flowing into robotics startups....

10 more robotics companies acquired. Why?

Frank Tobe 28 Sep 2015

At last week's RoboBusiness Conference and Expo in San Jose, there was much gossip, discussion and head scratching regarding the two most recent acquisitions of robot companies: Adept Technologies b...

Rethink Robotics finally get their mojo with Sawyer

Frank Tobe 28 Sep 2015

Rethink Robotics displayed their new single-armed Sawyer robot at the RoboBusiness Conference and Expo in San Jose on Wednesday. It was Sawyer's first public outing and the crowd of over 1,600 was pay...

#RoboBusiness Day 1: Computing to change from transaction processing to cognition processing

Frank Tobe 24 Sep 2015

"Cognitive computing will be to computing what transaction processing is today.” So said IBM's Robert High in his keynote talk at RoboBusiness yesterday. In less than 10 years the volume of our bu...

1,407 FAA exemptions for UAS

Frank Tobe 21 Sep 2015

In May 2014, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began accepting petitions for exemptions to operate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) commercially in civilian airspace. As of 1 September 2015,...

Adept succumbs, sells to OMRON for $200M

Frank Tobe 16 Sep 2015

When Rob Cain replaced John Dulchinos as CEO of Adept Technology in February, 2013 he was charged with restructuring the company to either make it profitable to operate or make it valuable as a take-...

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 ...

Video: Qualcomm demos Snapdragon Flight for smaller, lighter camera drones

Hallie Siegel 10 Sep 2015

The Snapdragon Flight developer platform had its first public demo today at Qualcomm's Robotics Accelerator event, Techstars Demo Day. Designed specifically for the consumer drone market, Snapdragon F...

Robot Launch global robotics startup competition announces top 15 finalists

Andra Keay and Hallie Siegel 09 Sep 2015

Robot Launch is the first international startup competition designed specifically to help robotics entrepreneurs get off the ground. Now in it’s second year, Robot Launch has attracted a diverse ran...

Siemens’ Frontier Partner program provides software tools to robotics startups

Andra Keay 08 Sep 2015

Established in Berlin in 1847, and with a presence in Silicon Valley since the 1950s, Siemens invests more than $1B in the US each year for research and development. Now their Technology to Business ...

Former DARPA Program Manager Gill Pratt to direct Toyota’s new $50M robotics investment

Ioannis K. Erripis 04 Sep 2015

In a surprise move today, Toyota held a press conference (see video below) announcing a substantial investment in robotics and AI research to develop "advanced driving support" technology, with forme...

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