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Breakout Labs looking for robots that can change the world
I’m at Breakout Labs 3rd ‘unboxing’ today at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco. Founded by the Thiel Foundation in 2011, Breakout Labs provides seed stage funding of up to $350,000 to early st...
09 October 2014, by
Andra Keay
Building a robotics company
By Ryan Gariepy
As we’ve made more of a name for ourselves within various startup communities, we’re commonly asked how we moved from our beginnings with little resources and no connections to ...
30 September 2014, by
Clearpath Robotics
Liquid Robotics continues its growth by partnering with Boeing
Sunnyvale-based Liquid Robotics continues their growth-by-partnering formula by striking another collaboration, this time with Boeing....
24 September 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Microsoft layoffs claims Robotics Research team over the weekend | Neowin
Microsoft is in the middle of a massive restructuring right now, with around 18,000 employees being let go. And while most of those employees are redundant thanks to the Nokia purchase, it looks l...
22 September 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Jibo campaign ends, takes in almost $2.3M
This weekend we became the #1 Most Successful Technology Campaign on Indiegogo ever when we broke $2.2M! We are both elated and deeply grateful to all our supporters for helping JIBO set a new recor...
22 September 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
ReWalk IPO gets $36 million; Corindus private placement gets $26.6
ReWalk, the Israeli developer of exoskeletons, joins Ekso and Cyberdyne as publicly-traded companies on international stock exchanges. Their IPO Friday sold 3 million shares at $12 per share. The stoc...
15 September 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Unbounded robotics closes down
For confusing reasons, Unbounded Robotics has shut down. Their $35,000 UBR-1 single-armed mobile robot that was shown late last year with great fanfare is no longer offered for sale.
"Why?" is the...
15 September 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Over 3,000 robotics-related companies, research facilities and ancillary businesses
The Robot Report's database of robotics-related companies, research facilities, schools, start-ups and ancillary businesses has grown to 3,000+ and is displayed free in our seven industry directories...
25 August 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Hotel delivery robot debuts in Silicon Valley
Savioke, a start-up headed by ex-Willow Garage CEO Steve Cousins, has provided Aloft Hotels with a robotic butler. Aloft Cupertino is the first to use the new SaviOne delivery robot....
13 August 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Robot butler at your service: Savioke to pilot hospitality bot at Aloft Hotel
In a press release today, Savioke unveiled its new robot, SaviOne, a robot butler that was designed for the hospitality industry. Starting August 20, guests requesting items from the front desk at Alo...
12 August 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
South Korean private-public partnership to invest $2.6B in robot industry by 2018
With contributions by JiEun Maeng
On July 25, the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy held the robot industry policy meeting at the Korea Technology Center in Seoul and announced the 2nd...
11 August 2014, by
Jong-Oh Park
3D Robotics acquires Sifteo
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...
11 August 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Q1 and Q2 2014 robot sales best ever
Following the International Federation of Robotics' (IFR) announcement earlier this year that 2013 set an all-time robotics record, the North American Robotics Industries Association announced that 2...
04 August 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Home Depot starts selling 3-D printers in stores | Bloomberg
Home Depot Inc. (HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, will start selling 3-D printers today in stores for the first time, pushing deeper into a market that was once the domain of enginee...
14 July 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Top 10 take-aways from AUTOMATICA 2014
When you see a slick robot - say for instance the new Aldebaran Pepper robot - you can easily be distracted by the design, the gestures, the interaction, the cuteness. But AUTOMATI...
02 July 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Keeping jobs in-country | NY Times
One of robotics' most colorful proponents is Drew Greenblatt, President of Marlin Steel. In a recent NY Times article he vividly describes how he has used robots to automate ...
01 July 2014, by
Frank Tobe
VC funding for robotics in 2013 | Hizook
Robotics companies raised at least $216 Million in 2013, which compares very favorably to the $190 Million from 2012 … Here's our tally for VC funding for robotics in 2013.
Read more by Travis Dey...
27 June 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
12.6% CAGR forecast for mobile robotics market
A recent $4,800 Transparency Market Research report forecasts that for the period from now until 2019, the global mobile robotics market will grow at a 12.6% CAGR....
21 June 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Recent funding announcements
Several robotics funding announcements have been made recently, the biggest of which was announced at AUTOMATICA 2014. The Partnership for Robotics in Europe launched SPARC - a €2.8 billion public-p...
09 June 2014, by
Frank Tobe
ShanghAI Lectures: Claude Patrick Siegenthaler “In Search of Embodied Intelligence in Markets”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-03
In this guest lecture, Claude Patrick Siegenthaler from Switzerland gives a brief introduction to economics and markets and relates them to intellige...
05 June 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
IFR reports record 2013 industrial robot sales
At a press conference this morning at AUTOMATICA 2014 in Munich, International Federation of Robotics (IFR) President Arturo Baroncelli announced that 179,000 industrial robots were sold in 2013, a 12...
04 June 2014, by
Frank Tobe
EU launches world’s largest civilian robotics programme – 240,000 new jobs expected
The European Commission and 180 companies and research organisations (under the umbrella of euRobotics) have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation programme in robotics....
03 June 2014, by
the European Commission
17% compound annual growth rate forecast for home cleaning, remote presence and home entertainment robots
A recent Business Insider article, Beyond Factory Robots: Market Forecast and Growth Trends for Consumer and Office Robots, concludes that for the period from now until 2019, ...
02 June 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Intel’s 3-D printed robot will hit the market later this year | CNN
Intel plans to bring its fully customizable, 3-D printable robot kit to market by the end of the year, with a consumer version starting around $1,600.
The hardware designs will be freely available...
29 May 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
The answer to mis-selling? Let a robot pick your investments | The Telegraph
Chris Williams, a director on the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP), said: "Technology is the key to bridging the advice gap. Clients are already engaging with technology in their everyday lives a...
29 May 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Amazon will be using 10,000 robots in its warehouses by the end of the year | CNN
CEO Jeff Bezos told investors at a shareholder meeting Wednesday that he expects to significantly increase the number of robots used to fulfill customer orders. There are currently about 1,000 robot w...
28 May 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Titan Medical secures $34.8 million from public offering
Titan Medical, a publicly-traded Canadian start-up company developing a robotic surgical system for minimally-invasive surgeries, announced the completion of two rounds of public offering totally $34....
23 May 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Robots begin to attack waste and dirt
In Finland, there's an army of robots sorting, selecting and processing trash, while in Cincinnati bactobots are targeting and neutralizing bacteria in waste water. Here's a review of wha...
18 May 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Launching RoboJobs: The new dedicated jobs board for the global robotics community
RoboJobs is a new dedicated jobs board for the global robotics community that connects both seasoned robotics experts and recent top graduates with entrepreneurs and established businesses seeking the...
22 April 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
ECA Group acquires UAV copter maker Infotron for $10 million
Groupe Gorgé, via their subsidiary ECA S.A., has acquired French UAV copter provider Infotron for €2.5 million and 375,000 shares of ECA - a combined value of around $10 million. The acquisition s...
22 April 2014, by
Frank Tobe
