Chris Anderson

3D Robotics gets $50M series C funding

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...

28 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

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

VLAB: Drones – The commercial era takes off, but breaking the law is going to blow-up in our faces

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,...

26 March 2013, by Robert Morris

Chris Anderson, Marc Raibert and Steven Cousins at Engadget Expand Event

"Moore's Law has never moved faster than is moving inside the phone you've already got in your pocket. The pace of development and the price performance curve is moving faster in smartphones than it's...

19 March 2013, by Frank Tobe

February 11th issue of Time to focus on drones

Chris Anderson, of DIYDrones, notes in his blog that he has, upon invitation from the editors, submitted an article for the February 11th issue of Time Magazine, which will focus on drones, civilian a...

03 February 2013, by John Payne

Rethinking drones

To have this discussion, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. One, "drone" is a wide-ranging term that technically means any remote-controlled vehicle. Second, it's probably fair to say that ...

15 January 2013, by Eric Wind

Robot startup series #4: Chris Anderson at CES 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...

11 January 2013, by Andra Keay

Chris Anderson, Wired editor-in-chief, resigns to run 3D Robotics

... 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 ...

05 November 2012, by Frank Tobe

Being startup robot shoes

What are the success strategies for robot startups? Hardware startups have specific issues to navigate, but the underlying question for innovative startups goes beyond the how-tos, how to build it in ...

04 April 2012, by Andra Keay