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    The robots behind your Internet shopping addiction: How your wallet is driving retail automation
    When you're shopping for the best online deals you're probably not thinking much about the massive distribution network required to bring that pair of shoes to your doorstep. Is your quest for the bes...
    25 February 2014, by

    Will companies like Google and Amazon usher in a new era for robotics?
    Amazon announced its plans to launch a new drone delivery service this past December.   Recent eye-popping acquisitions of robotics technology companies by giants like Google and Amazon might sugge...
    18 February 2014, by

    Big deals: What it means to have the giants investing in robotics
      If the world outside the robotics community didn't know about Boston Dynamics, Kiva and Nest, they do now. Recent robotics acquisitions and investments by major-league players like Google, Apple a...
    12 February 2014, by

    Alan Winfield on “What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics?”
      Judging by the levels of media coverage and frenzied speculation that has followed each acquisition, the short answer to what does it mean is: endless press exposure. I almost wrote 'priceless exp...
    12 February 2014, by

    Mark Stephen Meadows on “What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics?”
      Google, is the wild card for me.  With more acquisitions (DeepMind, Boston Dynamics, Redwood Robotics, Industrial Perception, Meka, Schaft, and others) than Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microso...
    12 February 2014, by

    What do Google, Amazon, IBM, Apple, Microsoft and all the airlines and car companies want?
    They want to communicate more accurately, resolve issues faster and with higher levels of satisfaction than at present. They also want to enable more complex communication. And they want to do it amia...
    03 February 2014, by



    Apple, Amazon and now Google: It’s a pretty exciting day for robotics!
    There is serious momentum in robotics these days, evidenced by recent news from Apple, Amazon and Google: Apple announced that they were investing $10.5 billion in supply chain robots and automati...
    14 December 2013, by

    Forget the octocopter, let’s talk about Kiva
    Given all the chatter on drones and automation, we thought it would be a good time to dive deeper into the Kiva opportunity and potential impact on leverage/margins. For the sake of our analysis, we t...
    10 December 2013, by and

    Drones on and on and on | The Boston Globe
    US needs to join the aviation revolution Last week’s announcement that Amazon is testing the delivery of packages with small drones has created a media storm, and seems to have taken most people by...
    10 December 2013, by

    Amazon isn’t the only delivery service testing flying robots
    ... Amazon isn’t the only delivery service testing flying robots. DHL and microdrones are testing drones that could be used to deliver urgently needed goods to hard-to-reach places, eg, medicines to...
    10 December 2013, by

    Amid drone talk, Amazon has real robots | Wall Street Journal Blog
    Amazon got a lot of ink for its sci-fi drone delivery idea this week, but a more real and immediate robot effort underway in the Seattle retailer’s warehouses could save it as much as $916 million a...
    09 December 2013, by

    Jeff Bezos reaches for tip of UAS iceberg
    On Sunday, Charlie Rose from CBS News 60 Minutes, interviewed Jeff Bezos about what is next for Amazon, the world's largest online retailer with more than 225 million customers. Volume can reach 30...
    05 December 2013, by

    Amazon Prime Air: 5 Predictions About the Retailer’s Delivery Drones | TIME
    Assuming Amazon Prime Air eventually launches … there are a handful of predictions about the system itself and delivery-by-drone systems in general… Read more by Doug Aamoth on TIME.com...
    02 December 2013, by

    Amazon’s Jeff Bezos looks to the future | 60 Minutes
    There has never been a company quite like Amazon. Conceived as an online book seller, Amazon has reinvented itself time and again, changing the way the world shops, reads and computes. Amazon has 225 ...
    02 December 2013, by

    Amazon Promises Package Delivery By Drone: Is It for Real? | Automaton
    Once you get past the wow factor [of Amazon's drone delivery announcement] and start thinking critically about what it would take to make something like this work in practice, it starts to look a lot...
    02 December 2013, by

    Amazon announces plans for drone delivery service, says safety will be key priority
    Amazon announced yesterday that it is developing a drone delivery service called Prime Air that will aim to get packages into customer's hands within 30 minutes. They are planning to launch as soon a...
    02 December 2013, by

    Amazon Reveals It Wants To Deploy Delivery Drones | Huff Post
    Amazon offering delivery on Sunday was only the beginning.The Robot Launch Pad's insight:It's no surprise that Amazon wants drone delivery to solve the last mile problem. And probably an underwhelming...
    02 December 2013, by

    Delivered by drones: Are Tacocopters and Burrito Bombers the next Pony Express? | Slate
    The drones are coming! The drones are coming! But this time they’re not armed with hellfire missiles. These drones are packing a new kind of heat: steaming pizzas, fresh tacos, and cold beer. ...
    06 August 2013, by

    Robotics year in review: Top 10 stories of 2012
    The past year was a watershed moment for robotics. From defense to exploration, startups to legislation, we saw products, laws, and investments that have shifted robotics out of the lab and into our l...
    26 December 2012, by

    Distribution centers: An emerging robotics frontier
    Distribution centers (DCs) are massive warehouses that receive, inspect and store goods for later picking, packing and shipping to end-users, re-distributors or retail outlets. Products can be everyth...
    03 October 2012, by

    Why robot startups now? Part 2
    2. Broader Financial Climate A positive indicator for robotics startups is the improving financial climate. There are signs that the US housing market is stabilizing. Fannie Mae, the government bac...
    11 May 2012, by

    Another big robot acquisition: Amazon buys Kiva Systems
    ... Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will acquire privately-held Kiva Systems for approximately $775 million! ... Kiva’s novel warehousing system uses robots to bring the shelves to the picker and packer in...
    19 March 2012, by

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