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July fundings, acquisitions and failures
Frank Tobe
03 Aug 2016
Despite all the high-profile billion-dollar acquisitions, eg: ARM by SoftBank, KUKA by Midea and Uber China by Didi Chuxing, M&A are down 19% this year, according to both Forbes and CB Insights. B...
Midea now owns 85.69% of KUKA’s shares
Frank Tobe
21 Jul 2016
Since the announcement of the month-long tender offer by Midea to buy 49% of the shares of German robot maker KUKA AG - and private negotiations - Midea now has 85.69% of the shares....
Big data, the cloud — FANUC and Kuka?
Frank Tobe
07 Jun 2016
FANUC, the world’s largest maker of industrial robots, plans to start connecting 400,000 of their installed systems by the end of this year. The goal is to collect data about their operations and...
Chinese Midea makes $2.5 billion bid for up to 49% of KUKA
Frank Tobe
19 May 2016
In China’s relentless state-stimulated quest to grow their robotics industry, Midea Group, a Chinese appliance manufacturer which already owns 13.5% of KUKA’s shares, has offered to buy up to 49...
Smart Digital Factory Lab showcasing Industry 4.0
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette and Robotiq Inc.
05 Apr 2016
We often see robotic or automated cells purposed to do a single motion or a very specific application. However, with all the new technology available in the market, it is interesting to see how each s...
IoT may be 2016’s hot new trend, but in industrial robotics it’s been around for a decade
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
06 Jan 2016
As everyone starts to look for "the big technology trends of 2016", it seems that one technology is overshadowing all others - the Internet of Things. We take a look at why robotics is actually ahead ...
Tracing human evolution with robots
ETH Zurich
16 Apr 2015
By Samuel Schlaefli
With the help of robots, archaeologists may soon be able to compare their findings with data from thousands of experimental reference samples, enabling them to determine tool us...
25% of KUKA shares trade hands
Frank Tobe
08 Dec 2014
Voith GmbH, among the biggest family-owned businesses in Europe, acquired 25% of robot maker Kuka AG by buying the shares held by Grenzebach GmbH.
The transaction was valued at €555 million ...
KUKA acquires Swisslog for $357 million
Frank Tobe
20 Oct 2014
Late last month KUKA made a public offer to Swisslog shareholders to purchase their shares at 8.9% above the market price. Swisslog’s Board of Directors have recommended that the offer be accepted....
There’s no business like show business
Frank Tobe
26 May 2014
Robotic Arts, a Las Vegas designer and integrator of robots used in novel ways for entertainment purposes, and Royal Caribbean International, are working together to provide a unique hi-tech robotic e...
Chess, Jeopardy and now… Ping Pong? Kuka robot goes up against table tennis champion Timo Boll
Frank Tobe and Ioannis K. Erripis
11 Mar 2014
Timo Boll & Agilus robot Photo credit: KUKA
[UPDATE] - KUKA just published the well-advertised video of the table tennis match of top athlete Timo Boll and one of its fastest robots, the KUKA KR ...
KUKA youBot HACKATHON 2013
Wolfgang Heller
27 Feb 2013
German KUKA youBot Store has announced a new initiative to promote education in mobile manipulation. Research groups and labs in universities and public research facilities are invited to organize an ...
Old and new at Automate 2013
Frank Tobe
29 Jan 2013
Industrial Robots; Robot Arms; Cameras, Scanners and Vision Systems; Collaborative Cage-free Robots; Mobile Robots; Robot Operating Systems; Warehousing and Materials Handling; New Technologies, and J...
Record order for KUKA Robotics
Wolfgang Heller
25 Jan 2013
Europe’s largest robot and equipment manufacturer German KUKA Roboter has won two record orders from German carmakers in November 2012.
The first order of 6,000 industrial robots came from Volk...
Innovative cooperation between workers and robots at Mercedes-Benz
Wolfgang Heller
25 Jan 2013
German automotive company Daimler has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with German KUKA AG, a leading systems integrator and robotics manufacturing company. The partnership focuses on huma...
Filling a need… or feeding a diversion
Frank Tobe
02 Jan 2013
Today's robotics industry could use some strategic guidance,
particularly in the area of healthcare.
It is clear to me that the next big markets for robotics are:
SMEs (robot...
Dancing with robots
Andra Keay
06 Dec 2012
Robots parodying the latest video hits are cute but some choreographers, artists and human-robot interaction specialists have pushed the boundary of how humans and robots move in fascinating ways. Tho...
The rise of the robots | chinadaily
Andra Keay
05 Oct 2012
Rising labor costs, innovation drive prompt companies to use more machines in manufacturing.
As seen from a chinese perspective
See on usa.chinadaily.com.cn...
Robots bring jobs back to the US | Kuka Robotics
Andra Keay
19 Sep 2012
See on www.kukaconnect.com...
Companies transitioning from industrial to service robots
Frank Tobe
07 Jun 2012
A version of this post originally appeared on Singularity Hub, June 6, 2012.By Frank Tobe, Editor and PublisherThe Robot ReportRobot manufacturers are beginning to shift theirattention from industrial...
Robotics is a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms
Frank Tobe
06 Dec 2011
Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for...
