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The robot industry is hiring. Do you have the skills?

Hallie Siegel 10 Apr 2017

A new white paper by the Robotics Industries Association (RIA) says that as many as 2 million US manufacturing jobs will go unfilled in the next ten years due to a lack of skilled workers. According t...

First look at 2015 statistics on industrial robots from the IFR report

Frank Tobe 13 Feb 2016

A first look at numbers from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) report on industrial robots shows that worldwide robot sales grew again in 2015, and were 15% more than 2014. Explosive grow...

Key takeaways from #ICRW2015 International Collaborative Robots Workshop

Samuel Bouchard and Robotiq Inc. 22 Oct 2015

Everybody agrees that 'collaborative' refers to an application, not a robot type. Everyone agrees that there are four types of human-robot collaboration in manufacturing. But in the end, what people...

Tweets from #ICRW2015 International Collaborative Robotics Workshop 2015

Robohub Editors 15 Oct 2015

The Robotic Industry Association's International Collaborative Robotics Workshop is on today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Check out tweets from the event....

Dean Kamen, Raffaello D’Andrea RIA to receive 2015 Engelberger Robotics Awards | RIA

Hallie Siegel 09 Feb 2015

The robotics industry’s highest honor, the Engelberger Robotics Award, will be presented to Dean Kamen and Raffaello D’Andrea at a special ceremony on Monday, March 23, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois...

Recent robotics transactions

Frank Tobe 09 Feb 2015

New Chinese robotics investment fund; the RIA says 2014 North American robotics set new sales record; marine robotics company gets acquired. These stories and many more … ...

2013 IFR stats; RIA Q3 results for US set new records

Frank Tobe 27 Oct 2014

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) recently released their annual statistical recap and four-year forecast for the robotics industry. The IFR produces two research books: one that covers�...

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