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March 2017 fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures
Frank Tobe
10 Apr 2017
March 2017 had 29 robotics-related startups get funding totaling over $222 million - another solid month for 2017 and $658 million year-to-date. Acquisitions also continued to be substantial with ...
Researching robotics is getting easier
Frank Tobe
03 Dec 2012
Complementing Robohub is new app “IEEE Spectrum ROBOTS,” which provides some news but has an extensive detailed section for current-day robots of all types: from exoskeletons to remote presence; f...
Losing Humanity: The case against killer robots
Mike Hamer
20 Nov 2012
Released yesterday by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, the report Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots (herein: the report) and associated press release and video (below), w...
Robotic dragonflies take to the sky (with your help)
Mike Hamer
08 Nov 2012
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the Robot Dragonfly from TechJect. Developed over four years by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the US Air Force, the researchers are now i...
3 reasons to crowdfund a robot
Andra Keay
26 Sep 2012
Kickstarter’s recent decision making it very difficult for hardware projects to use the platform just highlights two very useful things to know about crowdfunding. Firstly, not all crowdfunding plat...
Robot culture blossoms in Bay Area | SiliconValley.com
Andra Keay
24 Sep 2012
They may not look exactly like their goofy, gangly ancestors on 60s TV, but the robots have begun to arrive -- and many of them are being sired right here in the Bay Area.
See on www.siliconvalley.c...
Be The Robot (BERO): Bluetooth controlled open source robot
Andra Keay
24 Sep 2012
BERO - A 4" multi-motor animated mobile robot with sound for being controlled by an Open Source Android / iOS APP via Bluetooth.
See on www.kickstarter.com...
Shimi: A smart musical robot for your iPhone
Andra Keay
24 Sep 2012
It’s a robot... It’s a speaker dock... It’s Shimi!
The first smart musical robot that digs music as much as you do.
See on www.kickstarter.com...
“Lettuce Bot” rolls through crops, terminates weeds it visually identifies | Singularity Hub
Andra Keay
19 Sep 2012
"This agricultural robot is the product of Blue River Technology, an Indiana-based startup founded last year by two Stanford alums. The company looks to disrupt the herbicide industry by using sophist...
Austin coffee robot Briggo looks to 2013 growth
Andra Keay
10 Sep 2012
Austin-based automated coffee vendor Briggo Inc. — which last week secured $2.8 million in financing — is preparing for an expansion that will bring more coffee robots to Austin next year and othe...
Silicon Valley’s hardware renaissance
Andra Keay
28 Aug 2012
Faster ways to design, finance and build prototypes are cutting the costs and reducing the risks of developing new products, helping Silicon Valley return to its hardware roots.
Great article, but ov...
Robotic start-up companies: A glimpse at our robotic future
Frank Tobe
25 Aug 2012
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This mash-up of our list of 160+ robotic start-up companies onto Google's global map graphically displays how widespread robotic inventions and inventors are d...
The Kickstarter that actually happened: How Hexy got made, and fast | Wired Design | Wired.com
Andra Keay
24 Aug 2012
Most college graduates celebrate by buying a new car or a computer; Joe Schlesinger bought a giant laser cutter.
See on www.wired.com...
A #botiful evening at Robotics Meetup
Andra Keay
22 Aug 2012
Claire Delauney’s Botiful Kickstarter campaign is in its last hours and as she crosses the funded line, Claire shares with us some of her strategies and insights into running a successful Kickstarte...
Forget the web, start-ups get real
Andra Keay
20 Aug 2012
As the frenzy over new Web companies like Facebook and Zynga fades, long-shunned consumer-electronics makers are finding new life in Silicon Valley.
The actual stats on Kickstarter for hard...
Robotic start-up companies: A glimpse at our robotic future
Frank Tobe
13 Aug 2012
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This mash-up of our list of 159 robotic start-up companies onto Google's global map graphically displays how widespread robotic inventions and inventors are di...
Launching startups, with Andra Keay
Podcast team
13 Jul 2012
Link to audio file (40:32)Today we talk with Andra Keay, founder of Robot Launch Pad, robotics startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley, about latest events, lean startup methodology, funding, and ...
Robotics for small industry
Andra Keay
09 Jul 2012
Christchurch mechanical engineering firm Design Energy wants to make small Kiwi manufacturers more competitive with the help of robotics.
See on www.stuff.co.nz...
The Robot Report startup map
Andra Keay
07 Jul 2012
Frank Tobe’s ‘The Robot Report’ has just launched a great map of global robot startups and he’d like your robot startup information…
Please add to our list of global robotic start-up compan...
Robot Launchpad Grand Challenge 2012
Andra Keay
04 Jun 2012
It’s our turn for a Grand Challenge! The prize will be a successful million dollar business. The catch is you build it yourself. The rules? Well, you don’t need to be a robot scientist to do it. Y...
Why robot startups now? Part 2
Andra Keay
11 May 2012
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...
Why robot startups now? Part 1
Andra Keay
10 May 2012
Now is the right time for robot startups. Why? The reasons range from changes within robotics to changes in the broader financial and technological environment. There is a critical mass which we belie...
Robots. Startups. Women. Opportunity.
Andra Keay
17 Apr 2012
This guest post at Women 2.0 helped us have 1:3 ratio of women:men in robotics track at MEGA startup weekend.
Women hackers wanted for robots at the Mountain View MEGA Startup Weekend!
By Andr...
Being startup robot shoes
Andra Keay
04 Apr 2012
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 ...
Mega Startup Weekend with robots
Andra Keay
28 Mar 2012
For the 1st time in startup weekend history, teams are asked to build robot startups in a 54hr challenge. Using just a mockup OR an existing robot platform OR all the robot resources you possess, can ...
Why are we doing this?
Andra Keay
20 Mar 2012
You might think we’re crazy, organizing robot startup events and doing it all as volunteers. But if you know us, then you know that we are passionate about creating new robot businesses, growing new...
Winners of Cloud Robotics Hackathon
Andra Keay
13 Mar 2012
….. straight from Robotics Hackathon HQ…..
(Our CONGRATULATIONS to ALL especially Silicon Valley team OLogic !)
We are very happy to announce the results of the Cloud Robotics Hackathon 2012...
Cloud Robotics Hackathon update
Andra Keay
05 Mar 2012
Lots of hackathon stuff posted on our new Google+ page for Robot LaunchPad so check out all the videos/demos/pix.
More than 60 people showed up to the Hackathon, making us the largest event next t...
Cloud Robotics Hackathon
Andra Keay
24 Feb 2012
A good team has a balance of skills including people & design skills, learners and experts. The technical challenge is only one part of building a great robot demo.
1. Build robot
2. Connect...
Robotics Hackathon launch party
Andra Keay
13 Feb 2012
Are you a Bay Area robotics hackathon team or just interested in robot startups?
Join us at the Citrix Startup Accelerator for the launch of the Robotics Hackathon. The Robotics Hackathon is spon...
Turning robots into products, with Erin Rapacki
Andra Keay
17 Jan 2012
For up to date information about the business of robotics you can’t go past the Robots Podcast from EPFL Switzerland. Every 2 weeks, Robots will take you for a ride through the world’s research la...
Thoughts on winning startup competitions
Andra Keay
07 Jan 2012
There is a great post at VentureBeat about Ahmed Siddiqui’s extensive experience of startup competitions; winning, not winning, and running them.
How to win a tech conference startup competition...
Lean startup methodology for robotics
Andra Keay
07 Dec 2011
The NY Times recently connected lean startup methodology with robotics in a great article by Steve Lohr, Dec 5 2011. One example was Stanford engineering graduate Lee Redden’s Blue River Technology,...
What is ROBOT launchpad?
Andra Keay
17 Nov 2011
How many robot businesses can we make in one weekend?
JUST ADD ROBOTS to a roomful of entrepreneurs
in search of a WINNING STARTUP IDEA!
The ROBOT launchpad connects startup and robotics communities....
