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Governments greasing wheels in robotics

Frank Tobe 21 Oct 2015

The South Korean government funded Samsung $14.8M to develop and manufacture industrial robots; the US FDA just gave approval to Corindus Vascular Robotics for a new medical device; and the US FAA s...

Rethinking iRobot, Samsung and Dyson robotic vacuum cleaners

Frank Tobe 29 Oct 2014

At a break in a conference in San Diego, I was sitting enjoying my tea, when up walked Rodney Brooks (of Rethink Robotics and Baxter fame) and said (with a mischievious smile): I have a bone to pick ...

Recent robotic vacuum launches change industry from niche to mainstream

Frank Tobe 10 Sep 2014

Recent robotic vacuum cleaner product launches by Dyson and Samsung have transformed what once was a niche market of early adopters and robot enthusiasts into a marketplace of serious consumer produc...

Housework 2.0: The battle of the robot vacuum cleaners begins!

Hallie Siegel 05 Sep 2014

The public may be expecting to see robot cyborgs battle it out in distant galaxies, but back here on earth the battle of the robots is taking on a distinctively quotidian reality. The double announcem...

Active military robots around the world

Ioannis K. Erripis 15 Mar 2013

This is a brief presentation of some of the most widely used robots (or remotely controlled, semi-autonomous systems) from militaries around the world. There are numerous other projects that are curre...

Samsung launch accelerator and $1.1 billion in funds

Andra Keay 05 Feb 2013

Samsung today offered hope to robot startups with the launch of its new Catalyst Fund, a $100 million commitment to the development of components, subsystems and disruptive technology. This is almost ...