service robotics

AUTOMATICA 2016: Digitalization, collaboration and service robotics

Frank Tobe 26 Jul 2016

AUTOMATICA 2016, held in June in Munich at the massive Messe tradefair facility, is a gigantic show focused on automation, mechatronics, robotics and emerging technologies as they relate to the in...

SVR Case Studies: Introduction to service robotics

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 17 Dec 2015

Robotics is finally stepping out of science fiction and into service, if not in our homes, then at least in our hotels, hospitals, restaurants, warehouses, hardware stores and other retail outlets. Th...

Case study shows new roles for robots in today’s economy

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 18 Nov 2015

Robots are starting to move out of the factory and into more common use as a service industry, where they work alongside people in places that range from the warehouse to the supermarket. Along the w...

Simbe Robotics launches new retail robot

Silicon Valley Robotics 10 Nov 2015

The area of service robotics is getting active, with a new retail robot startup launching today. Tally is one of several robotics startups launching today at Haxlr8r's 7th Demo Day. Tally is an inven...

Silicon Valley’s Crowne Plaza hotel launches Savioke robot delivery service

Adriana Hamacher 05 Aug 2015

Leading hotel operator the InterContinental Group is introducing delivery robots at its Crowne Plaza San Jose-Silicon Valley property. The robots, made by local startup Savioke, will deliver snacks, t...

Service robots get multiple positive forecasts

Frank Tobe 20 Jul 2015

UPDATED 7/22/15 Commercial drones will reach $4.8B by 2021. Agricultural robots will reach $16.8B by 2021 and $73.9B by 2024. And demand for healthcare robotics to show "tremendous growth" in the next...

40% annual growth forecast for Chinese robotics

Frank Tobe 07 Jan 2015

Song Xiaogang, president of CRIA, China’s Robotics Industry Association, said that the number of robots sold in China in 2014 would reach 50,000; up from 36,860 in 2013....

Robot butler at your service: Savioke to pilot hospitality bot at Aloft Hotel

Hallie Siegel 12 Aug 2014

In a press release today, Savioke unveiled its new robot, SaviOne, a robot butler that was designed for the hospitality industry. Starting August 20, guests requesting items from the front desk at Alo...

Modex 2012: Robotic and smart technologies for handling material in factories and warehouses

Frank Tobe 15 Feb 2012

In the emerging world of service robotics, many markets are opening to robotics that were once only handled by industrial robot manufacturers. Safely unmanned, or working alongside human workers, in a...