service robotics

AUTOMATICA 2016: Digitalization, collaboration and service robotics

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...

26 July 2016, by Frank Tobe

SVR Case Studies: Introduction to service robotics

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...

17 December 2015, by Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics

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

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...

18 November 2015, by Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics

Simbe Robotics launches new retail robot

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...

10 November 2015, by Silicon Valley Robotics

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

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...

05 August 2015, by Adriana Hamacher

Service robots get multiple positive forecasts

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...

20 July 2015, by Frank Tobe

40% annual growth forecast for Chinese robotics

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....

07 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

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

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...

12 August 2014, by Hallie Siegel

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

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...

15 February 2012, by Frank Tobe