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24 research reports that dissect the robotics industry

Frank Tobe 05 May 2017

After reading the press releases for this batch of 24 research reports, although they vary widely in their forecasts, they almost all agree that most segments of the robotics industry are expected to...

As DJI dominates camera and commercial drone sales, drone funding falls

Frank Tobe 03 May 2017

According to AgFunder's 2016 AgTech Investing Report (supported by The Robot Report's own research), 2016 drone funding fell 64% from 2015 levels. Also, the type of companies getting funded were sens...

$18.867 billion paid to acquire 50 robotics companies in 2016

Frank Tobe 06 Jan 2017

2016 was a banner year for acquisitions of companies involved in robotics and automation: 50 sold; 11 for amounts over $500 million; five were over a billion. 30 of the 50 companies disclosed trans...

Looking towards service robotics in 2017

Silicon Valley Robotics 30 Dec 2016

Sophisticated household robots are only just starting to show up in our lives, but all the building blocks for a veritable “Cambrian explosion” of robotics are there, as Gill Pratt described it wh...

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Speech-Based Emotion Recognition, with Christina Brester

Audrow Nash 20 Mar 2015

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Christina Brester, from the Siberian State Aerospace University, about her research on a method to identify emotional state from speech. This method performs sp...

168,000 robots were sold in 2013; 5% more than in 2012

Frank Tobe 21 Feb 2014

Based on the results of the IFR Quarterly Statistics, the IFR estimates that in 2013 about 168,000 industrial robots were sold, 5% more than in 2012....

Boston is actually living up to the hype this year!

Robert Morris 11 Jun 2013

The definitive list of private funding in robotics--or at least the most widely cited is the Hizook VC Funding for Robotics list. The list for 2012 is out. Please help make it complete by adding...

Robohub focus: Dealing with the ‘jobs’ question

Hallie Siegel 15 Apr 2013

For the next week, Robohub will host a special focus on robots and jobs, featuring original articles from leading experts in the fields of robotics and automation. The goal of the series is to explore...

The great equalizer: How robotics frees manufacturers from consolidating in low-wage nations

John Dulchinos 15 Apr 2013

These days it is hard to read an article about the future of robots that does not include a reference to jobs. As a pure roboticist I object to the constant connection between the two, but as a concer...

Do industrial robots really have a positive impact on employment?

Frank Tobe 12 Apr 2013

Do industrial robots really have a positive impact on employment? Of course they do and there are over 50 years of data proving that to be the case....

Jobs by the numbers: Economic reports on the robotics and manufacturing industries

Robohub Editors 09 Apr 2013

All the economics reports from a variety of stakeholders in one place! Don't forget to bookmark this page - we will update it as new reports become available. ...