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Siemens’ Frontier Partner program provides software tools to robotics startups
Established in Berlin in 1847, and with a presence in Silicon Valley since the 1950s, Siemens invests more than $1B in the US each year for research and development. Now their Technology to Business ...
08 September 2015, by
Andra Keay
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190
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Fotokite Phi, with Sergei Lupashin
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In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Sergei Lupashin about Perspective Robotics' tethered flying camera, the Fotokite Phi, which is currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo. Th...
04 September 2015, by
Audrow Nash
BUDDY goes into final hours of crowdfunding at +500% of goal; announces new US offices
BUDDY, the world's first affordable companion robot, has reached a crowdfunding milestone. With just hours to go on the BUDDY crowdfunding project on Indiegogo, backers have contributed over $501,63...
04 September 2015, by
Blue Frog Robotics
Coming of age: Clearpath’s Ryan Gariepy on growing a robotics startup
Launched in 2009 by a group of Waterloo engineering students, Clearpath's unmistakeable bright yellow and black robots have become synonymous with unmanned vehicle research in university research ...
01 September 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
BUDDY opensource companion bot meets 100K crowdfunding goal in 1 day; now >200% funded
[tweetquote]BUDDY has something to smile about.[/tweetquote] The new open source companion robot by Blue Frog Robotics, launched an Indiegogo campaign on July 7th and sailed past its $100K crowdfu...
15 July 2015, by
Blue Frog Robotics
Alan Turing robot makes its debut at Startup Village 2015
Tho startups from the robotics cluster at Skolkovo — Nanosemantics and Lexy — teamed up with the Russian Neurobotics, to recreate a robotic version of the British computer science pioneer A...
10 July 2015, by
Robohub Editors
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183
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RoboBusiness Exhibition, with RoboBusiness 2014
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to several robotics companies at the company showcase at RoboBusiness 2014, which took place in Boston, Massachusetts....
29 May 2015, by
Audrow Nash
Two profitable uses for robots
Industrial robots keep humming along, doing the dull, dirty and dangerous work of factories around the world. Newer applications are less often known but are quickly emerging. Here are two novel ones....
05 May 2015, by
Frank Tobe
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181
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bStem, with Todd Hylton
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In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Todd Hylton, Senior Vice President at Brain Corporation, about neuromorphic computers. They discuss the robotics development board bStem, which appro...
01 May 2015, by
Audrow Nash
A bionic model is born
The personalisation of healthcare devices has been a growing trend in the maker-sphere. From gold-plated hearing aids, neon walking sticks, and sparkling blade prosthetics to 3D printed arm casts, peo...
17 March 2015, by
Open Bionics
The important role of robotic gaming in STEM’s evolving landscape
The importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) in the future of the UK and US business and industry cannot be overstated. But before we can expect today’s generation to have a ...
19 December 2014, by
Silas Adekunle
Robot Startup Series #7: Interview with Soft Robotics’ Carl Vause
[tweetquote]Soft robotics is finally leaving the research lab and entering the real world. [/tweetquote] One of the companies leading the way is a Boston-based startup that is commercializing the inn...
18 December 2014, by
Andra Keay
Berlin hardware startup Skysense launches drone range
Skysense is a Berlin-based start up designing and manufacturing a range of products to enable the remote operation of drones. Their first two products are the Skysense Charging pad and Skysense Hanga...
15 December 2014, by
Ben Fisher
Ozobot, Knightscope, HiBot and Airware all get funding
UPDATED 12.03.14 Four interesting funding announcements: Ozobot got $2 million; HiBot got $3.1; Knightscope got $3.7; and Airware got an undisclosed amount but from a substantial partner, GE Venture...
02 December 2014, by
Frank Tobe
RoboBusiness startup Pitchfire winners
At RoboBusiness this week in Boston, Pitchfire - a Shark Tank-like pitch and question session - presented 14 start-up companies who pitched their wares to 5 judges. Two honorable mentions a...
16 October 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Drone startups: Anura pocket drone
Miniature drones are becoming very popular, and one of the first successful miniature drone designs was The Pocket Drone. A remarkable Kickstarter campaign for this project raised almost $1M, while ...
09 October 2014, by
Dronologista
Jibo raises $1M in first week of crowdfunding campaign
On July 15th, Jibo launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo with the goal of raising $100,000 towards developing their new social robot for the home. Less than one week later, Jibo surpassed the ...
23 July 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Makers of the Jibo set new crowdfunding record | Boston Magazine
Jibo has raised more than $1 million in just six days, making it the most-backed project currently on Indiegogo.
Read more: Boston Magazine
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23 July 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
JIBO: A game changing social robot
JIBO, a 2013 Boston startup, launched an IndieGoGo campaign last week and is off to a rousing start, lots of favorable press, and, as of the time of this writing, has raised more than $700,000 over th...
20 July 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Drone startup: SR2
There are number of industries that could harness the potential of UAVs, but they lack the skills and/or resources to design and build a reliable and professional system that fits their needs. SR2 w...
10 July 2014, by
Dronologista
Robohub launches Indiegogo partner page for crowdfunding robot startups
Are you planning to crowdfund your robot startup? Need help spreading the word?...
07 July 2014, by
Robohub Editors
Drone startups: Fotokite
Although I am amazed with UAVs and their versatility, I must admit that having a flying camera zoom by – and zoom in on me – can be intimidating. Not because the drone has a camera, but because ...
03 July 2014, by
Dronologista
Noonee: The chairless Chair
Noonee® is a new Start Up company coming out of research in robotics in Switzerland. Aimed at solving healthcare problems within the manufacturing industry, noonee adopts a Chairless Chair® approac...
20 June 2014, by
NCCR Robotics
Meet the winners of Robot Launch 2014
In February 2014, Robohub and Silicon Valley Robotics launched the first global startup competition for robotics. More than 75 startups from 19 countries entered the competition, with robotics inn...
27 May 2014, by
Robohub Editors
Meet your (ROS-based) cleaning team from Avidbots
The folks at Avidbots — who won an honourable mention in the Robot Launch 2014 competition — are developing ROS-based commercial cleaning robots....
26 May 2014, by
Open Source Robotics Foundation
Robot Launch 2014: Announcing the top 30
Are you ready to find out who the semifinalists are in our first Robot Launch global startup competition for robotics? With 76 applications from 19 different countries, and entries covering industrial...
09 April 2014, by
Andra Keay
Last days to enter Robot Launch 2014
Robot Launch 2014 is the first global online startup competition for robotics, and as the deadline for first round entrants approaches (11pm PDT on March 30) we're excited to see just where in the w...
26 March 2014, by
Andra Keay
Nicola Tomatis on “What does it take to get from imagination to market?”
RBI Update
The short answer is: a lot of patience and perseverance!
More seriously, this is one of the most frustrating aspects of entrepreneurship. High-tech entrepreneurs are supposed to be inno...
14 March 2014, by
Nicola Tomatis
Robert Morris on “What does it take to get from imagination to market?”
This is a really important question, and one that our community should focus on more. That said, the answer is not truly profound or particularly obscure. It takes three things: doing something people...
12 March 2014, by
Robert Morris
Andra Keay on “What does it take to get from imagination to market?”
The rise of online crowdfunding platforms over the last decade has created a whole new pathway for some robot startups. In the process, crowdfunding campaigns have helped to catapult hardware and robo...
12 March 2014, by
Andra Keay
