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Just launched: Fellow Robots’s OSHbot
Andra Keay
28 Oct 2014
Fellow Robots, in partnership with Lowes Hardware, today launched the OSHbot as a customer assistant robot at the Orchard Supply Hardware store in San Jose. Although the robot can only give informatio...
Skyward announces first commercial drone network demonstration | SUAS News
Hallie Siegel
28 Oct 2014
http://vimeo.com/109968038
SkyWard, a leading software platform for the aerial robotics ecosystem, today announced the Urban SkyWays Project, the first end-to-end demonstration of a commercial dron...
2013 IFR stats; RIA Q3 results for US set new records
Frank Tobe
27 Oct 2014
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) recently released their annual statistical recap and four-year forecast for the robotics industry. The IFR produces two research books: one that covers...
IBM reinvents itself by establishing a frontier homestead for cognitive computing | Forbes
Hallie Siegel
27 Oct 2014
At the forefront of IBM’s reinvention journey is a $1 billion investment in Jeopardy-winning Watson, which it hopes will usher in a new era of “cognitive computing.” Earlier this month, Rometty ...
Google adds to DeepMind, acquiring 2 UK startups and partnering with Oxford U
Frank Tobe
27 Oct 2014
In January, 2014, Google acquired London-based DeepMind Technologies for $643 million. Now it is adding to that purchase with two more companies, ten new hires and a substantial contribution to Oxford...
Seegrid files for Chapter 11 protection
Frank Tobe
24 Oct 2014
Seegrid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week. The bankruptcy judge authorized Seegrid to borrow from its lender and biggest shareholder, Giant Eagle, so that it could continu...
Medrobotics, Monsieur and Arago get funding
Frank Tobe
22 Oct 2014
Venture funding is continuing to flow. Three recent recipients: $20 million to Medrobotics, $2 million to Monsieur and $55 million to Arago AG....
Michigan latest state to ban direct Tesla sales | The Verge
Hallie Siegel
22 Oct 2014
Michigan has become the latest state to ban Tesla from selling its cars straight to consumers, with Governor Rick Snyder signing a law yesterday that prohibits direct sales. Michigan joins a growing n...
KUKA acquires Swisslog for $357 million
Frank Tobe
20 Oct 2014
Late last month KUKA made a public offer to Swisslog shareholders to purchase their shares at 8.9% above the market price. Swisslog’s Board of Directors have recommended that the offer be accepted....
Driven by care needs, will it be the booming senior population that spurs wider acceptance of robots?
Abate De Mey
19 Oct 2014
Tony Prescott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Sheffield Center of Robotics believes that [tweetquote]the medical industry could be at the forefront of changing the public per...
RE.WORK: Meeting the challenges of commercialising robotics
Adriana Hamacher
16 Oct 2014
Robots to install underfloor insulation in draughty homes, bots for edutainment, intelliTables and tiny robust drones flying with real bees wings - tantalising glimpses of a technology on the cusp of ...
RoboBusiness startup Pitchfire winners
Frank Tobe
16 Oct 2014
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...
4 reports predict steady growth for robotics
Frank Tobe
15 Oct 2014
Four recent research reports covering service robots, vision guided robotics, material handling robots, and robot component speed reducers, all predict steady growth, particularly in China....
RobotShop continues acquisition spree
Frank Tobe
14 Oct 2014
RobotShop, one of Canada's fastest growing small companies, continues to expand and acquire. Its most recent acquisition is FlyingEinstein, a Florida-based manufacturer that designs and...
Breakout Labs looking for robots that can change the world
Andra Keay
09 Oct 2014
I’m at Breakout Labs 3rd ‘unboxing’ today at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco. Founded by the Thiel Foundation in 2011, Breakout Labs provides seed stage funding of up to $350,000 to early st...
Building a robotics company
Clearpath Robotics
30 Sep 2014
By Ryan Gariepy
As we’ve made more of a name for ourselves within various startup communities, we’re commonly asked how we moved from our beginnings with little resources and no connections to ...
Liquid Robotics continues its growth by partnering with Boeing
Frank Tobe
24 Sep 2014
Sunnyvale-based Liquid Robotics continues their growth-by-partnering formula by striking another collaboration, this time with Boeing....
Microsoft layoffs claims Robotics Research team over the weekend | Neowin
Hallie Siegel
22 Sep 2014
Microsoft is in the middle of a massive restructuring right now, with around 18,000 employees being let go. And while most of those employees are redundant thanks to the Nokia purchase, it looks l...
Jibo campaign ends, takes in almost $2.3M
Hallie Siegel
22 Sep 2014
This weekend we became the #1 Most Successful Technology Campaign on Indiegogo ever when we broke $2.2M! We are both elated and deeply grateful to all our supporters for helping JIBO set a new recor...
PrecisionHawk raises $10M
Hallie Siegel
18 Sep 2014
According to a press release from today:
PrecisionHawk, an information delivery company that uses a small, lightweight UAV and cloud-based software to collect, process and analyze aerial data, today...
10 best quotes from IROS 2014 Industry Forum
Shima Rayej
18 Sep 2014
How do I get to MVP? How do I take my existing technology to a different market? How do I attract outside funding for my idea? Does IP matter? (The answer to the last question is yes, although researc...
ReWalk IPO gets $36 million; Corindus private placement gets $26.6
Frank Tobe
15 Sep 2014
ReWalk, the Israeli developer of exoskeletons, joins Ekso and Cyberdyne as publicly-traded companies on international stock exchanges. Their IPO Friday sold 3 million shares at $12 per share. The stoc...
Unbounded robotics closes down
Frank Tobe
15 Sep 2014
For confusing reasons, Unbounded Robotics has shut down. Their $35,000 UBR-1 single-armed mobile robot that was shown late last year with great fanfare is no longer offered for sale.
"Why?" is the...
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...
Dyson launches new robotic vacuum cleaner
Frank Tobe
04 Sep 2014
James Dyson announced his new 360 Eye robotic vacuum cleaner, which goes on sale in Japan later this year for $1,250. It will then be available in the UK, Europe, China and Australia later in 2015....
Google’s secret drone delivery program
Frank Tobe
29 Aug 2014
The Atlantic revealed the inside story of Google's two-year secret X-labs drone-delivery project in a detailed story by Alexis Madrigal. Project Wing, as the drone-delivery venture is called, has alre...
The flixels are coming! The flixels are coming!
Frank Tobe
28 Aug 2014
The Orlando Sentinel reported that the [tweetquote]Walt Disney Company filed for three patents involving flying entertainment robots[/tweetquote], a growing segment in the emerging service robotics in...
Over 3,000 robotics-related companies, research facilities and ancillary businesses
Frank Tobe
25 Aug 2014
The Robot Report's database of robotics-related companies, research facilities, schools, start-ups and ancillary businesses has grown to 3,000+ and is displayed free in our seven industry directories...
Inroads in perception
Frank Tobe
22 Aug 2014
Google's recent acquisition of Emu Messenger is just one of many items in recent news about improvements in perception and artificial intelligence (AI)....
Hotel delivery robot debuts in Silicon Valley
Frank Tobe
13 Aug 2014
Savioke, a start-up headed by ex-Willow Garage CEO Steve Cousins, has provided Aloft Hotels with a robotic butler. Aloft Cupertino is the first to use the new SaviOne delivery robot....
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...
South Korean private-public partnership to invest $2.6B in robot industry by 2018
Jong-Oh Park
11 Aug 2014
With contributions by JiEun Maeng
On July 25, the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy held the robot industry policy meeting at the Korea Technology Center in Seoul and announced the 2nd...
3D Robotics acquires Sifteo
Frank Tobe
11 Aug 2014
3D Robotics acquired Sifteo, the start-up which developed Sifteo Cubes and their associated game applications, for an undisclosed amount. Sifteo will help 3D Robotics expand their electronics capabili...
Q1 and Q2 2014 robot sales best ever
Frank Tobe
04 Aug 2014
Following the International Federation of Robotics' (IFR) announcement earlier this year that 2013 set an all-time robotics record, the North American Robotics Industries Association announced that 2...
JIBO: A game changing social robot
Frank Tobe
20 Jul 2014
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...
Science, startups and industry at RSS2014 (Part 2)
Andra Keay
15 Jul 2014
The 10th annual Robotics Science and Systems conference (RSS14) is on at the University of California, Berkeley, July 12 to 16, and we are picking up where we left off yesterday on our coverage of t...
