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Baidu loses A.I. star Andrew Ng
In a surprise move which shook Baidu’s stock, Andrew Ng, Baidu’s Chief Scientist and partner with Baidu’s founder Robin Li Yanhong in expanding Baidu’s AI activities into machine learning, driverless...
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42 companies empowering robots and humans to work side-by-side
There is growing demand for more flexibility in factories and shops. Collaborative robotics, a sub-set of service robotics in labs, manufacturing and material handling, is where the action is today...
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Billion $dollar acquisitions continue: ABB acquires B&R
ABB, one of the Big Four global robot makers, has acquired Austrian industrial automation integrator and components manufacturer B&R (Bernecker & Rainer) Automation for an undisclosed amount...
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The robot industry is hiring. Do you have the skills?
A new white paper by the Robotics Industries Association (RIA) says that as many as 2 million US manufacturing jobs will go unfilled in the next ten years due to a lack of skilled workers. According...
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The Year Of The SPAC And What It Means For Hardware
CBS MarketWatch declared 2020: The Year of the SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation). A record 219 companies went public through this fundraising vehicle that uses a reverse merger with an...
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How to build a robotics startup: the product idea
In this podcast series of episodes we are going to explain how to create a robotics startup step by step. We are going to learn how to select your co-founders, your team, how to look for investors,...
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How to build a robotics startup: getting the team right
This episode is about understanding why you can’t build your startup alone, and some criteria to properly select your co-founders. In this podcast series of episodes we are going to explain how to...
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How to build a robotics startup: getting some money to start
This episode is about learning the options you have to get some money to start your startup and what is expected you achieve with that money. In this podcast series of episodes we are going to explain...
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Softbank Robotics Europe cutting workforce 40% in shake-up
Softbank Robotics Europe, the group behind two of the more recognizable robots, is laying off 40% of its workforce. On July 7, the developer of the famous Nao and Pepper robots will reduce its...
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Zoox raises $50 million for their stealthy Silicon Valley venture
Illustration: Zoox Zoox, the secretive Silicon Valley startup working to build its own self-driving cars, has quietly raised $50 million (in October) in a Series A round led by Composite Capital...
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Robot Launch 2016 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round two
For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for their “Readers’ Pick” startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we’ll be publishing 10 videos. Our ultimate Robohub Readers’...
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New U.S. Robotics Roadmap calls for regulation, research and education
Credit: University of California – San Diego A new U.S. Robotics Roadmap released Oct. 31 calls for better policy frameworks to safely integrate new technologies, such as self-driving cars and...
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Lofty goals crash land while B2B drones prosper
Credit: Aeryon labs inc. Key executives leaving (or were requested to leave) Goggle’s drone delivery Project Wing; GoPro recalls all of its newly launched Karma drones and doesn’t offer a replacement;...
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Robot Launch 2016 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round three
For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for their “Readers’ Pick” startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we’ll be publishing 10 videos. Our ultimate Robohub Readers’...
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Why are some social robots selling well, whilst others are stalled or failing?
Amazon's Echo sales have exceeded 4 million and they are ramping up to sell 10 million in 2017; Google's Home has received positive reviews and have just begun selling in large numbers; but SoftBank's...
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Two robotic stock IPOs coming to market
For the last few years, there have been very few stock IPOs (Initial Public Offerings). Promising companies have been acquired instead, eg: Kiva Systems and Universal Robots. But two robotics-related...
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Let’s hope Trump does what he says regarding robots and robotics
In President-elect Trump's interview with the NY Times yesterday, when discussing jobs, closed factories and factories that may leave the country, he was asked: "Are you worried that those companies...
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US auto industry installed 135,000 robots and added 230,000 jobs
Source: IFR.org In the last six years, (2010–2015), according to the IFR (International Federation of Robotics), US industry has installed around 135,000 new industrial robots. The principal driver is...
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Who did Robohub reader’s vote for in Robot Launch 2016?
We’re delighted to announce that UniExo is the winner of the “Robohub Reader’s Pick” in the Robot Launch 2016 global startup competition. Are Robohub readers on the same wavelength as our panel of VC,...
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Where is robotic vision on the Hype Cycle?
I was reading Steve Blank’s blog on machine learning start-ups yesterday, where he described how technical infrastructure innovations follow a Hype Cycle with characteristics defined by the Gartner...
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