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As Ford sets a date, Jibo retracts theirs
Source: Jibo/YouTube Bringing a complex new product to market is an intensive process fraught with problems. Getting hardware ready for manufacturing is often the easy part; it’s the software and...
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Two LiDAR makers each get big funding
Source: Ford Velodyne LiDAR/YouTube In anticipation of the need for LiDAR devices in cars with assisted steering and other self-driving technologies, both Velodyne and Quanergy received funding....
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August fundings and acquisitions
August was another big month for funding robotic startups. 18 deals. Almost $430 million (bringing the year-to-date total well over $1 billion)! Plus another $1 billion paid in August for four...
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Tune in: Economist holding Facebook Live Q&A about AI and the future of work
How will artificial intelligence change the world of work? The Economist is holding a Facebook Live Q&A with their Deputy Editor on Tuesday, September 13, 4pm London time. You can watch, listen,...
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Integrators are dead, long live the integrator
FANUC_R2000iB at work. Source: Wikipedia Commons For many years integrators have engineered, built and installed automation machinery for their manufacturer clients. As manufacturing has begun to move...
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46 research reports analyze the robotics industry and autonomous vehicles
Source: Uber As autonomous cars begin to hit world markets in pilot tests and other ways, and before the International Federation of Robotics clarifies whether those vehicles are robots or not, two...
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$60 million committed to Smart Cities Initiative
Array of Things is designed as a “fitness tracker” for the city of Chicago, collecting new streams of data on Chicago’s environment, infrastructure, and activity. Credit: Rob Mitchum/Urban Center for...
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A look at a Danish robotics cluster
There are many robotics clusters around the world successfully providing for the needs of their respective communities and a few not really achieving their desired goals. Odense and the Danish...
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September fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures
September continued the big-money spree for funding robotic startups. 10 good-sized deals and three little ones. Almost $220 million (bringing the year-to-date total well over $1 billion)! Plus...
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Samsung acquires Viv in a quest to link all its appliances
Source: Viv Labs Dag Kittlaus, founder and CEO of Siri, Inc., produced and uploaded an app into the Apple App store February 2010. The app quickly rose to 1st in the ‘Lifestyle Section.’ In March,...
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Zymergen gets $130 million from SoftBank and other VCs
SoftBank, the Japanese telecom conglomerate, led a group that included Iconiq Capital, Prelude Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, and seven others in a $130 million funding round for Zymergen to help the...
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IFR’s two reports for 2015 show double-digit growth for remainder of decade
Each year the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) surveys and tabulates data from its worldwide network of robotics associations. The two 2016 annual World Robotics Industrial Robots and World...
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Automation should complement professional expertise, not replace it
Photo credit: Robert Shields Will your next doctor be an app? A cost-cutting NHS wants more patients to act as “self-carers,” with some technologized assistance. A series of flowcharts and phone trees...
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Who are the most active robotics investors?
Charging Bull statue. Credit: Sam Valadi/Flickr You may be surprised, but I’m not. These are the people I see regularly both in Silicon Valley and overseas interacting with the robotics community. That...
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The changing landscape of drone funding
CB Insights Drone Quarterly Financing Trends to VC-Backed Companies shows a downward trend. The Robot Report's monthly funding reports shows something different: a change in the nature of drone...
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October fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures
October fundings for robotics-related startups totaled $291.75 million bringing the year-to-date funding figure very close to $1.5 billion. For acquisitions, three of the six companies acquired...
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Robot Launch 2016 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round one
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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Clearpath Robotics launches “Warthog UGV”, the amphibious robot
Clearpath Robotics, a leading provider of mobile robotic platforms for research and development, has partnered with ARGO XTR to release Warthog – a large, amphibious, all-terrain mobile robot designed...
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Zoox raises $50 million for their stealthy Silicon Valley venture
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 Management, a Hong...
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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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