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The Robot Report startup map
Frank Tobe’s ‘The Robot Report’ has just launched a great map of global robot startups and he’d like your robot startup information… Please add to our list of global robotic start-up companies by...
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Frank Tobe on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics...
As the robotics industry continues to grow, enters new industries, and provides new applications, strategic focus is necessary or the overall industry will develop haphazardly and spread out around...
View ArticleFrank Tobe on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a...
Funding new robotic projects in America is mostly done two different ways: (1) strategic funding from NASA, DARPA, DoD, NSF and other government organizations to do the pure science involved in solving...
View ArticleFrank Tobe on “What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic...
[RBI Editors] As an active robotics investor, a leading authority on the business of robotics, and the author of The Robot Report and Everything Robotic, you are at the pulse of the field’s economic...
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What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development in...
Economic policy may not jump to mind as a hot topic for roboticists, but it is a fundamental and influential driver behind the failure or success of the robotics community as a whole. After all,...
View ArticleLong view required to keep economic policy in step with developments in robotics
Policy is really about long-term thinking — a process we should do but don’t do for various reasons. Though China is a notable exception, very few governments make long-term planning a priority....
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Is open source a good business model for robotics?
Open source vs. proprietary software is an age old question. Since the advent of robotics, we also have the question of open source hardware. In academia, where robotics researchers look to open source...
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Robo-Stox: A dream come true
Throughout my 35-year career in the computer business, I always read and thought about what disruptive technology was ahead. When I had an IBM mainframe, I was looking at the DEC mini-computers and...
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The Robot Report startup map
Frank Tobe’s ‘The Robot Report’ has just launched a great map of global robot startups and he’d like your robot startup information… Please add to our list of global robotic start-up companies by...
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Frank Tobe on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics...
As the robotics industry continues to grow, enters new industries, and provides new applications, strategic focus is necessary or the overall industry will develop haphazardly and spread out around...
View ArticleFrank Tobe on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a...
Funding new robotic projects in America is mostly done two different ways: (1) strategic funding from NASA, DARPA, DoD, NSF and other government organizations to do the pure science involved in solving...
View ArticleFrank Tobe on “What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic...
[RBI Editors] As an active robotics investor, a leading authority on the business of robotics, and the author of The Robot Report and Everything Robotic, you are at the pulse of the field’s economic...
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What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development in...
Economic policy may not jump to mind as a hot topic for roboticists, but it is a fundamental and influential driver behind the failure or success of the robotics community as a whole. After all,...
View ArticleLong view required to keep economic policy in step with developments in robotics
Policy is really about long-term thinking — a process we should do but don’t do for various reasons. Though China is a notable exception, very few governments make long-term planning a priority....
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Is open source a good business model for robotics?
Open source vs. proprietary software is an age old question. Since the advent of robotics, we also have the question of open source hardware. In academia, where robotics researchers look to open source...
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Robo-Stox: A dream come true
Throughout my 35-year career in the computer business, I always read and thought about what disruptive technology was ahead. When I had an IBM mainframe, I was looking at the DEC mini-computers and...
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Collaborative robots are broadening their marketplaces
Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of a line of collaborative robots (also called "co-bots"), recently published financial statements which provide valuable insights into the growth potential...
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Harvest Automation stumbles with warehouse robot
A plant-moving robot from Harvest Automation. Source: harvestai/YouTube In a Boston Globe story by Scott Kirsner, it was revealed that Harvest Automation’s CEO has departed, as have 3/4 of the 30...
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3D Robotics undergoing layoffs and other challenges
3D Robotics is closing its San Diego facility, has reduced its staff at its Berkeley headquarters and in Austin, and acknowledged that co-founder and president Jordi Muñoz left the company at the end...
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March fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures
Funding to robotics startup companies rose dramatically in 2015 reaching record highs in deals and dollars. CB Insights, a VC database provider, reported similar findings as seen in their quarterly...
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