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47 reports dissect and examine the robot industry
The robotics industry has graduated to be big business -- at least for research firms. 47 different reports on subjects ranging from broad to very drilled-down views of the industry are analyzed and...
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May fundings, acquisitions and IPOs
May was another big month for robotics - 13 companies were funded to the tune of $111 million. Four companies were acquired with 2 of the 4 reporting selling prices totaling $422 million. And that’s...
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Logistic companies Swisslog, Dematic, Egemin and Intelligrated all acquired
First the KION Group acquires Dematic for $2.5 billion and a week later Honeywell acquires Intelligrated for $1.5 billion. Earlier KION acquired Retrotech and earlier still Egemin while Kuka acquired...
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62 market research reports study robotics industry
The number of research reports studying the robotics industry is growing exponentially. To date in 2016 there have been 109 on subjects ranging from overly broad to very drilled-down views of the...
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Coming very soon: robotic toys, robot-made hamburgers, mobile robot deliveries
Source: Momentum Machines Re-joining the ranks, Sony announced a return to robotics. Momentum is opening a robot hamburger shop. And Starship is beginning to deliver food to three cities in Europe....
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July fundings, acquisitions and failures
Despite all the high-profile billion-dollar acquisitions, eg: ARM by SoftBank, KUKA by Midea and Uber China by Didi Chuxing, M&A are down 19% this year according to both Forbes and CB Insights....
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What happens when a robot company sells off a division?
Spin-offs are disrupting but often necessary. Here are two recent examples: iRobot sold off its Defense & Security Business Unit to a private equity firm, and Harvest Automation sold the IP and...
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IDC awards 5 warehouse robotics innovators
International Data Corporation (IDC) has awarded five pioneering players in the warehouse robotics market with the 2016 IDC Innovators Award. Companies selected met the following criteria: revenue of...
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Midea’s masterplan to become China’s robot powerhouse
Chinese consumer manufacturer Midea, after having spent over $4 billion to acquire 94% of German robot maker Kuka, is planning to spend an additional $1.5 billion to turn itself into China's...
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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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News bureaus and networks setting up drone divisions
A Bird’s Eye View of AT&T’s Drone Inspection Program, Source: AT&T/YouTube CNN just inaugurated their new drone division. So have many other news organizations. Network providers are also...
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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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Case IH displays new cab-less concept tractor
Case IH autonomous concept vehicle. Source: cnhindustrial Case IH (Case New Holland International Harvester) displayed their new cab-less tractor at a farming show in Iowa. The presentation was to show...
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Top 10 technologies in precision agriculture
PrecisionAg’s editor Eric Sfiligoj has prepared a list of the top 10 technologies that are shaping precision ag today. Most involve some level of robotics, navigation, sensors and variable rate...
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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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InterDrone 2016: Professionalization and business of drone industry
InterDrone concluded their 2nd annual trade show and conference in Las Vegas. The differences between the 2015 event and this one reflect the rapid changes in the industry and can be seen as a...
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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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GoPro unveils long-awaited Karma stabilized drone system and kit
Source: GoPro GoPro fans and the financial world have been looking forward to GoPro’s new Karma since GoPro announced last December that it was working on building its first drone. When they delayed...
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A look at a Danish robotics cluster
Clusters are a big thing in the incubation, funding and nurturing of roboticists and their enterprises. There are many stakeholders: companies that use robots; governments that want to turn technology...
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