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Two stars, different fates
Levandowski (right) at MCE 2016. Source: Wikipedia Commons Andy Rubin, who developed the Android operating system at Google then went on to lead Google through multiple acquisitions into robotics, has...
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Uber regrouping after Levandowski firing
Uber, the global ride-sharing transportation company, has named two replacements to recover from the recent firing of Anthony Levandowski who headed their Advanced Technologies Group, their OTTO...
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Liquid Robotics acquired by Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Source: Liquid Robotics In a move consistent with many other recent acquisitions of stars within the robotics industry, Liquid Robotics announced that they sold their company to Boeing’s Autonomous...
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Robots may save the global economy
A recent article in The Washington Post by Morgan Stanley strategist and author of “The Rise and Fall of Nations” Ruchir Sharma, provides a nuanced overview of the issues of jobs, robots, productivity...
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Teledyne Technologies acquires British imaging sensor maker E2V Technologies
Teledyne Technologies, which specializes in deepwater gas and oil exploration and production, oceanographic research, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and...
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Rethink Robotics raises another $18 million
Sawyer. Image: Rethink Robotics Rethink Robotics, the Boston-based maker of the Baxter and Sawyer robots founded by iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks, raised an additional $18 million in an unfinished...
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Parrot struggling, Lily fails and Google closes Titan Project as drone...
Toy and entertainment drones, camera drones for professional and business use, moon-shot drones and military drones are all becoming more and more distinct as much of the drone industry gets...
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21 research reports forecast double-digit growth for robotics industry
Source: swarmfarm After reading all the press releases for this batch of 21 research reports, one can see that although they vary widely in their forecasts they almost all agree that the robotics...
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$250 million awarded to new Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the new institute is made up of governments, industry, academia, and non-profit organizations from across the country. Combined they have contributed $173 million that...
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Factory move to U.S. creates jobs with help from robot workforce
Source: CBS Evening News By investing $6 million in robots, Bicycle Corporation of America (BCA) was able to take back 10% of their manufacturing from China and place it into a new factory in Manning,...
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Views and forecasts about robotics for the ag industry
At RoboUniverse in San Diego, agricultural robots and the labor shortage were quickly identified as the biggest issues facing the industry today. Water scarcity and field health were other key issues...
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January fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures
January fundings for robotics-related startups totaled over $123 million - a reasonable start for the new year. For acquisitions, three of the six companies acquired reported that $390.5 million...
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Lady Gaga, 300 Intel drones, and the Super Bowl
Lady Gaga performing at Super bowl LI Source: NFL/YouTube Three hundred drones flashed their colored lights and created a flying American flag as Lady Gaga sang a blend of “God Bless America” and “This...
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Robotic cleaning market growing exponentially
iRobot Braava jet 240. Source: irobot.com The International Federation of Robotics forecast that the global market for vacuum cleaning robots, lawn-mowing robots and other household cleaning robots...
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Ford Motor to invest $1 billion in Pittsburgh startup Argo AI
Photo: Ford Motor’s next-generation Fusion Hybrid autonomous development vehicle. (Courtesy of Ford Motor) Argo AI, a Pittsburgh startup, has sold a majority share of their company to Ford Motor Co....
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Recap: 2016 funding and acquisition updates
Although the original articles (2016 was best year ever for funding robotics startup companies) and (Over $19 billion paid to acquire 50 robotic companies) have been updated to reflect the omissions...
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February 2017 fundings, acquisitions and IPOs
February fundings for 16 robotics-related startups totaled over $313 million - another solid month for the new year. Acquisitions also continued to be substantial with Ford's acquisition of Argo and...
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March 2017 fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures
March 2017 had 29 robotics-related startups get funding totaling over $222 million - another solid month for 2017 and $658 million year-to-date. Acquisitions also continued to be substantial with...
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CBS News outlines jobs and robotics debate; IFR fills in gaps
FANUC_R2000iB at work. Source: Wikipedia Commons CBS News, and reporter David Pogue, displayed some new technologies threatening jobs, while the International Federation of Robotics suggested that...
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April 2017 fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures
April 2017 had 16 robotics-related fundings totaling over $337 million - a fourth solid month for 2017 - $995 million year-to-date. Acquisitions also continued to be substantial with ABB's $2 billion...
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