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Adept Technology Receives $1.1M Order from China’s…
DoD Places $27.3M Robot Order

KUKA and Nolek Partner on Leak Detection Solution
KUKA robots now sold as official SniffIT operators. (May 13, 2013)

Nurse-friendly Robots More Effective at Delivering Care
More than half of healthcare providers prefer a robotic helper rather than a human. (May 10, 2013)

France’s Robot Initiative Pledges $126.9M to Grow the Industry
France's plan includes small business stimulation, more cooperative research and access to a $78.4 million investment fund (April 15, 2013)

MAKO Takes Stanmore Implants Out of Robotics Market
MAKO settles to save cash on patent infringement case (April 15, 2013)

Honeybee Robotics Selected for 2 NASA SBIR Awards Totaling $250K
Awards will fund development of spacecraft systems for drilling, sampling from a variety of heavenly bodies (April 11, 2013)

Robotics’ Top Transactions 2012
2012's most newsworthy robotics transactions now available in one downloadable document! (March 20, 2013)

Carnegie Robotics Claims New Digs in Growing Technology Center
Carnegie Robotics Moving to Space at Site of Former Steel Mill (March 20, 2013)

Amerinet Choice Announces Exclusive Agreement with Health Robotics
Amerinet will sell i.v.STATION, i.v.STATION ONCO, and i.v.SOFT Workflow Management solutions (March 07, 2013)

CSIP Ltd. on the Hunt for a Buyer
The UK robotics company specializes in autonomous underwater vehicles and manipulator arms (December 18, 2012)

Clearpath Robotics Receives Federal Funds for Next Gen Navigational Brain
Clearpath Robotics and Miovision Technologies received over $300,000 in federal funding. (November 15, 2012)

Hansen Medical Capitalizes on Patent Portfolio to the Tune of $20M
Intuitive Surgical also purchased $10M in Hansen Medical stock (November 09, 2012)

The Funding Challenges Facing Robotics Startups
Investment panel examines how to build a successful robotics business from both investors and entrepreneurs at RoboBusiness 2012 (November 02, 2012)

Making Your Robotics Company a More Attractive Investment
How to build a patent portfolio that will impress investors and make sense for your robotics business. (October 21, 2012)

Dexter Industries and Generation Robots Form International Partnership
Those interested in educational robots will benefit from increased availability of products on both sides of the Atlantic. (October 16, 2012)

China’s Siasun Expands To Seize More Of The Domestic Market
Rising labor costs and the expense of maintaining foreign robots gives the Chinese manufacturer a b (October 08, 2012)



Special Focus: Top Transactions
Top Transactions

All of the robotics industry’s top reported orders, sales, investments, mergers & acquisitions and financial events of 2012 now available in one downloadable doc!


Medrobotics Closes on $10M in Financing

Robotics’ Top Transactions 2012

Finally, UK Funds Big Boost in Robotics: $55M

Persimmon Technologies Closes Series B Funding with $5.8M

Medrobotics Completes $33.6M in Series D Financing
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