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News & Analysis
Diving into ABB’s Discrete Automation Division
Adept Technology Receives $1.1M Order from China’s…
DoD Places $27.3M Robot Order

New Kyodo LawnBott Mower for 2013
LawnBott is a line of robotic mowers that can maintain yards from 5,000 sq. ft. to well over an acre. (January 03, 2013)

In-depth Analysis
Robots That Help Children
Robots can provide a perfect bridge between the human and technological worlds. (January 03, 2013)

In-depth Analysis
Once More, with Feeling: Tactile Sensors for Mechatronic Systems
BioTac shares an important characteristic with human fingers: a fingerprint, (January 03, 2013)

Using Massive Human Brainpower to Develop Robots
Could knotty technical problems in robotics that have eluded researchers in their laboratories be better and more quickly solved by the collective intelligence of an online community? (January 01, 2013)

Our Machine Friends: A New Yorker Retrospective
A New Yorker retrospective of Human-Robot Interaction (December 29, 2012)

Small-payload Robots Fastest Growing Market 2013 to 2016
Significant advances in machine vision, sensing and gripping, have enabled robots to start being used in new industrial applications and unfamiliar sectors. (December 28, 2012)

Super-strong Mechanical Muscle for Micro-scale Robots
When the strip is heated via a small electrical current or a flash of laser light, the vanadium dioxide contracts and the whole strip bends like a finger. (December 27, 2012)

Automation Systems More Flexible with Robots in the Mix
Different robots from a mix of different manufacturers can easily be added to the system. (December 25, 2012)

In-depth Analysis
Robots in Food Packaging: the 90% Solution
Robots are constantly evolving and improving for use in the food and beverage packaging sector. (December 22, 2012)

Special Report: Health Care Robotics for 2013
The promise of health care robotics begins to arrive in force. (December 22, 2012)

Lockheed Martin Acquires Assets of CDL Systems Ltd.
Lockheed Martin Acquires Assets of CDL Systems Ltd. (December 21, 2012)

Miracle at BrainGate “Turning Thought into Action”
A recent study conducted by neuroscientists indicates that the brain is more flexible and trainable than previously thought. (December 21, 2012)

The Economics of Supply Chain Robotics
Eventually, the factory with the lowest labor rates for similar products will win or dominate the market segment. (December 20, 2012)

Are Foxconn’s Robots Coming to America?
Manufacturing we take back to the U.S. needs to leverage high-value engineering talent. (December 20, 2012)

Research Report
Outlook for Health Care Robotics for 2013
Top 22 health care robotics companies: Their technology, their markets, where they're going and why. (December 20, 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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