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RBR50 Public Companies

ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Industrial & Software robotics. It is located at 1250 Brown Road, Auburn Hills Michigan in the United States.
ABB Robotics is a leading supplier of industrial robots--also providing robot software, peripheral equipment, modular manufacturing cells and service for tasks such as welding, handling, assembly, painting and finishing, picking, packing, palletizing and machine tending. More about ABB Robotics.
Adept Technology
Adept Technology is a Public company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 5960 Inglewood Dr., Pleasanton CA in the United States.
Adept Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides intelligent robotics systems and services for packaging, solar, medical, disk drive/electronics, machine tool automation, and automotive electronics markets. More about Adept Technology.
AeroVironment
AeroVironment is a Public company with a focus on robotics. It is located at 181 West Huntington Dr., Monrovia CA in the United States.
AeroVironment, Inc. designs, develops, produces, and supports unmanned aircraft systems, and efficient energy systems for various industries and governmental agencies. It offers small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, including real-time tactical reconnaissance, tracking, combat assessment, and geographic data to the small tactical unit or individual war fighter. The small UAS wirelessly transmit critical live video and other information to a hand-held ground control unit, enabling the operator to view and capture images. More about AeroVironment.
Boeing
Boeing is a Public company with a focus on Mobile robotics. It is located at 100 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago IL in the United States.
The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. More about Boeing.
CoroWare
CoroWare is a Public company with a focus on Mobile robotics. It is located at 1410 Market Street, Kirkland WA in the United States.
CoroWare, Inc., through its subsidiary, CoroWare Technologies, Inc., delivers custom engineering services, hardware and software products, and subscription services in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It operates in three businesses: CoroWare Business Solutions, Robotics and Automation, and Enterprise Collaboration Solutions. More about CoroWare.
DENSO
DENSO is a Public company with a focus on Industrial robotics. It is located at 1-1 Showa-cho, Kariya in Japan.
Denso Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of automotive technology, systems, and components worldwide. The company’s Thermal Systems segment provides air conditioning systems for cars and buses, radiators, cooling fans, inter coolers, oil coolers, engine cooling modules, and reserve tanks, as well as, construction equipment, truck refrigeration units, and air purifiers. Its Powertrain Control Systems segment offers engine control components, system control components, diesel injection products, and gasoline injection products. More about DENSO.
Epson Robotics
Epson Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Industrial robotics. It is located at 3-5 Owa, 3-chome, Suwa in Japan.
Seiko Epson Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of information-related equipment, electronic devices, and precision products. More about Epson Robotics.
FANUC
FANUC is a Public company with a focus on Industrial robotics. It is located at Oshino-mura, Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan.
FANUC Corporation is a Japanese electromechanical manufacturer specializing in robotics. It is one of the largest maker of industrial robots in the world. It is part of the Furukawa Group.FANUC had its beginnings as part of Fujitsu developing numerical control (NC) and servo systems. The company name is an acronym for Factory Automatic Numerical Control. More about FANUC.
Hansen Medical
Hansen Medical is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 800 East Middlefield Rd., Mountain View CA in the United States.
Hansen Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical robotics designed for accurate positioning, manipulation, and stable control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. More about Hansen Medical.
Honda Robotics
Honda Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Humanoid & Software & Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 1-1, 2-Chome, Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku, Tokyo in Japan.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of motorcycles, automobiles, and power products primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its motorcycle line consists of business and commuter models, as well as sports models, including trial and moto-cross racing; all—terrain vehicles; personal watercrafts; and multi utility vehicles. More about Honda Robotics.
Intuitive Surgical
Intuitive Surgical is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 1266 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale CA in the United States.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets da Vinci surgical systems for various surgical procedures, including urologic, gynecologic, cardiothoracic, general, and head and neck surgeries. Its da Vinci surgical system consists of a surgeon’s console or consoles, a patient-side cart, a 3-D vision system, and proprietary ‘wristed’ instruments. More about Intuitive Surgical.
iRobot Corporation
iRobot Corporation is a Public company with a focus on Mobile & Maritime robotics. It is located at 8 Crosby Drive, Bedford MA in the United States.
iRobot Corporation designs and builds robots for the consumer, government, and industrial markets. The company offers consumer products, such as floor vacuuming robots, floor washing robots, pool cleaning robots, gutter cleaning robots, and programmable robots. More about iRobot Corporation.
John Deere
John Deere is a Public company with a focus on Mobile robotics. It is located at One John Deere Place, Moline IL in the United States.
Deere & Company, founded in 1837 and based in Moline, Illinois, provides products and services primarily for agriculture and forestry worldwide. More about John Deere.
KUKA Robotics
KUKA Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Industrial robotics. It is located at 51870 Shelby Parkway, Shelby Township MI in the United States.
KUKA Robotics Corporation manufactures PC-controlled robots. The company offers industrial robots, such as small robots; robots with low, medium, and high payloads; and heavy duty robots, as well as robots for special requirements. More about KUKA Robotics.
Mako Surgical
Mako Surgical is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 2555 Davie Road, Ft. Lauderdale FL in the United States.
MAKO Surgical Corp., a medical device company, markets its advanced robotic arm solution and orthopedic implants for orthopedic procedures in the United States and internationally. It offers MAKOplasty, a restorative surgical solution that enables orthopedic surgeons to treat patient specific osteoarthritic disease. More about Mako Surgical.
Microsoft Robotics
Microsoft Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Software robotics. It is located at One Microsoft Way, Redmund WA in the United States.
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software company by revenue, sells consumers and corporate customers everything from Windows operating systems to Xbox game consoles to Microsoft Office applications. Microsoft Corp. develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products and services for various computing devices. More about Microsoft Robotics.
Motoman Robotics
Motoman Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Industrial robotics. It is located at 805 Liberty Lane, West Carrollton OH in the United States.
As of June 1, 2010, Motoman Inc. (private company founded in 1989) has been acquired by Yaskawa Electric Corp. Motoman Inc., an industrial robotics company, provides robots, process equipment, and safety equipment in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Israel, Japan, Asia, and the Pacific Rim. It offers arc and spot welding, assembly, dispensing, laboratory/clinical automation, material cutting, material handling, material removal, and painting robots. More about Motoman Robotics.
Panasonic
Panasonic is a Public company with a focus on Industrial robotics. It is located at 1006, Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka in Japan.
Panasonic Corporation, formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (changed its name to Panasonic Corporation in October 2008), develops, manufactures, and sells electronic products worldwide. More about Panasonic.
QinetiQ North America
QinetiQ North America is a Public company with a focus on Mobile robotics. It is located at Cody Technology Park, Farnborough in United Kingdom.
QinetiQ Group plc provides technical support, training, test and evaluation, and know-how to customers in the defense, aerospace, and security markets primarily in the United Kingdom and North America. More about QinetiQ North America.
Toyota
Toyota is a Public company with a focus on Humanoid robotics. It is located at 2-1 Toyoda-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi in Japan.
Toyota Motor Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, assembly, and sale of passenger cars, minivans, and commercial vehicles. It sells its vehicles in approximately 170 countries and regions, including Japan, North America, Europe, and Asia. Toyota Motor Corporation has collaboration with Microsoft Corporation for the development and deployment of telematics applications on the Windows Azure platform for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. More about Toyota.

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