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Seaglider Attracts New Manufacturer
Seaglider finds a new home at Kongsberg after being dumped by iRobot. (May 22, 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)

Tesla Offshore Selects Bluefin to Expand its Deepwater Oil and Gas Field Development
Tesla’s use of the Bluefin-21 hints at future sales as the company pursues government contracts (March 27, 2013)

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

Liquid Robotics Closes $45 Million Series E Funding
Liquid Robotics Closes $45 Million Series E Funding (March 20, 2013)

ROV Sales to Global Oil & Gas Worth $2.5B in 2013
The ROV will likely be one of the key enabling factors in energy production for many years. (February 14, 2013)

Robotics Business Review’s RBR50 List for 2013 Announced
The final votes are in! The top 50 robotics companies announced for 2013. (February 11, 2013)

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

Robots, Russians and Roscosmos Return
Undeterred by recent failed missions, Russia revives spaceflight programs (December 12, 2012)

Robot Discovers “Magnetic Highway”
Voyager reached the termination shock – the region of the outer solar system where the solar wind starts to slow. (December 05, 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)

Tips For The New Robotics Investor
John Edwards interviews leaders in the investment community for tips on what to consider befor before investing in robotics. (October 24, 2012)

The Global Race to Robot Law: 5th Place, China
Through a series of exclusive interviews, columnist Emmet Cole analyzes which countries are leading the pack when it comes to robot legislation and regulation. (October 19, 2012)

Bluefin Develops Deep Sea Docking Stations
With the adoption of AUV technology becoming more widespread, the limitations of the technology are being explored and addressed. The average AUV charge lasts about 24-hours on an underwater AUV, but the Navy now wants to deploy them for the kinds of 60-day missions that some unmanned aerial systems are equipped to undertake. Bluefin Robotics has developed a solution that has Navy officials scoping out their Fore River testing site. (October 10, 2012)

Bluefin Launches Next-Gen, Large-scale, Submersible
Now undergoing sea trials at a Navy base in Panama City, Fla., the Proteus is Bluefin’s largest vehicle to date – and its first that accommodates passengers. (September 26, 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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