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Latest Investments News
New Pittsburgh Accelerator Targets Robotics Startups
Pittsburgh-based Innovation Works spins out yet another startup accelerator, this time with hardware in mind. (May 16, 2013)

Need Cash? Come Back in Four Years
Genesis Angels plans to be involved primarily in early stage seed funding, in the fields of robotics, augmented reality and artificial intelligence. (April 26, 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)

Analyst Outlook
Diving into ABB’s Discrete Automation Division
Analyst Jim Nash profiles ABB's Robotics division. (April 02, 2013)

OC Robotics Consortium Clinches Cash from Nuclear Industry
Robotic technology is one piece of the UK's plan to lead the $1 trillion global nuclear industry (March 28, 2013)

Medrobotics Closes on $10M in Financing
Medrobotics Closes on $10M in Financing (March 22, 2013)

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

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

Grishin Robotics Invests in Bolt
Boston-based incubator, Bolt, set to foster 25 hardware startups (February 20, 2013)

India’s Logistics Industry Gets Robot Newcomers to Pick Orders
Grey Orange Robotics is helping some of India's largest online retailers automate their warehouses. (February 08, 2013)

Persimmon Technologies Closes Series B Funding with $5.8M
Persimmon Technologies Corporation, a provider of vacuum robotics and Hybrid-Field Motor Technology for the semiconductor, LED, FPD and solar equipment markets, announced that it has closed a $5.8 million Series B funding round. (January 16, 2013)

Medrobotics Completes $33.6M in Series D Financing
The company's Flex Robotic System is designed for operating on the throat and voice box (December 20, 2012)

Grishin Robotics Invests $250K in RobotAppStore
Both parties firmly believe in the vision and the importance of the marketplace for robotics applications. (December 10, 2012)

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

Telepresence Robotics Biz VGo lands $882K
VGo’s telepresence robotics product is used in hospitals, nursing facilities, labs and in the home (November 09, 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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