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Latest Manipulator News
Rethink & Universal Upbeat for 2013 with New-Gen Factory Workers
Can't call them Next-Gen any longer, because they're here and ready to work. (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)

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)

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

Mazor Robotics Announces Third Quarter Financials
Mazor Robotics, in announcing its 3Q2012, said that “operating and financial results reflect the growing global demand for Renaissance systems. (November 27, 2012)

Conventional Palletizing is Dead…Almost
Available since the 1950s, conventional, automatic palletizers began to witness the introduction of gantry and then jointed-arm robots in the 1990s. (November 26, 2012)

Unilever Solves and Saves with Compact Robot Palletizer
The new palletizer deploys an industrial robot that picks up packs in random sequence from any of three production lines and accurately places each pack on the appropriate pallet. (November 20, 2012)

Human-Robot Synergy?
Dr. Julie Shah from CSAIL offers a glimpse of future training with robots (November 06, 2012)

Progress Report on Eldercare Robots
Frank Tobe interviews the father of robotics, Joseph Engelberger, and takes an intensive look at the viability of eldercare robots today. (November 06, 2012)

Submit Your Robot Idea for the International Robotdalen Innovation Award
The Robotdalen Innovation Award is aimed towards researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs with commercially valid robotics solutions. (November 05, 2012)

How Symbotic is Solving the Palletizing Puzzle
Symbotic explains how their software plus mobile robots answers today's warehousing challenges at RoboBusiness. (November 02, 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)

Novel “Robot in a Box” Palletizer Debuts
The E3 Robox provides a simple and portable robotic end-of-line palletizing solution (October 31, 2012)

Traditional Markets, Emerging Customers
Robobusiness panelists from ABB, KUKA, FANUC and Energid discuss the real challenges that effect industrial robotics in today's jobs-centric culture. (October 26, 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)



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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