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An American in Genoa: RoboBusiness Europe 2013
Everyone yearns for a new Europe where a breakout of high-tech innovation might deliver great products for commercialization that, in turn, might reinvigorate the local job scene and better society. (April 10, 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)

Adept Technology Receives $1.1M Order from China’s Top Explosives Manufacturer
China's largest explosives manufacturer looks to robots to increase production and traceability on over 100 production lines. (March 11, 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)

Mining Giant Anglo-American Inks Deal with Carnegie Mellon
“Working with top robotics experts is essential to our technology and innovation programs,” said Anglo-American's Donovan Waller. (January 09, 2013)

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

In-depth Analysis
Roaming Robot Finds Its Own Way
There's a steadily increasing need for nimble mobile robots that are independent of human control (November 30, 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)

The Robot Operating System Initiative Reinvigorates Robotic Manufacturing and Research
More and more leaders in industrial robotics are being connected to IROS through the research community. ROS supporters believe that the open source movement is the best path towards accelerating the development of the robotics industry. (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)

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)

Making Your Robotics Company a More Attractive Investment
How to build a patent portfolio that will impress investors and make sense for your robotics business. (October 21, 2012)

Polaris Prototype Unveiled: A Robot to Mine for Lunar Ice
Red Whittaker and a team of CMU roboticists develop technology for space that is grounded in commercial viabili (October 12, 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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