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Anki’s Debut Marks Starting Line for Robot-Gaming
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Adept Receives $2.6 Million Order From CASTEC International Corp.
Adept Receives $2.6 Million Order From CASTEC International Corp., Taiwan for robotics to be used in high precision assembly workcells for independent semiconductor manufacturing service provider. (June 18, 2013)

Yaskawa Motoman Acquires Agile Planet
The Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. acquires Agile Planet, Inc., a provider of intelligent software products for industrial robots. (June 18, 2013)

Ford Puts Robots Behind the Wheel to Test 2014 Trucks
The durability technology includes a robotic control module installed in the test vehicle that controls vehicle steering, acceleration and braking. (June 15, 2013)

Robotics and Avoiding the Company-ending Lawsuit
No one likes being sued, but if it happens, no one wants to lose. (June 14, 2013)

Robot Mowers Reap $170M in Europe’s Backyards
In Germany, the country’s automatic mower market is growing by “double digits". (June 13, 2013)

Anki’s Debut Marks Starting Line for Robot-Gaming
They may be small, but AnkiDrive’s cars mean big things for the consumer robotics industry. (June 12, 2013)

Global Oceans and Liquid Robotics Form Strategic Alliance
A ready fleet of Wave Gliders helps mobilize backlogged ocean research projects (June 12, 2013)

iRobot and Cisco’s Ava 500 Creates Presence for Itself
iRobot’s latest reveal could be the next great office hero. (June 11, 2013)

Driverless Seeder Boosts Crop Productivity
Unprecedented planting accuracy will improve agricultural productivity. (June 10, 2013)

Robot Librarians Service University Researchers
The system is patterned after storage and retrieval systems used for many years in automotive and other industries. (June 10, 2013)

Brain-Computer Interfacing Skyrockets with Mind-Controlled Robotic Helicopter
Want to control a robotic helicopter with your mind? Hand-eye coordination required. In a way. (June 06, 2013)

Two EnglishCompanies Win up to $1.3M for Autonomous Marine Vehicles
Autonomous marine engineering gets a boost from UK's Technology Strategy Board. (June 06, 2013)

iRobot Create Used in IBM’s Heat Mapping Robot
IBM's new robot may be the solution to finding energy inefficiency in data centers worldwide. (June 06, 2013)

Robotics’ Biggest Underground Investment Opportunity
Growing at a rate of 10% a year worldwide, this billion-dollar industry needs robots...now. (June 05, 2013)

Double Robotics Ships First Orders
1,000 units are expected to ship by September (June 04, 2013)



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Top Transactions

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Metron, Inc. Inks $7.3M Deal with DoD for Unmanned Sub Technology

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
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