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DoD Places $27.3M Robot Order


Latest Transactions News
$10.7M Series A to Airware for Universal OS and Platform for Drones
Wants to fill the gap between the massively-funded military drone work and the nascent DIY drone community. (May 16, 2013)

iRobot Announces First RP-VITA Sales
7 hospitals are now utilizing the uniquely autonomous remote presence technology. (May 14, 2013)

Big Bots Meet Big Ag: Who Will Fill the Void in Agrobotics?
How close are we to autonomous farming? Jim Nash takes a look at the companies ahead of the curve. (May 03, 2013)

France’s Robot Initiative Pledges $126.9M to Grow the Industry
France's plan includes small business stimulation, more cooperative research and access to a $78.4 million investment fund (April 15, 2013)

AeroVironment Lands $13.8 Million Army Contract
Procurement represents continued progress toward U.S. Army’s acquisition objective for Raven systems (April 11, 2013)

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

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

Amerinet Choice Announces Exclusive Agreement with Health Robotics
Amerinet will sell i.v.STATION, i.v.STATION ONCO, and i.v.SOFT Workflow Management solutions (March 07, 2013)

DoD Places $27.3M Robot Order
iRobot and Qinetiq receive government order for robotic defense systems (March 07, 2013)

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

Bug Killer: Microorganisms Beware the Xenon Robot
In the U.S. about 1 of every 20 patients gets an infection while hospitalized and up to 98,000 die from these each year (February 01, 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)

3D Systems Set to Acquire Geomagic
3D Systems Set to Acquire Geomagic (January 09, 2013)



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All of the robotics industry’s top reported orders, sales, investments, mergers & acquisitions and financial events of 2012 now available in one downloadable doc!


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