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Diving into ABB’s Discrete Automation Division
Rock solid sales satisfy investors, but is a heavy emphasis on automotive a drag on long-term innovation? Read more.
Download the deals that dominated the year View Robotics’ Top Transactions 2012


In-depth Analysis
Humans No Match For RoboButcher In $23B Poultry Industry
Safer and more hygienic, rapid-fire robots debone broilers ten times faster than humans

Open Source Movement Powers Up Robotics Foundation
Well-timed, well-supported and gearing up for an immediate project with the DARPA Robotics Challenge

Satellite House Calls By Robot Space Doctor
22,000 different objects in orbit around Earth pose dangerous problems for future launches

Canon Cameras Betting On Robot-only Production
Move to machine-only production by 2015 to help preserve Japan’s high-tech power

In-depth Analysis
Soft Materials Robotics: Ready For Prime Time?
The Kara Report: Soft materials robotic technology based on biomimetic models holds great promise, but there are many challenges yet to overcome

Robots Help Serve America’s 400M Daily Cups Of Coffee
Tireless baristas, customer-friendly robots enter $20B U.S. coffee industry

$262M For Fire Scout Robot Choppers
Northrop Grumman will produce eight of the unmanned systems for the Navy

Robots That Can Reveal the Inner Workings of Your Brain
Robotic arm guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm helps to identify neurons

UK Pours $25M Into Robotics R&D
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announces major new partnership with industry.

RBR Insights
Intuitive: Share Price Stratospheric, Yet Questions Linger
Flush with cash and share price stratospheric, yet more and more analysts recommending hold. Why?

Swamped By Demand, 3D Printers Hit The Market
Affordable 3D printing is generating a rebirth of manufacturing and creativity in the U.S.

3D Printing Robot To Impact Annual $8B In Retail Furniture Sales
Tirelessly prints out tables and chairs from recycled waste materials

Euro Project Tags $11M On Social Robots For The Elderly
Novel systems approach uses three types of robots working cooperatively

In-depth Analysis
Redwood Could Well Be The Apple, Inc. Of Robotics?
With a plan and a super team, this Silicon Valley startup has its eyes on the prize.

Robotic Arm Weaves a Structure Like a Spider
Researchers from MIT’s Media Lab created a robotic arm that can weave.



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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