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Finance & Investment Resource Center
Report: Robotics will Expand to a $30 Billion Business by 2016
New domestic, professional, and security robots herald an era of smarter robots that can handle open environments Read more.
Dual-arm robots, in particular, are seeing wider acceptance among end-use industries. View Global Palletizing Machinery Market to Reach Nearly $707 Million by 2017




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

In-depth Analysis
Robolution Capital is Bruno Bonnell
Visionary and pragmatist, he’s at the helm of an ambitious journey into the future of robotics

In-depth Analysis
Musings on eCommerce, Automation and Societal Change
Amazon’s purchase of Kiva Systems has less to do with productivity increases and cost reductions than with business realignment and massive social change.

Industry Umbrella Group Changes Name
The umbrella trade association for the Robotic Industries Association has changed its name from the Automation Technologies Council to the Association for Advancing Automation or A3.

RMT Robotics Announces ADAM Fleet Sale in the U.S.
The client chose the ADAM solution from a field of competitors as the only AGV system that supports limitless layout options for their production machines, intralogistics and manufacturing.

Report: Robotics will Expand to a $30 Billion Business by 2016
New domestic, professional, and security robots herald an era of smarter robots that can handle open environments

Global Palletizing Machinery Market to Reach Nearly $707 Million by 2017
Dual-arm robots, in particular, are seeing wider acceptance among end-use industries.

Robotiq and Motoman Form Strategic Partnership
Robotiq and Motoman ally themselves, promising to deliver dexterous robotic gripper tooling on robots.

Liquid Robotics Completes $22M Funding Round
The company predicts it will achieve positive cash flow next year, and its board may consider a sale or IPO.

Intuitive Surgical Announces Share Repurchase Program
The robotics company has been authorized to repurchase up to $400 million of its outstanding common stock.

RMT Robotics to Supply ‘ADAM’ Mobile Robots to Hanwha TechM Factory Automation Group
Autonomous Delivery and Manipulation (ADAM) intelligent AGVs support lean manufacturing initiatives.

In-depth Analysis
AeroVironment’s Mixed Bag
The unmanned aerial systems developer misses Q3 revenue estimates and cuts FY2010 revenue projections.


Special Focus: Humanoid Robots
Humanoid Robots

Robots based on a humanoid form factor will eventually join us at home, in the workplace and in public places. Here’s what’s news in humanoid robotics.


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Windfall for Human-robot Communication Systems

Robots and Human Attachment

Robots May Help Kids with Special Needs
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