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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


Majority Stake in Aldebaran Robotics Sold to Softbank
The roughly $100m deal could help prove to investors that there’s money to be made in consumer and service robotics.

A Tuned-In Robotic Tutor
Learning software developed by a Notre-Dame led team can detect and react to student emotions, and it could serve as a model interface for robots and other intelligent devices.

Driving Untethered
California, home to Google and its autonomous cars, is moving to become the second state in the nation to legalize such vehicles.

AeroVironment Receives $11.1 Million Order for RQ-11B Raven Logistics Support
U.S. armed forces use Raven systems extensively for missions such as base security, route reconnaissance, mission planning and force protection.

Texas Instruments and iRobot Announce Alliance
The partnership will develop robotic technologies using TI’s smart multicore OMAP platform.

In-depth Analysis
Seven RBR50 Firms Win Big in VC Deals
Near-term market readiness is the thread that binds them

There’s a Lot You Can Do With a Drone
Light, cheap, and easy to operate safely, civilian unmanned aircraft will soon be everywhere.

In-depth Analysis
Robots Harvesting Hair Follicles from Scalps
VC money sees heady profit in robotic hair restoration

The New iPad: Why Telepresence Device Makers Should be Afraid
Techies may bemoan the $499 entry level price for Apple’s new iPad. But while that’s a goodly sum to pay for a 16-gig tablet, it’s a bargain basement price for a telepresence product.

The Decommissioning Market
Making money by tearing things down.

“It’s About the User, Not the Robot”
Apple Computer built its success around simplified but powerful user interfaces; robotics developers should do the same.

Robo Vendoland
Combine robotics technology with vending machines, and you have a truly unique shopping experience.

Inside Robotics with Dan Kara
The Kara Report: an insider’s guide to the technology and business driving today’s robotics industry

Got Big Data?
Whether analyzing traffic patterns or speech patterns, robots are natural information gatherers, which puts them on the cutting edge of one of the latest VC investment trends.

Experimental Communities for Robots
Planned new developments could hasten the day when robots of all kinds can safely interact with humans in unstructured settings.



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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