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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.
Polaris Expands Robotic Pool Cleaning Line
Added intelligence and four-wheel-drive enhance pool cleaner action and maneuverability
Neato Robotics Inc. Raises $12.2 Million
Newest round of financing for robot vacuum cleaners and household chores
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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.
Experimental Communities for Robots
Planned new developments could hasten the day when robots of all kinds can safely interact with humans in unstructured settings.
Fearing the Worst for Service Robots
Overblown expectations have quashed products, even entire industries, in the past. Remember Apple's Newton? Could the same happen to robots tasked with serving humans?
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Robots Among Us
Consumer Robotics Knocking at the Front Door
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Prototyping Robots with 3D Printers
Roboticists are turning towards 3D printers for their prototyping needs. But are 3D printers ready for large-scale robot production?
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Robots and Human Attachment
"People respond to things that they have a mental model of and the easiest way to do that is to anthropomorphosize the robot."
Survey: Many Willing To Borrow Money to Buy A Domestic Robot
Services respondents wanted most from a household robot include cleaning windows, washing floors and dishes, and doing laundry.
New Robotics Laboratory Set to Open at the University of York
The facility will provide a base to develop and test swarm robotic systems.
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.
Open Hardware Standards Gain Ground
Will standardized platforms boost robotics development the way IBM's PC architecture accelerated the deployment of desktop computers?
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.
FMC Technologies to Increase Ownership of Schilling Robotics to 100 Percent
FMC and Schilling have collaborated on a variety of projects and technology advances over the past three years.
