A 52-year-old South Korean woman was “attacked” by her robot vacuum while she was napping on the floor.
Fetch Robotics gets $3 million
Ex-Willow Garage and Unbounded Robotics veterans get $3 million to bring mobile manipulator and mobile platform to market. Funding came from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Melonee Wise was named CEO. Fetch Robotics is the new name for FYS Systems. FYS stood for Fetch Your Stuff. The new name, Fetch Robotics, seems more appropriate…
Processors Everywhere
In a world where compute capability continues to increase and costs continue to decrease, it’s hard to predict where the progression takes the industrial controls field. The latest offering from Intel should be cause for concern for the major suppliers of industrial control systems. After all, is there really a difference between a Beckhoff dual […]
Robotics research forecasts upward growth
A flurry of recent costly robotic analyses are offered by a variety of vendors. 10 are robotics-related – most show steady growth rates; a few project spectacular growth. UPDATED 2-11-15 to add ABI Research robotic home care research report. TechNavio, a British technology research company, was the company with the most reports – four, each of…
6 Awesome Drone Apps
A roundup of some of the best iOS and Android apps that will enhance your drone flights.
Robots to Run Japan’s Henn-na Hotel: No Human Employees Welcome
Robots will carry your bags, clean your room, and manage the front desk.
Meet PlotBox the Cemetery Drone that Maps Your Grave
PlotBox, which has been called the “Google Maps of cemeteries,” uses cloud-based software and drones to map cemeteries to make sure they’re not burying anyone in the wrong plot.
Financial briefs: Recent transactions
New Chinese robotics investment fund; the RIA says 2014 North American robotics set new sales record; marine robotics company gets acquired. These stories and many more…. KMel Robotics, the Philadelphia-based flying entertainment robot startup that became famous when they did a show using a swarm of lighted drones at the Cannes Film Festival, sold to chipmaker Qualcomm…
Google, Uber Battle Over Self-driving Taxis
Uber has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University on driverless car and mapping technology, while Google, an Uber investor, is reportedly developing its own ride-sharing service.
Watch: Drone Catches Thieves in the Act
A polish rail freight operator used a drone to catch an attempted robbery of its coal source. The footage from the drone was passed onto police, which arrested the robbers.
Win a $1,399 Budgee Personal Shopping Robot
Budgee the robot assistant can carry 50 pounds and run up to 10 hours on a charge, and it has sensors on the front and side to avoid obstacles.