Exoskeleton maker and institutional investors agree on preferred stock and warrants
The Top 10 Robotics News Stories of 2015
Robots are everywhere, but which developments were of the most relevance to our business audience?
Top Robotics Transactions of 2015
Catch up on a baker’s dozen mergers, acquisitions, and investments that altered the fast-moving robotics industry in the past year.
Chinese Firms Invest $20M in Israeli Robotics R&D
China and Israel have been building trade and technology partnerships and expect robotics to be key to productivity, global competitiveness.
MS’s Cortana now doing daily morning weather report
The use of Cortana, an AI personal assistant created by Microsoft initially for Windows phones, has been a big hit in Japan and China. The Mandarin language version, named Xiaoice, is being used daily by a TV station to report the morning weather. Pronounced Shao-ice, meaning “little bing” in Mandarin, the youthful-sounding female voiced Xiaoice has been downloaded…
Japanese Innovation to be Highlighted at CES
The Japan Innovation Showcase at CES 2016 will show off some of the latest cutting-edge technologies from Japan, including social robots, 3D printers, unmanned ground vehicles and more.
New Sino-Israeli Robotics Institute gets $20 million initial funding
A consortium of Chinese companies, municipalities and investors, including Siasun, the largest robotics firm in China and the city of Guangzhou, have inked a deal to set up a $20 million R&D center in Israel dedicated to developing robot technology that China can use to modernize and automate its industrial base. The investment follows the September establishment…
Over 100 research reports cover global robotics
The number of research reports covering the robotics industry has grown exponentially in the last few years. 81 have been previewed on The Robot Report thus far in 2015. The latest batch of 28 — shown below — brings the total to 109. GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE ROBOTICS (3) Robotics 2016-2026, published December 2015, 120 pages,…
The Future of Mechatronics
Mechatronics, like every other field of human endeavor, is undergoing rapid change driven in large part by the availability of increasingly more powerful processor technology. In the September 2013 issue of Design World the cover article features a “toy” robot based on an inverted pendulum control system. The robot is able to move on a […]
Top 10 stories making news in robotics in 2015
Jibo, Pepper, Buddy and other social robots begin to sell 2015 was a year of promotion and product development for social robots like Pepper, Jibo, Buddy, Rokid and Sota. 2016 will be a pivotal year to see how they are received by the public. It's the time when companies will sell enough units to get enough feedback…
Twitter Drone Would be the King of Selfies
Twitter users could control the drone’s movement and stream what it captures.
Exoskeleton Market to Reach $1.8B in 2025
Lower body exoskeletons currently lead the market, but commercial systems that augment capabilities will exhibit the strongest growth moving forward.
Ford, Google to Co-Develop Self-Driving Cars
The partnership will use Google’s self-driving car technology and would be legally separate from Ford to shield the automaker from liability concerns.
LG HOM-BOT Turbo+ Robot Vacuum Doubles as Security Dog
When paired with a smartphone, the HOM-BOT Turbo+ robot vacuum can send you photos of the inside of your home, doubling down as a security guard.
Human Mobility in the Age of Mechatronics
Mobility is critical to our survival. Mobility is required to perform all the basic survival tasks in a pre-industrial culture; hunting, gathering, fishing, finding water, farming, all these require mobility. As resources and weather patterns change, longer range mobility may become necessary as well. Survival literally can depend on being mobile. In our modern industrial society, […]
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Yamaha RMAX crop sprayer gets full FAA approval
The FAA granted Yamaha Motor Corp. an Agricultural Aircraft Operations certificate for their RMAX crop spraying remotely piloted helicopters. This certification plus the waiver issued earlier in the year allowing it to commercially fly over agricultural properties, complete the compliance aspect and enable Yamaha to begin agricultural spray service operations at the start of the…
In China, robotics are progressing according to plan
The IFR (International Federation of Robotics) estimates that by 2018 one-third of all the industrial robots installed worldwide will be in China and said, “China is engaged on a historically unprecedented effort to catch-up in the race towards automation. The latest figures show that sales of industrial robots jumped to around 57,000 units in 2014 –…
Kia Self-Driving Car Program Debuting at CES
Kia says it will introduce a semi-autonomous car by 2020 and a fully autonomous vehicle by 2030.
CES Implements Major New Security Measures
New procedures include bag checks, body screening and armed police officers.
Drones Are Taking Over CES 2016
The exhibit space dedicated to drones has grown 200% from CES 2015. There will be a record 27 companies exhibiting in the Unmanned Systems Marketplace.
VA Now Pays for ReWalk’s Exoskeleton for Veterans
Landmark policy provide veterans across the U.S. with access to evaluation, training and supply of ReWalk exoskeletons. The exoskeleton costs $69,500 and was too expensive for many injured veterans.