With the announcement of eight new robotics technology projects, all involving collaboration between government, industry, and academia, the ARM Institute’s total for completed or ‘in process’ advanced robotics for manufacturing programs increases to fifty-nine.

Investors were in the mood for love this week, as we saw mergers and large investments for self-driving vehicle companies and medical robotics companies, among other transactions.

Surgical robotics moves beyond hardware to give a surgeon better skills and improve patient outcomes.

Surgical funding, software development, and educational robots were some of the highlights of the past week’s automation transactions.