Here’s China’s First Traffic Robot Police, And Its Now On Duty
China is one of the major growth markets for AI and robotics. Around 141,000 industrial robots were get sold in 2017, up 58.1 % year-on-year, and this week…
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Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot goes on sale
A robotics company whose creations have amassed millions of views on YouTube, is renting out one of its stars, Spot.
Anyone wishing to lease the quadruped…
World record sales for robots as sector reaches $16.5 billion in investment
Do you work with a robot? Jokes about the boss aside, if you’re in a growing list of sectors, including light manufacturing, components, oil and gas, and…
Robotic excavators get a boost with $33 million for Built Robotics
When Built Robotics emerged out of stealth in October 2017, the company’s self-driving excavators had completed a couple simple projects that included digging…
World Robotics Report: Global Sales of Robots Hit $16.5B in 2018
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) today released its annual World Robotics Report, which showed an annual global sales value of $16.5 billion in…
FarmWise Raises $14.5M to Grow Farming Robot System
SAN FRANCSICO – FarmWise, which develops autonomous farming robot systems, today announced raising $14.5 million in a Series A funding round, led by Calibrate…
Viral Robot Sophia Says She’s a ‘Fan’ of Dating Apps
Sophia, the viral robot from Hanson Robotics, famous for becoming the first world citizen and once threatening to destroy humankind, is now weighing in on a…
3 Mistakes Robot Companies Make Around Training AI
Too often, whether it’s an assumption about the power of artificial intelligence, or something seen in a Hollywood movie robotics and companies are making…
Encouraging robot uptake through Europe’s network of Digital Innovation…
A recent report by the OECD showed that Europe is only capitalising on a fraction (12%) of its digital potential. Most companies limit their digital use to…
4 Cobot Takeaways From the Robotiq User Conference
QUEBEC CITY – More than 200 cobot experts, partners and end users from around the world came to Quebec to hear the latest trends and discussions about…