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Patent Strategy Is Critical for Robotics Innovations

11/07/17, 08:43 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile & Service Robots | Business Development, patents

Patents are extremely important for robotics companies in all stages. For early-stage companies, patents are often the only way for investors to place a value on a companys technology during development. In this way, patents can make up a significantly greater portion of enterprise value for early-stage robotics companies.

Toyota Research Institute Invests in Intuition Robotics to Develop ElliQ

07/13/17, 08:50 AM | Mobile & Service Robots | Business Development

ElliQ, the active aging companion, is an AI-driven social robot that keeps older adults active, engaged and connected to family and friends, and helps them overcome the complexity of the digital world.

New Service Helps Robotics Companies Drive Revenues & Grow Business

07/05/17, 08:35 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Business Development, Operation and Maintenance

Service Advantage is a substantial addition to Ricohs services suite that offers businesses access to its global network of highly skilled and certified services employees to assist with lifecycle management for electromechanical devices.

Lightweight Servo Actuators Lower Robotic RSW Costs

06/29/17, 08:12 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile & Service Robots | Business Development

Either electric servo actuators or pneumatic cylinders can be used in robotic resistance spot welding; however, there are distinct advantages to going electric.

GE Aviation acquires OC Robotics

06/14/17, 05:51 AM | Mobile & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | Business Development, Mergers

Acquisition of snake arm robotics manufacturer will expand jet engine repair capabilities.

Stäubli Anniversary: Quality and Innovation as a driving force for 125 years

06/08/17, 08:09 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Business Development, event | Staubli Corporation

Stäubli is a mechatronics solutions provider with three dedicated activities: Connectors, Robotics and Textile. With a global workforce of over 4,500, the company generates annual turnover of 1.1 billion Swiss francs. Originally founded in 1892, today Stäubli is an international group headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.

What does the future of drone technology look like? We have an idea!

05/02/17, 09:11 AM | Unmanned & Other Topics | Business Development, Technology Discussions

While most companies are focused on how drones work in the sky, XWorks is setting its sights on how they work on the ground, using a landing pad they call the RDISt (Robotic Docking and Interchange Station).

What Manufacturing Needs

04/18/17, 08:16 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Business Development, Opinions and Advice | Bishop-Wisecarver Group

U.S. labor statistics project we will be short some two million manufacturing workers in the next 10 years.

Robots Are Going Their Two Separate Ways

02/23/17, 08:28 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile & Service Robots | Analysis and Trends, Business Development

Mobility is a powerful enabler to intelligent robots as it increases the utilization of the robot in different form factors (land-based, air-based/space/drones, water-based and wearable/exoskeleton) and various applications.

How Dynamic Group Quadrupled Production Capacity with Collaborative Robots

02/09/17, 08:57 AM | Industrial Robotics | Business Development, Case Study | Universal Robots USA

This application produces a medical device with parts that are extremely heat sensitive, so cycle times have to be consistent from part to part.

Automation in IV Pharmacy Compounding

01/31/17, 11:08 AM | Industrial Robotics | Business Development, pharma

Automation in the pharmacy for IV drug compounding is still in its infancy.

$18.867 billion Paid to Acquire 50 Robotics Companies in 2016

01/17/17, 08:09 AM | Industrial Robotics, Unmanned & Other Topics | Business Development

Companies are reinventing themselves, looking at their business in a new way with regards to how can they be a disrupter, and how they can prevent being disrupted - and this opens up deal flow.

2016 Best Year Ever for Funding Robotics Startup Companies

01/05/17, 10:17 AM | Industrial Robotics, Unmanned & Other Topics | Business Development

128 companies got funded, some multiple times. $1.95 billion, 50% more than 2015 which was also a phenomenal year with over $1.32 billion funded.

RoboBusiness 2016: Our Takeaways

11/01/16, 08:15 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Business Development, Tradeshows and Conferences | Robotiq

Just like at Automatica last summer, it almost felt as if the robotics event was morphing into an IT event. So much so that Michael Loughlin of nelmia Robotics Insight joked that it looked like manufacturers forgot that their job is actually to build stuff.

A Look at a Danish Robotics Cluster

10/11/16, 09:28 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile & Service Robots | Business Development

Clusters don't just happen by accident. They need knowledge sharing, community spirit and participation by all of the stakeholders.

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