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Shakey, the World’s First Mobile Intelligent Robot
Developed at the Artificial Intelligence Center of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) from 1966 to 1972, SHAKEY was the world’s first mobile intelligent robot. According to the 2017 IEEE Milestone citation, it “could perceive its surroundings, infer implicit facts from explicit ones, … Continue reading
The Future of the Robotics Industry
Steve Crowe, Editor of The Robot Report, catches up with 10-year-old robotics prodigy Michael Wimmer at the Robotics Summit & Expo 2019.
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The AI and Automation Buzz
CB Insights: Media buzz around AI, robotics, and automation increased significantly towards the end of 2016. JP Gownder, Forrester: The forward march of automation technologies — which include hardware (e.g. robots, digital kiosks), software (e.g. AI), and customer self-service (e.g. … Continue reading
The Rise of Robots: Market Overview
CB Insights: Social: Startups here are building consumer-focused companion and entertainment robots. The most well-funded startup on this list is Anki, with $157M in equity funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Two Sigma Ventures, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. China-based … Continue reading
Collaborative Robotics Market
MarketsAndMarkets: The global collaborative robots market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 60.04% between 2016 and 2022 from $110 Million in 2015 and is expected to reach $3.3 Billion by 2022. The collaborative robots market is application driven; … Continue reading
Market for Industrial Robots to Reach $80 Billion in 2022
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY] A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR and … Continue reading