Category Archives: robots
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
Robots Inspired by Animals and Rodney Brooks’ Inspiration
Machine Man: Rodney Brooks, Boston Magazine, November 2014: After getting bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from Flinders University, in Adelaide, by 1977, [Rodney Brooks, former director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT and founder of iRobots and Rethink … Continue reading
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Robots Take Over the World
Source: ABI/Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
The New Servant Class: 50 Startups Developing Home Robots
CB Insights: Consumer robotics startups have bagged 25% of the global robotics deal share in the last 5 years. Around 40% of these consumer deals went to social robots like Anki, UBTECH, and Rokid. Educational robots that teach children how … Continue reading
Asimo The Humanoid Robot in Action
In 2000… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESLc26fNAe8] in 2016… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8jiAlX-qTk] And on Saturday Night Live… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwaGtmuYcww]
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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
48 Startups Disrupting the Warehouse
CB Insights: Warehouse & inventory management software – These companies offer software-as-a-service platforms, generally cloud-based, for warehouse management and inventory tracking functions. Temando leads with $50M in funding, and works with Asos, Trademe, Krispy Kreme, and more. UK-based Peoplevox ($6M in funding) … 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