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Fetch Robotics to Bring Inaugural Robots to Market with $3 Million in Series A Financing

Fetch Robotics today announced that it has raised $3 million in Series A financing from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) and Shasta Ventures. Fetch Robotics will use the funding to bring their inaugural robots to market. The robots will provide solutions for the logistics and light industrial markets, as well as for other human-robot collaboration opportunities.

10 Feb 2015

Kirobo Robot Astronaut to Return to Earth from the International Space Station

Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO: 4324) (ISIN: JP3551520004) (President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) announced today that Kirobo, the robot astronaut that spent eighteen months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled to return to Earth tomorrow.

10 Feb 2015

Keynote Speakers Announced for RoboUniverse Conference and Expo

MecklerMedia Corporation announced the keynote speakers for RoboUniverse Conference and Expo, taking place on May 11-13, 2015 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.

9 Feb 2015

Prototype Social Robot May Support Independently Living Elderly People

Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have developed a prototype of a social robot which supports independent living for the elderly, working in partnership with their relatives or carers.

6 Feb 2015

Researchers Plan to Integrate Human-Robots in Manufacturing Environments

Some industrial robots are hulking, highly specialized pieces of machinery that are cordoned off by cages from human factory workers.

23 Jan 2015

Father of Robots in China Brings Smart Robots into Households

In 2012, Zhou Jian decided to sell all the shares he held in existing companies and to mortgage his luxurious house in order to launch a new venture. Then he travelled around looking for partners congenial to his ambition before finally inviting leading figures in the industry to join him.

9 Jan 2015

New Investors Lead $26.6 Million Series D Round of Financing for Rethink Robotics

Rethink Robotics today announced $26.6 million in Series D financing, led by GE Ventures, with additional participation from Goldman Sachs, both new investors. All of Rethink Robotics' earlier investors are also participating in the round, including Bezos Expeditions, CRV, Highland Capital Partners, Sigma Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Two Sigma Ventures.

9 Jan 2015

Texas A&M Robotics Symposium to be Held on January 21-22, 2015

The ‘2015 Texas A&M Robotics Symposium’ will be held in College Station on Wednesday and Thursday January 21-22, 2015. The symposium will bring together 20 world-renowned thought leaders in robotics and automation.

19 Dec 2014

Humanoid Robot Travels on a Commercial Flight

Travelling from Los Angeles to Frankfurt onboard of Lufthansa flight LH 457, the passenger arrived on December 16, at 11.05 a.m. with no signs of jet lag: this was no ordinary holidaymaker, after all, but the first humanoid robot to take up a seat on a commercial flight.

18 Dec 2014