January 2, 2017

Industry News

2016 is behind us and there are many interesting things ahead in 2017. 2016 brought many interesting developments in robotics, artificial intelligence and related markets during the last year. The question now is how some of those innovations will evolve  and what predictions we can make for the next twelve months. There are five themes that I’ll

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November 10, 2016

Industry News, Research, Robotics

[rt_reading_time label=”Reading Time:” postfix=”minutes”] UPDATE 12/2/16: I wrote a more in-depth review of the 2016 US Roadmap for Robotics and it was published today on Robotics Business Review (RBR). You can find the article U.S. Robotics Roadmap Says Basic Funding, Priorities at Stake for White House online at RBR  ​Original article: A group of technical and academic resources published the

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October 9, 2016

Industry News

There were lot’s of interesting things to see at the RoboBusiness 2016 expo, held at the San Jose convention center this year. This post contains a quick update with some of the interesting things that I learned and saw at the RoboBusiness 2016 event last week. First of all, mobile robots are alive and well with several vendors showing

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September 20, 2016

Market Knowledge, Robotics, Robots as a Service

The world of buying and selling industrial equipment is rapidly evolving. The convergence of cloud-based solutions for IT infrastructure and the evolution of innovative enterprise software licensing is now spilling over into new ways of delivering manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure. The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) paradigm in the enterprise software market has given birth to a

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August 25, 2016

Market Knowledge, Mobile Robots, Robotics

Autonomous mobile robots are emerging as a viable solution to the automation of material handling processes in your factory or warehouse. However, the market is still maturing, and there are many vendors offering a range of solutions. With so many options, it’s critical to know the minimal feature set for a viable mobile robot system.

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