Day: May 2, 2018
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Soft Robotics raises $20 million in ‘oversubscribed’ funding round
Industrial robotics company Soft Robotics has raised $20 million in what it says was “an oversubscribed funding round”. The new investors include Scale Venture Partners, Calibrate Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, Tekfen Ventures, Yamaha Motor, with Hyperplane Venture Capital leading the round. Existing investors include Material Impact, ABB Technology Ventures, Taylor Farms Ventures and Haiyin Capital.
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Misty Robotics launches new Misty II personal robot
Today at the Collision Conference, Misty Robotics, the personal robot company spun out from Sphero, the creators of the best-selling BB-8 toy robot, announced its newest personal robot, the Misty II, and the launch of a limited-time crowdfunding campaign to purchase the robot at a 50 per cent discount. People interested will have 30 days,…
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The collaborative robotics revolution: A panacea for low productivity and an ageing work force?
By Andrew Dyer, investment manager at Baird Capital Industry 4.0, the catch-all phrase to describe industry’s embrace of Big Data, the internet of things and robotics, tends to inspire equal feelings of excitement and anxiety. Excitement for the manufacturers who dream of lower costs, greater efficiencies and faster and greater outputs, anxiety for the millions…
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World’s first 3D printed house built in days
The world’s first house has been built by a robot 3D printer in Nantes, France. This 95m2 house has 5 rooms, rounded walls, windows and doors… a set of complex architectural forms, achieved by means of a revolutionary technology, on a site provided by Nantes Métropole Habitat. This innovative project is led by a consortium…
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Construction robotics startup Kewazo raises €1m+ in seed funding
Kewazo, a robotics start-up in construction, has successfully raised over 1 million euros of seed funding, led by MIG Fonds 14 and Business Angel Alfred Bauer. The funding will enable Kewazo to bring its robotic solution for scaffolding assembly to the market and to establish the company’s sales and distribution network. Kewazo GmbH has developed a…