235 robotic start-up companies reviewed in this reprint from article by The Robot Report published in World Robotics Service Robots 2013 by the IFR (Intl. Fed. of Robotics).

From futuristic to practical, from robotic hubs and clusters to far-off places around the globe, from the whimsical to the amazing – everywhere that programmers program and engineers tinker – robotic startup companies are flourishing and giving us a glimpse at our robotic future.