The Robot Report gathers and reports industry news, tracks the business of robotics, and has worked with others to develop an index of robot industry stocks. Whether reporting about a robotic arm, a new robotic hand, artificial intelligence (AI) or the stock results of the robotics industry, The Robot Report strives to keep you informed
The Robot Report covers general robotics, industrial robots, robot events, FIRST, RoboCup, VEX, AI for robots, robot software, robot hacks, robot reviews, LEGO Mindstorms NXT, and mobile robots of all types — underwater ROVs, autonomous land sea and air vehicles, UAVs and remote-controlled robotics. The Robot Report also reports on space, military, industrial, agricultural, commercial and medical robot news. This robot news portal also focuses on robotic products and projects, including news from China, Japan, Korea, Europe, Israel, the US and around the world. Entertainment robots, domestic assistance robots, health care and elder care robots, exoskeletons and bionic prosthetics, and many other robot applications assisting humans are covered regularly.
The Robot Report has been reporting on robot news, competitions and events since 2008. In July of 2017 The Robot Report was acquired by WTWH Media, LLC.
Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics
industry: the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of 82 companies in 13 subsectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.
“Early in 2008, in a personal effort to learn about the robotics industry and the future of robotics, with an eye toward selectively investing in publicly-traded and privately owned robotics businesses, I began an intensive research project that took me to Japan, Korea, China, Switzerland, Germany and all over the Internet. My eyesight has suffered but not my mind. I love what I’m doing and finding out and, in an effort to share my research, I set up this website, The Robot Report, to track the business of robotics. Early in 2009 I set up the Everything-Robotic blog to supplement The Robot Report with periodic in-depth personal insights.”
Frank is also a panel member for Robohub’s Robotics by Invitation series. Robohub.org is a Swiss-based online platform that brings together leading communicators in robotics research, start-ups, business, and education from around the world.
In early 2013, with some entrepreneurial financial partners, Frank Tobe co-founded ROBO-GLOBAL™ LLC, and helped develop a tracking index for the robotics industry: the ROBO-Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. On November 12, 2013, with a one-armed robot and a 3-fingered robotic hand, along with friends and business partners, in a widely seen media event, the ROBO-Global™ family rang the closing bell of the NASDAQ exchange in celebration of the launch of an ETF predicated on that index.
The Robot Report Team
Dan Kara, V.P. of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Dan Kara, technology business analyst and integrated media veteran, joined WTWH as Vice President, Robotics and Intelligent Systems. Kara will guide and expand the company’s robotics and intelligent systems business lines including The Robot Report, the Robotics Summit & Showcase, and other initiatives.
Steve Crowe, Editor
Steve Crowe is Editor of The Robot Report. He joined WTWH Media in January 2018 after spending four-plus years as Managing Editor of Robotics Trends Media. He lives just outside of Boston, MA, the robot capital of the world, with his wife and daughter. He can be reached at scrowe@wtwhmedia.com.
Paul Heney, V.P. and Editorial Director
Paul is a dynamic editor, writer and public speaker with more than 20 years experience in b2b magazines, online content and editorial management. He is the Editorial Director for Design World at WTWH Media LLC, helping design engineers parse the flood of information available online today—so they can receive critical information for performing their jobs more efficiently. He leads an editorial team comprised of engineers, technical journalists and freelance writers.
Brad Perriello, Editorial Director
Brad Perriello has written for The Associated Press, The Eagle-Tribune, Boston.com, The Boston Globe, Industrial Distribution magazine and a variety of local and regional newspapers. He received a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University in 2005. He helped co-found MassDevice and leads WTWH Media’s life science editorial team.
Lisa Eitel, Engineer Editor
Lisa Eitel has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and 17 years of experience as a technical writer. Her areas of focus include motors, drives, motion control, power transmission, robotics, linear motion, and sensing and feedback technologies.
Muyuan Li, Research Analyst