Britain is set to go to the polls on Dec. 12, and to many it feels like a particularly momentous election. But beyond the issues of Brexit and the nature of the British role in an increasingly turbulent world, there is a question regarding the revival of industry, and rediscovering Britain’s place as a key…

For the past thirty years, the robotics industry has been defined by a large number of providers building similar products with proprietary operating systems, controllers, and software to perform largely similar tasks. This applies particularly to mobile robotics. This might be called the Artisanal Age of robotics given the significant challenges faced in developing robots…

Teradyne built its business around automatic test equipment for electronics. This still accounts for 75% of the $2.1 billion revenue Teradyne made in 2018. This is a mature market that is unlikely to yield significant growth in the long-term future. As a result, Teradyne embarked on a series of acquisitions for key industrial robotics start-ups. With…

Late October spelled bad news for Pepper, the quintessential and iconic face of Softbank Robotics. According to a Nikkei Tech survey, only 15% of companies planned to renew their three-year contract with the robot provider that began in October 2015. The contract involved deploying Pepper in corporate settings, including banks and offices, for purposes of…

After South Korea’s reduction of tax-incentives for investment in advanced automation technologies, there is increased political support in both the UK and US to implement taxation on robotics. But pursuing a robot tax is an onerous path, built on faulty assumptions about job losses and a misdiagnosis of the problems ailing US and UK economies.…