FLIR Systems, which has been on a spending spree to enhance its unmanned systems offerings, acquired intellectual property (IP) and operating assets from Aria Insights. The Robot Report broke the news about Danvers, Mass.-based Aria Insights, formerly known as Cyphy Works, abruptly shutting down in March 2019. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but here…
A glimpse at our robotic future: 235 start-ups reviewed
[This article first appeared on pages 191-198 in “World Robotics Service Robots 2013” published by the IFR (International Federation of Robotics) Statistical Department. Copies of that book and its companion “World Industrial Robotics 2013” both of which can be purchased here. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher.] By Frank Tobe, Editor, The Robot Report…
$160 million for 14 VC-funded robotic companies in 2011
By Frank Tobe, editor/publisher, The Robot Report Travis Deyle, is a postdoc researcher at Duke and a recent PhD from GA Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he was a member of the Healthcare Robotics Lab and a frequent blogger at Hizook.com. Fortunate for us, he kept a file of 2011 venture funded robotic…