Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Interesting Articles on Robotics Business for January 14, 2015

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Business Wire (press release)
Kurion Awarded Robotics Contract to Repair Leaks in Damaged Fukushima Reactor
IRVINE, Calif. & WESTMINSTER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kurion, Inc., an innovator in nuclear and hazardous waste management, announced it ...
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VentureBeat
Regulation isn't biggest barrier to drone industry success, says 3D Robotics' Chris Anderson (Q&A)
Almost every day, someone blames regulation for the slow pace of drones' implementation in business. But Chris Anderson, the rockstar CEO of 3D ...
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The Globe and Mail
Learning-friendly robot stuck in low gear
Taibotics, which sold its first robots in 2012, offers two versions (the software is free). The original model cost $300, but the company has since come ...
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USA TODAY
Robots could take half of German jobs
But — as the hostile reaction from German unions to other business models ... "Robotics is seen as a pivotal technology, which is not only going into ...
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News Nation
New snake robot can be reconfigured to suit user needs
Scientists have developed a new robot that moves in ways that are similar to a snake's natural undulations and it can be reconfigured to suit user ...
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Inhabitat (blog)
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is developing robots to explore Hawaii's volcanoes
The team's robots have been developed in order to gain new information about what happens within volcanoes. Naturally, it's a dangerous business, ...
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USA TODAY
Robots, not immigrants, could take half of German jobs
Robotics is seen as a pivotal technology, which is not only going into ... It will create new jobs because [it will make] new businesses possible,” Haass ...
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Manufacturer.com
Digi-Key Hosts FIRST Robotics Challenge Kick-Off
This season, participating FIRST Robotics Competition high school ... a platform that allows developers and cloud providers to do business with the ...
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Live Insurance News
Google may break into the US auto insurance market
The company has not yet announced any definitive plans to sell insurance ... in recent years, moving into the transportation and robotics business.
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