Fetch Automates Your Warehouse With Robots #Robots #Robotics

Silicon Valley start-up Fetch Robotics has unveiled a pair of robots designed to work in warehouses, autonomously picking and delivering goods.

Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane Raises More Than a Half Million Dollars on Kickstarter

Published on Nov 26, 2013

Preorder on Kickstarter http://kck.st/IfPkIA

PowerUp Toys has introduced a new form of play by fusing origami classics with state of the art technology. This time we took a big leap forward, by integrating Bluetooth Smart technology into our PowerUp Paper airplane module. Now you can easily control a simple self made paper airplane with your smartphone. Say hi to the World's First Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane - PowerUp 3.0.

Rethink Robotics: Meet Baxter

Published on Sep 17, 2012

Meet Baxter, a revolutionary new category of Robot from Rethink Robotics that is capable of applying common sense behavior to manufacturing environments. Affordably priced, versatile and safe enough to work shoulder-to-shoulder with people, Baxter robots redefine how small, mid-size and large domestic manufacturers use automation to compete with manufacturers in low-cost regions of the world.

Amazon Prime Air Will Make Home Deliveries Via Drone QuadroCopters

Some day in the nott too distant future, you will be able to place an order on Amazon and have it delivered to your home in 30 minutes or less.  They will accomplish this using inexpensive drone technology.  

Published on Dec 1, 2013

We're excited to share Prime Air - something the team has been working on in our next generation R&D lab. The goal of this new delivery system is to get packages into customers' hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. Putting Prime Air into commercial use will take some number of years as we advance technology and wait for the necessary FAA rules and regulations. This is footage from a recent test flight. See page athttp://amzn.to/PrimeAir

1 Huge Factor Holding Robotics Back

Published on Sep 5, 2013

In this video, Motley Fool industrials analyst Blake Bos gives us some of his key takeaways from the recent AUVSI Unmanned conference, to show investors what the biggest hurdle is before robotics can advance to the level that's been imagined by Hollywood for decades. He also tells investors what the most important things to follow will be as new innovations come along, picks out some key players for investors' watch lists, and discusses why he personally may stay on the sidelines for now in this tricky industry.

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Robot Doctor Headed to a Hospital Near You

Published on Jul 25, 2012 by CBSNewsOnline

The latest creation from Bedford, Mass., company iRobot is a 5-foot, 4-inch, remotely controlled, physician on wheels named "RP-VITA." It's expected to be in hospitals across the country by the end of the year. WBZ News' Lisa Hughes reports.

Wired Magazine Article on the Domestic Drone Boom

Wired has a great article about DIYDrones.com and how drone technology is today where home computers were in the seventies.

How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/ff_drones/all/

I looked for examples of videos people have uploaded using their kits and there's some great stuff out there!

Published on Jun 23, 2012 by jerryjnormandin

QuadCopter Based on the APM 2.0 controller, hobbyking SK450mm frame, NTM 26-28a motors, blueseries 30 ESC

Uploaded by zlite on Aug 9, 2009

A 60-second entry to the DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) contest. Five waypoints hit in an X pattern with the corners at least 200m apart

Xybotyx at CES 2012

Another example of companies creating inexpensive but highly intelligent robots thanks to attaching an iPhone to it.

iRobot's Ava will be an awesome platform for future business opportunities!!

I just saw a great article in Popular Mechanics about iRobot's latest creation:  Ava

Here's a video of the new robot taken at the recent CES show in Vegas:

This inspires a lot of thought and ideas for future business opportunities in Robotics.  With the ipad being used to control it, it will be very easy for developers to create unique apps to take advantage of it's capabilities.  I bet this will be a hot platform for future entrepreneurs! 

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