Author archives: Rian Whitton

As we move through 2020, a number of technologies are bracing for continued turmoil and uncertainty in the wake of COVID-19. However, the robotics industry, despite facing its own challenges, received record investment in 2019. Last year, 397 investment and acquisition deals involving robotics and robot-related companies were completed — 320 investments and 77 acquisitions ...

Several robotics companies have grown their autonomous mobile robot fleet in 2019 and are poised to scale exponentially over the next five years. Retail is an industry tied to a significant portion of this vast growth, as automation and efficiency remain key drivers for meeting today’s consumer demands.

The Potential of Retail

The value proposition for ...

The excitement around small Unmanned Aerial Systems, referred to more commonly as drones, has been in place for well over a decade. Despite a consistent hype cycle around applications in both the commercial and consumer markets, commercial usage has historically trailed behind that of recreational flyers — in 2018, for example, drone consumer market shipments comprised ...

When it comes to the robotics market, automation-enabling devices like cobots and 5G robots tend to garner a lion’s share of the attention.

However, there is one technology that has flown under the radar yet is poised to make just as big of an impact – exoskeletons.

By 2028, global Exoskeleton revenues will reach $5 ...