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Santa Barbara, CA – Tuesday, June 16, 2015 – As of May 31st, equity fundings for robotics-related ventures totaled more than for all of 2014. A special Wall Street Journal report confirmed that money is flowing – liberally – for advanced manufacturing and robotics.

Details of these stories, with photos and links, are in The Robot Report along with many other interesting and informative articles:

• Four trends show what’s hot in robotics.
• Results of the Amazon Picking Challenge and the DARPA Robotics Challenge and why they are important.
• Swiss robot manufacturer ABB launched a factory in the U.S.
• American Teradyne paid $350 million to acquire Danish Universal Robots, the leading maker of collaborative robots.
• And many more.

The Robot Report is a regularly updated web-based resource for news and links about the business of robotics. It strives to keep you informed about new startups, acquisitions, IPOs, fundings and failures; about successes, technological achievements, and forecasts. The Robot Report also has an extensive free worldwide database (and global map) of public and private companies involved in robotics.

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