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Konica Minolta Installs Savioke Relay Robot at Two Hospitality Properties

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., (Konica Minolta) announced today that it has completed installations of Savioke's hospitality robot, called Relay, at two hospitality properties.

4 Feb 2016

Royal Reesink Reaches Agreement for Acquisition of Lely Turf Care Activities

On February 1st Royal Reesink N.V. and Lely Holding S.àr.L (‘Lely’) have reached agreement in principle with regarding the acquisition of the turf care activities of Lely in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark.

3 Feb 2016

Fellow Robots, Nihon Unisys Team Up to Provide Autonomous Service Robots for Use in Yamada Denki

Fellow Robots, a privately-held Silicon Valley robotics company, has teamed up with Nihon Unisys, Ltd. (Headquarters: Koto-Ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shigeru Kurokawa), to provide Autonomous Service Robots for use in retail establishment Yamada Denki Co. Ltd. (Headquarters: Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture; President & CEO: Noboru Yamada) in Tokyo area starting February 1, 2016.

3 Feb 2016

Quadrant 4 Partners with RoboKind Robots to Release Social Robot for STEM Instruction

Quadrant 4 System Corporation (QFOR) ("Quadrant 4" or the "Company"), a technology company offering SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) based Exchange Solutions today releases Jett, the social robot for STEM instruction in collaboration with RoboKind Robots. Jett is a one-of-a-kind ROBOTS4STEM curriculum delivered by QFOR’s Education Exchange for K-12, EmpowerED Solutions.

29 Jan 2016

Alpha Along with Top Robot Developers Builds China’s First "Smart Home Ecosystem"

Alpha Smart Technologies’ S Plan is a $304 million initiative, which aims to create a variety of smart devices including smart robots and smart watches. The company partnered with top robot developers and manufacturers, Turing Robot and Blue Frog Robotics, to construct the first "Smart Home Ecosystem” in China.

25 Jan 2016

Students from Four States Compete in Texas BEST Regional Robotics Championship

UT Dallas recently hosted the BEST Regional Championship for Robotics at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. More than 3,200 students from four states competed to see which robot design could best extract five natural resources — coal, iron, aluminum, copper and lithium — from a pretend mine.

22 Jan 2016