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Robot Block Party 2013
April 10, 2013 1:00 pm
In celebration of National Robotics Week, the Silicon Valley Robot Block Party returns to the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab @ Stanford on Wednesday, April 10 2013, from 1 to 6pm.
Come and see robots on display from Silicon Valley companies including the Robot App Store and RobotsLAB, representing the best in research, industrial and consumer robotics. Join in activities with robot clubs and STEM organizations. The Robot Block Party is co-hosted by CIS and Silicon Valley Robotics, with the assistance of Stanford Robotics Club and event sponsors.
Sign up here
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Join the panel: Drones.edu: Hands on the Future in the Classroom, where Elad Inbar will discuss the use of robots (especially quadcopters) in classrooms.
March 6 3:00PM - 4:00PM, SxSW Edu Conference, Austin Convention Center Room 16AB, Austin, TX
Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, have an enormous capacity to facilitate classroom learning. Used primarily as research tools, drones are having an impact across many disciplines, from agriculture to engineering. This panel will feature prominent drone experts and educators who are taking advantage of drone technology in today’s classrooms.
Elad Inbar will discuss the usage of drones as a teaching-aid tool in math and science classromes. Drone expert and attorney Amie Stepanovich (Electronic Privacy Information Center, EPIC) joins the panel as a moderator to highlight the importance of teaching responsibility to future drone operators.
Get all the details at SxSWEdu.com.
March 20 update: Now you can listen to the recorded session here:
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With its first funding round in the bank, RobotAppStore seeks to advance the robotics industry through the apps store model.
January 15 2013
A Q&A with RobotAppStore founder and CEO Elad Inbar. The San Francisco–based company was founded in 2011 and closed a $250K first round of funding in early-December from Grishin Robotics.
Read the full story at StartUpBeat.com. |
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A fresh investment in RobotAppStore, in which you can download apps for your robot.
December 13 2012
"...Whether a robot looks like a human or hockey puck, it is only as clever as the software within."
Read the full story at NewYorker.com. |
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RoboAppStore Adds Functionality to Your Favorite Robots
December 11 2012
Do you want your robot to smile every time it sees you? Or you want it to whistle and say "hello gorgeous" whenever it sees a girl, just like the stereotypical Italian movie character? Well, there's an app for that -- in an app store exclusively for robots.
Read the full story at Mashable.com. |
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RobotAppStore Raises $250K From Grishin Robotics To Take The App Distribution Model To The World Of Robots
December 10 2012
Grishin, is optimistic about the opportunity. “First we are interested in the team behind this company,” he says. Second, he says, that he believes in apps pushing more purchases of hardware, as Apple and Google have both proven. “The idea of a robot app store is a very unique proposal for the market. The more opportunities you create for using robots, the bigger the market will grow.”
Read the full story at TechCrunch.com. |
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Robots need apps too
December 10 2012
The RobotAppStore is Grishin Robotic's second investment after Double Robotics
Read the full story at VentureBeat.com. |
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Mail.Ru CEO Dmitry Grishin’s robotics investment firm puts $250k in RobotAppStore (Interview)
December 10 2012
Read the full story at TheNextWeb.com. |
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Robot Launchpad's startup series - Elad Inbar & RobotAppStore
December 10 2012
Read the full story at RobotLaunch.com. |
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Infographic - The Future of Cloud Robotics
December 10 2012
The fast growth of consumer robotics will be fueled by the Cloud, which RobotAppStore will play an important role in. Discover how is all of this related?
Watch the infographic. |
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Grishin Robotics Pours $250,000 into RobotAppStore
December 10 2012
Today, Grishin has announced investment number two, with another $250,000 going to Elad Inbar's RobotAppStore.
Read the full story at spectrum.ieee.org. |
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Join us - DEMO Afterparty, Robots welcome!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 from 7PM Santa Clara, CA
Post-DEMO Drinks @Citrixaccel
The Citrix Startup Accelerator welcomes all for a post-DEMO celebration on Wednesday night (October 3rd). Please join us,share your favorite moments from the conference, discuss new technologies you see on the horizon, and come check out the robots we'll have on hand.
Register here
UPDATE: Pictures from the event. |
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The first marketplace for robot apps
September 23 2012
"...users have already downloaded thousands of times the about 600 different apps available, many of them designed to work with specific robots already in the marketplace. For example, he says there are apps that teach Roomba, the vacuum-cleaning assistant from iRobot, to dance and sing songs like 'Happy Birthday' while it vacuums...."
Read the full story at MercuryNews.com. |
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The Future is Robotics
September 18 2012, 18:30 @ Microsoft, 835 Market St Ste 700, San Francisco, CA
Join RobotAppStore's founder talk in front of hundreds of developers at a unique meetup discussing the future of robotics. This is going to be the first ever event completely devoted to robotics held by BASE. This is going to be one of the best robotics events of the year discussing this leading edge technology that is transforming our world.
RSVP at BASE meetup website. |
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August 17 2012
Robots get their own encyclopedia
Robot enthusiasts Friday got a new source of information with RobotAppStore.com's launch of Robopedia, a Wikipedia-style encyclopedia.
Read the full story at MSNBC website. |
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August 16 2012
The Robot App Store Presents the First Encyclopedia for Consumer Robots
The much-needed resource gives consumers detailed information on robotics' products, companies and components
Read the full story at Robotics Trends website. |
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July 13 2012
Intel's futurist describes a future that has already happened. - the Robot App Store
"As robotics evolves in tandem with computing, robots will soon be mobile and intelligent enough to provide home health care, says Intel futurist Brian David Johnson.
Not only will they be able to keep an eye on the elderly and others who need home care, but also we will be able to customize them with apps, just like an iPhone"
Read the full story at Current.com website. |
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June 28 2012
Robots take lessons in body language
"...Some homes boast robotic toys and robotic vacuum cleaners. But for robots to become more widespread, they need to be smart enough to cope with human idiosyncrasies whether in the living room or even out on the streets..."
Read the full story at Financial Times website. |
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May 29 2012
RobotAppStore to mentor at After-I/O Hackathon robot track! (Google I/O 2012) Join a team now!
#GTUGsf's After-I/O Hackathon (Google I/O 2012). |
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April 20 2012
Robots are good but roboticists are better!
MEGA Startup Weekend proved that you can mix startups and robots together and build new robot businesses. The real story of our success was the roboticists, our robot mentors and coaches from the RobotAppStore, Sphero, Ologic, Willow Garage...
Read the full story at RobotLaunch.com. |
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April 11 2012
New creations on display at Stanford National Robot Week event. There's even a robot app store in San Francisco to program them.
Watch the video article at ktvu.com. |
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April 9 2012
New app store caters to Robot fans
With over 20 million domestic robots in use, there's a natural market for robot-related apps, just as there are markets for games and other apps.
Read the full story at Computerworld.com. |
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April 9 2012
Robots Featured in New App Store
If you want to waltz with your Roomba or remotely control your flying AR Drone, there's an online store that sells apps that let you do those things, and more.
Read the full story at PCWorld.com. |
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April 13-15 2012, Microsoft Campus, 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View, CA
RobotAppStore CEO mentor on the robotics vertical at MEGA Startup Weekend
Mega Startup Weekend is the largest Startup Weekend in the Bay Area and in the world, hosting over 300 attendees in 3 different verticals, hosted by Microsoft BizSpark, Startup America, and DEMO.
In the Robot Vertical, we will be exploring how to use existing robots for other commercial purposes, or even building new robots to solve some existing problems.
Limited-time offer! $30 off the ticket price! Just use the promo code: "robotappstore" on registration. |
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April 11 2012, VAIL Building, 473 Oak Road, Stanford, CA.
Robot App Store to participate at Robot Block Party at Stanford
Stanford University will hold a Robot Block Party on April 11, 2012. This event will showcase cutting edge robotics technology. Robot App Store will showcase robots and apps for the robots. Attendance is free of charge! Time: 1pm-6pm.
More details about the event at Stanford website.
Event video:
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January 25 2012
ルンバの掃除力アップも、ロボットのアプリ配信サイトがもうすぐ始動
影木准子の米国ロボット最前線
Read the full story at Wall Street Journal Japan. |
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Jan. 17 2012
The Robot App Store Will Fulfill Your Fantasy Of Owning A Beer-Serving Bot
Whether you like it or not, little robots are going to be part of our lives sooner than we think, and we’ll need these apps to make them do what we want--from getting beer to more important tasks.
Read the full story at FastCompany.com. |
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Jan. 4 2012
Finally, an app store for robotkind
Why shouldn't your android get to play with Android apps like you do? Well, a San Francisco company has launched a robot app store so you can teach your old droid some new tricks.
Read the full story at CNET.com. |
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Jan. 4 2012
TIME Magazine: Robots Get Their Own App Store.
Starting soon, people will be able to download apps for their personal robots just like they download apps for their iPhone or iPad.
Read the full story at TIME.com. |
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Jan. 4 2012
Is 2012 The Year That Robot Applications Take Root?
Read the full story at SingularityHub.com. |
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Jan. 3 2012
Chikodi Chima of VentureBeat with Elad Inbar and NAO, demonstrating apps for NAO Robot.
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Dec. 31 2011
Robot app store in San Francisco geared toward the future.
Read the full story here. |
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Dec. 23 2011
The world of Robot-AppsTM - an interesting and inspiring infographic covering the market for robot applications.
See the beautiful infographic here. |
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Dec. 18 2011
Can your Robot play AngryBirds?
Read the full story at RobotReviews.com. |
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Dec. 13 2011
Featured Startup Pitch: Have a robot? RobotAppStore is bringing the mobile apps model to robotics.
Read the full story at StartupBeat.com. |
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Dec. 13 2011
New Apps Store for Robots Spurs Industry Creativity and Openness.
Read the full story at RobotMagazine.com. |
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Nov. 28 2011
Teach your robot new tricks this Cyber Monday at the RobotAppStore.
Read the full story at VentureBeat.com. |
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Nov. 18 2011
Richard Erb of Robotics Trends in a video interview with Elad Inbar.
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Nov. 4 2011
Want to improve the performance of your robot? There will soon be an app for that, at least if RobotAppStore.com has anything to do with it.
Read the full story at Portfolio.com. |
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Oct. 28 2011
Robotics App Store Launched. The founders say their portal will broaden the capabilities of standardized robotic platforms. Read the full story at Robotics Trends. |
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Oct. 10 2011
Robotics Trends' Thomas Marsh envision Robot App Store will take the industry to the next level and create mass consumer sales, and that now is the time for it.
Read the full story at Robotics Trends. |
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Oct. 3 2011
RobotAppStore took a Demo Table at the 8th founder Showcase even in San Francisco. Come and meet us there!
http://foundershowcase.com/ |
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Sep. 29 2011
RobotAppStore secured its presence on RoboBusiness Leadership Summit 2011 in Boston. Come and meet us there!
http://www.robobusiness.com/ |