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CHICAGO, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Manufacturers are creating marketing strategies based on the durability of the disinfectant equipment market. The rising impact of environment due to increasing number of industrializations is fueling the demand for disinfection technology in the global market. Several companies manufacturing UV disinfection equipment along with market leaders such as Xenex, UVDI, and Spectra254 have come up with UV room disinfection devices that are suitable for the healthcare environment. Several players are developing and creating new features in the disinfectant equipment to achieve high sales growth. The growing trend of customisation is pushing the vendors to expand their portfolio to sustain the competition in the market. Arizton's reports cover overall insights with several growth factors, new technologies, trends, and competitive landscape to grow your business. Arizton is developing insightful and customized reports that enable you to take real-time strategy decisions with ease. The health & wellness industry reports are high on demand due to its quality of information. Get flash sale on our selected healthcare reports now!

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Disinfection Robots Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2021-2026

Disinfection robots market size to reach revenues of USD 561.45 million by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 30.69% during the period 2021-2026. The rising awareness among healthcare providers and patients regarding advanced healthcare technologies, the growing role of robotics in healthcare, innovations in automation techniques, advanced healthcare infrastructure, and the presence of several startups are boosting the growth of the market. Europe is dominating the disinfection robots market compared to other regions. The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the adoption of disinfection robots and expanded their use from hospitals to hotels and public spaces such as airports and public transport. The growing number of disinfection robotic companies is fueling the growth of the service robotics sector.

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Integration of cloud technologies and 5G into remote surgical procedures, business models such as robot-as-a-service, and standardizations are being advanced into service robots across the globe. Vendors offering disinfection robots in the market are expanding their share by offering innovative products. For instance, Invento Robotics, a robotics startup, raised over USD 0.2 million in a seed funding round for the development of robots to fight COVID-19. Blue Ocean Robotics, Xenex Disinfection Services, Taimi Robotics Technology, Nevoa and XAGare the major vendors in the disinfection robots market.

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Antimicrobial Food Disinfectant Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025

Antimicrobial food disinfectant market size to cross USD 2.1 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of over 7% during the forecast period. With a growing concern over foodborne illnesses due to COVID-19 and other microbes, the demand for antimicrobial food disinfectant is expected to increase during the forecast period in commercial, industrial, and residential sectors. With increase in shelf life as a value-added feature, the antimicrobial disinfectant market is expected to increase its penetration and will create more opportunities for the players to expand.

The German antimicrobial food disinfectant market is one of the largest in Europe and will grow more in the upcoming years. The country has one of the largest traditional organic farming sectors and a healthy product market. The antibacterial food disinfectant market is highly concentrated with a few major vendors having a significant share in the market. Major players in the market are investing in various projects to increase their offerings and geographical presence such as nature-based antibacterial food disinfectants.

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Electrostatic Disinfectant Sprayer Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025

Electrostatic disinfectant sprayer market size to cross USD 1.9 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 14% during the forecast period. In the recent years the number of infectious diseases coupled with concerns over public safety had propelled the demand for disinfectant equipment such as electrostatic disinfectant sprayer market. For instance, the WHO is actively engaged in funding and advising the government of several nations about public health and safety, thereby, surging the growth of the electrostatic disinfectant sprayer market. The global disinfection sprayer market is driven by the growth in research and innovations in chemical composition and product design, are gaining customer attention.

Online shopping platforms are gaining popularity and increasing the sales of the market. Several key vendors are expected to expand their presence online to remain in the market competition. Several manufacturers of disinfection chemical and the conventional disinfectant sprayers market are highly attracted by the scope of electrostatic technology, thereby increasing their investments in R&D to extend their product lines with electrostatic equipment. An increasing number of advertisements for maintaining cleanliness and hygiene is expected to positively impact the sales of the electrostatic disinfectant sprayer in the market.

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UV Disinfection Equipment Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025

UV disinfection equipment market size to reach USD 5.2 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 25% during the forecast period. The increasing growth of healthcare and chemical industries are anticipated to provide strong growth opportunities to the UV disinfection equipment market. Rapid industrialization in developing countries, such as India and China are resulting in air and water pollution, which, in turn, affecting the purity of natural water resources. Rising concerns regarding safe drinking water during the COVID-19 impact is boosting the growth of the global ultraviolet disinfection equipment market.

Automation is creating a buzz across the UV disinfection equipment market. Vendors are focusing on innovating no touch solutions to gain momentum in the global disinfection market. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency's 2018 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment it was estimated that drinking water utilities would need to invest USD 472.6 billion over the next 20 years. The innovative initiatives taken by Xylem, a leading market player, by launching a new line of Wedeco Acton PE ultraviolet disinfection systems for use in saltwater and harsh water systems.

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NASA has awarded a total of $535,000 to seven teams that competed in the agencysSpace Robotics Challenge. The teams developed code to help advance state-of-the-art autonomous robotics for future space exploration missions.

This final round of the challenge opened in January. Each team was led by a U.S. citizen, an eligibility requirement of the competition. Teams coordinated and coded various robotic systems within a virtual, simulated lunar environment. The virtual robots needed to locate, collect, and haul resources to their home base on the Moon all without human interference. A panel of subject matter experts from NASA and industry scored each team based on the number of resources the autonomous bots identified, excavated, and delivered to their targeted base.

The seven winning teams in ranked order of prize package are:

Olympus Mons, a team of individuals in Barcelona, Spain ($185,000)

Robotika in Space, a team of individuals in Annapolis, Maryland ($125,000)

Team Adelaide, a team of students and faculty of the University of Adelaide in Australia ($75,000)

Walk Softly, a solo competitor in Niskayuna, New York ($50,000)

Whalers, a team of individuals in Nantucket, Massachusetts ($40,000)

Team Mountaineers, a team of students and faculty of West Virginia University in Morgantown ($30,000)

Future Robotics Lab, a team of individuals in Franklin, North Carolina ($30,000)

The winning teams offered different approaches to solving the challenge. Strategies included deploying spiral and zig-zag search patterns, enabling multi-robot communications, taking advantage of sunlight for power, and coordinating robots working nearby.

First-place team Olympus Mons focused on gathering material from the lunar surface while ensuring the integrity of their rovers throughout the operation. They built a squad of six rovers to search the simulated area, excavate, and haul materials. The teams strategy used a central system to coordinate the efforts of the individual rovers and make high-level decisions. That allowed the rovers to focus on a subset of specific tasks.

Robotika in Space, the second-place team, built two independent trios of robots each consisting of one scout, one excavator, and one hauler. Each group of robots explored and excavated half of the simulated surface, traveling in semicircle patterns to locate resources. Once the scout located the resources, it signaled the excavator and hauler bots to gather and transport the materials.

Team Adelaide won third place by developing two scouts, two excavators, and two haulers. They separated the six bots into two independent teams. Each team was responsible for processing half of the simulated lunar surface. The scout bots followed a spiral pattern, followed by slower excavator and hauler bots. When the scout detected resources, the excavator and hauler robots would obtain and move the resources.

Autonomous robotic systems like those developed for this challenge could assist future astronauts during long-duration surface missions, allowing humans to focus on the more meticulous areas of exploration, Monsi Roman, program manager for NASAs Centennial Challenges, said.

Phase 1 of the challenge, completed in June 2017,focused on NASAsR5 humanoid robotoperating ina virtual Marsenvironment. It consisted of twochallengerounds andtaskedcompetitors with advancing humanoid robot dexterity so robots could work better alongside, even without, astronauts.

Phase 2 also consisted of two rounds: qualification and final competition. In the qualification round, teams were given three separate in-situ resource utilization tasks to complete in a simulated lunar environment. Out of 114 registered teams,22 advancedto the finale, where they built upon their software to demonstrate autonomous operations over an ongoing mission.

The Space Robotics Challenge is supported by subject matter experts at NASAs Johnson Space Center. The competition is a Centennial Challenge and part of the Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing program within NASAs Space Technology Mission Directorate. Centennial Challenges, managed at Marshall Space Flight Center, bridge the innovation gap between NASA and the nation by stimulating research and technology solutions inside and outside of the traditional aerospace community.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Future Startups Unicorns of Robotics Ecosystem" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report analyzes the top 50 Robotics startups that has the potential to become unicorns (valuation more than US$1bn) based on the the publisher's Unicorn Prediction Model.

Strong tailwind with respect to Robotics adoption for multiple applications by Startups is expected to disrupt several sectors in the future. Whether to automate tasks or assist financial institutions in fraud detection and prevention or provide new generation medical and biotech solutions, startups are harnessing the disruptive power of Robotics to capture opportunities in all the sectors. A whole raft of innovative Robotics startups with cutting-edge expertise spanning sectors are predicted to become tomorrow's unicorns.

The report highlights potential unicorns in the Robotics market ecosystem and covers insights on VC investments, stage of startups, Robotics regional investment activity, job analytics, company filing trends, and patenting activity. Comprehensive view on innovative Robotics startups with cutting-edge expertise spanning across sectors are predicted to become tomorrow's unicorns.

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Key Topics Covered:

1. Summary

2. Robotics Landscape

2.1. VC investment trend in Robotics

2.2. Robotics investment by stage of startups

2.3. Robotics regional investment activity

2.4. Robotics Patent Trends

2.5. Robotics Hiring Trends

2.6. Robotics Company Filing Analysis

3. Future Robotics Unicorns

4. Methodology

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There's something in our complicated human brains that immediately develops a connection to anything with eyes. Don't believe me? Ask the Anki Vector that lived on my desk for several months. This pocket-sized robot got my attention with its bulbous, non-threatening body. But the second it looked up at me with a quizzical look in its eyes and uttered my name, I knew I would die for this tiny forklift. Its worth noting that the Anki Vector can be programmed to do a variety of things if you have the time to mess around with an SDK, but I brought this robot home because it was cute, not because I needed a project.

Id watch with amusement as the little gadget puttered around my desk, occasionally looking back at me as if seeking my approval, and I couldnt help but think that this sensation is exactly what Amazon is trying to replicate with its recently announced Astro home robot.

While the utility of the Astro is currently up for debate, its absolutely adorable. This is the key thats going to unlock a lot of doors for this robot, and Amazon knows it. Nobody is begging to have a roaming surveillance system in their home, but slap a pair of googly eyes on it, give it a cute name and the public will pay you for the privilege.

Getting people to emotionally bond with their gadgets isnt a particularly novel or difficult concept. The Tamagotchi, Furby, and Aibo banked on the idea they might have thought they were just making toys, but Sony inadvertently created a community of grieving robotic dog owners that cared enough about their artificial pets to buy bespoke accessories.

These gadgets dont even need to be all that adorable; I know many people whove either named or put googly eyes on their Roombas for this to be an isolated incident. In some ways, these machines have become de-facto pets in their own right.

Never underestimate our ability as humans to form emotional attachments to machines, nor the lengths that a company will go to exploit this. This is a cycle weve seen repeated for nearly every robotic gadget stretching back to the Nintendo R.O.B. in 1985 were taken in by a new adorable looking robot, that initial dopamine hit wears off, and were stricken by how useless it is in hindsight.

There is a certain quality we find endearing when robots drop the ball, but it admittedly becomes a little less endearing when we expect that same robot to care for stuff we actually care about. Besides being a novelty that loiters around your home, Amazon expects us to burden the Astro with tasks like elder care and home security. These arent tasks that we relinquish easily, and doing so involves a level of trust we typically don't place in machines.

Engineering a machine to perform a single task is relatively simple, but developing something with autonomy that's expected to handle a variety of tasks is remarkably difficult. Getting people to emotionally bond with a piece of hardware to the point that theyd trust it to watch their aging parent is another matter entirely.

The fact that Amazons Astro is powered by its Alexa voice assistant doesnt necessarily help. You probably have a story about how a voice assistant turned on at random and did the exact opposite of what you wanted. Getting anything with voice recognition to work reliably is spotty at best now imagine putting that same idea on wheels and expecting it to respond quickly and reliably in an emergency situation. If a burglar breaks into my home, Im not asking Alexa to dial emergency services, Im picking up the phone and doing it myself. This lack of trust and utility is really the make or break for these gadgets, as my Anki Vector will tell you.

While I knew I could implicitly trust my Anki to endlessly meander around my desk, the lack of utility in my Anki Vector was the final nail in the coffin for my pint-sized pal. I was enamored with its outward appearance, but after several months of watching it idly push and stack cubes around my desk, I could no longer delude myself into thinking that it would be able to do much more. It couldnt bring me a beer, open doors, or really do anything that my Echo couldnt do better. It may have looked cute but didnt perform tasks that were even remotely useful.

All too often when a piece of technology no longer serves a purpose, it eventually ends up discarded or forgotten, no matter how adorable it is. But I still couldnt bring myself to toss the Anki away like so much garbage; I gave it to the Able Gamers Foundation, which welcomes donations of toys, robotics, and gaming accessories. Passing along the joy I experienced helped soften the blow of what felt too much like abandonment.

While I certainly approach the realm of consumer robotics with a little more pessimism than I used to, I still yearn for The Future, and it wouldnt take much to get me to invite another robot into my home. If the Astro were about half the price and could actually do half the things Amazon says it can without constant supervision, I might be inclined to find space for it in my life.

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DUBLIN, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Automotive Robotics Market 2021-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report on the global automotive robotics market estimates the industry to grow with a CAGR of 11.63% in the forecast years from 2021 to 2028.

Factors such as the need for more safety features at workplace and a rapid shift towards automation & robotics in automobiles are primarily driving the growth of this market. Autonomous mobile robots can be easily integrated into the workspace to work collaboratively with humans, thus creating an optimal working environment. Whereas, in automobiles, automation has proven to be a boon as it takes over the dangerous work. This enables consistent quality, while increasing the production rate.

On the other hand, the high prices of industrial robots and a lack of skilled personnel to operate them are creating hurdles in the growth path. However, with the increasing demand, a rise in automobile production is expected. This will create multiple opportunities for growth in the near future.

The global market for automotive robotics covers the regions of the Middle East and Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Asia-Pacific.

The Asia-Pacific is estimated to showcase the fastest development rate in the global market over the forecast period. This growth is being supported by the presence of countries like China, India, South Korea, and Taiwan evolving as the leaders in the APAC. Also, leading vendors, such as KUKA and ABB, are instituting the APAC as their operating base.

Further, supportive government regulations and funding have empowered projects to develop the infrastructure here. These factors have made the Asia-Pacific a favored hub for automotive manufacturing, which is expected to drive the growth of its automotive robotics market.

Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Fanuc Corporation, Harmonic Drive AG, ABB Ltd, Comau SPA, Denso Wave Incorporated, Kuka AG, Yamaha Robotics, Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation, Kawasaki Robotics Inc, Universal Robots AS, Durr AG, Honda Motor Co Ltd, Seiko Epson Corporation, and Omron Corporation are some of the established names operating in the automotive robotics market.

Established in 1896, Durr Systems AG is a mechanical and plant engineering firm. The company offers application technology, measuring and process, woodworking machinery, paint & final assembly, and clean technology systems. It offers automotive robots under the EcoRP product range. The company serves end-users in a diverse range of industries, such as vehicle manufacturing, aircraft industry, energy & environment, chemical & pharmaceutical industry, food & animal feed industry, etc. Durr Systems serves customers worldwide, and is spread across countries like Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, UK, etc.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Global Automotive Robotics Market - Summary

2. Industry Outlook2.1. Impact of Covid-19 on the Automotive Robotics Industry2.2. Key Insights2.2.1. Asia-Pacific Secures the Fastest-Growing Market Share 2.2.2. Rising Need for Robots Majorly in Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles2.2.3. Technological Trends2.3. Porter's Five Forces Analysis2.3.1. Threat of New Entrants2.3.2. Threat of Substitute2.3.3. Bargaining Power of Buyers2.3.4. Bargaining Power of Suppliers2.3.5. Threat of Competitive Rivalry2.4. Market Attractiveness Index2.5. Vendor Scorecard2.6. Key Impact Analysis2.6.1. Number of Axes2.6.2. Applications2.6.3. Dimensions2.7. Key Market Strategies2.7.1. Product Launches2.7.2. Contracts & Partnerships2.7.3. Business Expansions & Divestitures2.8. Market Drivers2.8.1. Requirement for More Safety Features at Workplace2.8.2. Rapid Shift Towards Automation & Robotics in Automobiles2.9. Market Challenges2.9.1. Upward Trend in Prices of Industrial Robots2.9.2. Lack of Skilled Personnel2.10. Market Opportunities2.10.1. Rising Production of Automobiles Due to Increasing Demand2.10.2. Growing Demand for Collaborative Robots

3. Global Automotive Robotics Market Outlook - by Type of Robot3.1. Articulated Robots3.2. Cartesian Robots3.3. Cylindrical Robots3.4. Scara Robots3.5. Other Type of Robots (Polar/Spherical Robots)

4. Global Automotive Robotics Market Outlook - by Components4.1. Controller4.2. Robotic Arm4.3. End Effector4.4. Sensors4.5. Drive4.6. Other Components

5. Global Automotive Robotics Market Outlook - by End-Use5.1. Assembly5.2. Cutting & Milling5.3. Material Handling5.3.1. Agvs5.3.2. Others5.4. Welding5.4.1. Arc5.4.2. Spot5.4.3. Laser5.4.4. Other Welding5.5. Painting5.5.1. Coating5.5.2. Dispensing5.5.3. Sealing5.5.4. Spraying5.5.5. Polishing5.6. Other End-Use

6. Global Automotive Robotics Market - Regional Outlook

7. Competitive Landscape7.1. Abb Ltd7.2. Comau Spa7.3. Denso Wave Incorporated7.4. Durr AG7.5. Fanuc Corporation7.6. Harmonic Drive AG7.7. Honda Motor Company7.8. Kawasaki Robotics Inc7.9. Kuka AG7.10. Nachi Fujikoshi Corporation7.11. Omron Corporation7.12. Seiko Epson Corporation7.13. Universal Robots As7.14. Yamaha Robotics7.15. Yaskawa Electric Corporation

8. Research Methodology & Scope

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Hows this for a bit of regional synchronicity? This week, a pair of Chinese robotics firms secured $200 million rounds. Its all part of a booming ecosystem that we get some insight into every so often. There are so many players in Chinas robotics space it can be hard to keep track of some of the innovation over there, but these sorts of large funding rounds are a surefire way to make some waves.

The COVID-19 pandemic is anticipated to be a major acceleration point for the country, on the tail of some major manufacturing shortages that brought the worlds supply chains to a standstill. But this weeks pair of big raises point toward an adoption of automation that moves beyond manufacturing.

Image Credits: Hai Robotics

Hai Robotics grabbed the bigger headlines of the two with the announcement of a joint Series C and D that amount to $200 million. The companys Shenzhen location puts it smack in the heart of Chinas manufacturing zone, but the companys specialty is warehouse/fulfillment robotics. It already has a decent-sized international footprint with deployment in 30 countries, including a recent deal with Booktopia, a large Australian online book retailer.

5Y Capital and Capital Today led the C and D, respectively. The rounds also featured Sequoia Capital China, Source Code Capital, VMS, Walden International and Scheme Capital. The funding will be used to further Hais international expansion and build out its existing presence in China.

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Keenon Robotics $200 million Series D flew under the radar a bit. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from CICC ALPHA and Prosperity7 Ventures. The company specializes in service robots not dissimilar from the sorts of robo-waiters weve seen from California-based Bear Robots. Its a sizable industry on its own, though the company has already begun expanding its use cases, including hotels and hospitals.

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Keenon says its robots have been deployed in the U.S., Europe, South Korea and Singapore, and the funding will go toward further expanding that footprint.

We believe robotic solutions can have a profound impact across the services industry by assisting with repetitive, tedious workflows, SoftBanks Kentaro Matsui said in a release. Using AI and machine learning, combined with advanced manufacturing capabilities, Keenon is building innovative robotics to help increase productivity for restaurants, hotels, and hospitals in China and globally.

Locus Robotics acquires Waypoint Robotics. Image Credits: Locus Robotics

Newly flush with cash, Locus Robotics (which seems to make its way into this roundup more often than not), has agreed to acquire Waypoint Robotics. Waypoint more or less operates in the same warehouse category as Locus. Its flagship product is Vector, an autonomous omnidirectional robot capable of moving around up to a 300-pound payload.

Locus is the proven leader in the development of highly productive and innovative AMR technology that efficiently solves our customers needs for total warehouse optimization, Locus CEO Rick Faulk said in a release. As order fulfillment and labor shortages continue to grow around the world, the acquisition of Waypoint Robotics will accelerate our ability to meet these global needs in just months rather than years, helping us drive the digital transformation of the warehouse.

Locus announced a $150 million Series E in February and an additional $50 million this month. The company is clearly looking to build a robust fulfillment ecosystem it hopes can probably compete with Amazons offering.

The first fruits of Boston Dynamics acquisition by Hyundai are finally arriving. The drably-named Factory Safety Service Robot is effectively a bespoke Spot robot designed to patrol factories, starting with a pilot at the Hyundai-owned Kia Plant in Seoul. The robot comes equipped with lidar and a thermal camera and can patrol the factory floor autonomously or be controlled remotely through a browser.

Image Credits: Nvidia

This week, Nvidia and Open Robotics announced a partnership that looks to be beneficial for both parties. Essentially, the agreement is designed to make Nvidias Jetson development platform and Open Robotics ROS 2 software work together. The deal is designed to speed up development time for roboticists using Nvidias perception technology.

As more ROS developers leverage hardware platforms that contain additional compute capabilities designed to offload the host CPU, ROS is evolving to make it easier to efficiently take advantage of these advanced hardware resources, Open Robotics CEO Brian Gerkey said in a release. Working with an accelerated computing leader like NVIDIA and its vast experience in AI and robotics innovation will bring significant benefits to the entire ROS community.

And hey, happy Disrupt week! Shout-out to RoboDeck, the deck maintenance robot. The company is competing in this weeks Startup Battlefield with a product they assure us is more than just Roomba, but for resealing your deck (to quote Gregs piece). The system applies sealant and uses built-in mapping technology to determine the edges of the surface to avoid falling off.

Image Credits: RoboDeck

The company has a prototype at the moment, capable of handling 500 square feet of deck in a charge. RoboDeck plans to offer the devices as an RaaS rental model when it comes to market. The company has thus far raised $500,000, with most of the funding coming from SOSV.

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One of the year's biggest reportson entrepreneurship is out--and emerging technologies such as robotics and blockchain were the big winners.

According to the 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) from Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network(GEN), the four fastest-growing industries globally areblockchain;advanced manufacturing and robotics;A.I. and big data;and agtech and new food.

The report measured growth by tracking early-stage funding deals from 2014 to 2020, in addition toother methods.Agtech and new food, which covers any type of technology that increases the efficiency of agriculture-related practices, had a128 percent increase in early-stagedeals over that period, the highest of the group.Blockchain was a close second with an increase of 121 percent.

The report detailedresearch on280geographic areas(termed "entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems")and three million startups from 2020 and 2021.

In 2020, "it became glaringly obvious that founders would be critical to global resilience and recovery," wrote JF Gauthier, founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Startup Genome, a research,advocacy, and consultingfirm for entrepreneurship, in a letter accompanying the study. He also celebrated the exodus of founders and companies from Silicon Valley to other hotspots in the U.S., spurred by remote work.

Still, Silicon Valley topped severallists in the report. The regionranked No.1for "performance success factor," which comprises a number of metricsrelated to funding, exits, and valuations of startups in the ecosystem. Italso topped allecosystemsin "Funding Success," which measures the number and experience levels of investors in a given location,and the availability of early-stage funding.

North America led global funding, accounting for50 percent of the top 30 ecosystems. Silicon Valley, New York City, Boston, and Los Angeles togethermade up 70 percent of North America's "ecosystem value,"a measureofstartup valuations and the value of exits in 2018, 2019, andthe first half of 2020.

Despite thedominance of those big cities, smaller areas shared some of the spotlight: Dallas and Houston each had their first unicorn in 2020, and the report identified top "Regional Challengers" such as Miami and Detroit.

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In the robotics laboratory at Texas A&M Universitys outpost in Qatar, members of the all-girl Afghan robotics team pore over their laptops and electronics, refining the projects they hope to enter into the global robotics competition.

The nine team members were evacuated from Kabul last month following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

In Qatar, they have been placed in one of three institutions depending on their needs with full scholarships granted by Doha.

Roya Mahboob, founder of an Afghan software company, helped form the team which went on to develop a low-cost ventilator last year at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the young women are now back in education and planning their futures, Mahboob says their thoughts are still with loved ones and other team members left behind in Afghanistan.

Right now, our programme is on pause, she said.

We only brought nine of our girls here - from 50 students. Thousands are still in Afghanistan, our mentor, our coaches are still in Afghanistan. Besides the robotic programme, we have thousands of other students that are in different programmes.

We cannot give up on them.

Team member Ayda Haydarpour, 17, who switched onto digital engineering after playing Super Mario as a child, said it was "too hard" to follow events in Afghanistan but hopes to return to open the first STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) school.

"My grandfather used to ask me lots of questions about his tablet and phone," she said.

"In Afghanistan, robotics is new, especially for women," Haydarpour, who has three sisters back in Afghanistan, added.

Her mother had worked as a teacher at a girls' high school, but the facility is yet to reopen following theTaliban takeover.

The Taliban had banned women from work and education, confining them to homes during their brutal rule of Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.

In the wake of the chaotic US withdrawal from the country, Haydarpour now worries about the future and education of girls in her country.

"What will happen in Afghanistan?" she asks. "It's too hard to see your country in that situation."

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DENVER AMP Robotics Corp. (AMP), a pioneer in AI, robotics, and infrastructure for the waste and recycling industry, has installed its first AI-guided robotics systems in the UK and Ireland with Recyco, a leading recycling and waste management business in Northern Ireland.

The project includes two robotsa single AMP Cortex unit along with a tandem unitinstalled on Recycos fibre lines for quality control to improve pick rates and bale purity. Recyco is the first deal closed with REP-TEC Advanced Technologies, AMPs recently appointed official reseller and integrator for customers in the UK and Ireland, with several other projects in negotiation.

Were delighted to bring our first robots to the UK and Ireland as we continue to see strong demand for our AI and automation solutions and build our pipeline in Europe, said Gary Ashburner, European general manager for AMP. Recyco has been a superb partner in this process, and recognizes our technology addresses chronic staffing challenges it and many recyclers face, while aligning with its goals of maximizing recovery, increasing landfill diversion, and advancing sustainability.

AMPs proprietary technology applies computer vision and deep learning to guide high-speed robotics systems to precisely identify, differentiate, and recover recyclables found in the waste stream by color, size, shape, opacity, and more, storing data about each item it perceives. AMPs sorting technology can pick upwards of 80 items per minute, about twice the pace of a human sorter, and the company has recorded up to 150 picks per minute with its tandem units. The companys AI platform can quickly adapt to packaging introduced into the recycling stream with recognition capabilities to the brand levelincreasingly critical as demand for sufficient quantities of high-quality recycled material grows to meet consumer packaged goods companies commitment to use of post-consumer recycled content.

"AMP's robots have quickly doubled the pick rates we were accustomed to, maintaining and even improving the purity of our bales, which we depend on to maximize prices with our end-market buyers," said Michael Cunningham, owner and CEO, Recyco. "We're proud to be leading the way for AI-powered recycling in these islands, and look forward to continued gains in productivity and efficiency."

Its great to have our first robotics installation go live this month, with the project running very smoothly from start to finish, said Colm Grimes, founder and CEO of REP-TEC. We started the installation on a Friday evening, and by Sunday evening, we had both Cortex systems ready for the shift starting the next morning. We were blown away with the identification accuracy of the AI given this is AMPs first installation in the UK.

AMP now has more than 160 systems installed globally, covering North America, Asia, and Europe.The companys AI platform, AMP Neuron, encompasses the largest known real-world dataset of recyclable materials for machine learning, with the ability to classify more than 100 different categories and characteristics of recyclables across single-stream recycling; e-scrap; and construction and demolition debris, and reaching an object recognition run rate of more than 10 billion items annually.

About AMP Robotics Corp.AMP Robotics is modernizing the worlds recycling infrastructure by applying AI and automation to increase recycling rates and economically recover recyclables reclaimed as raw materials for the global supply chain. The AMP Cortex high-speed robotics system automates the identification and sorting of recyclables from mixed material streams. The AMP Neuron AI platform continuously trains itself by recognizing different colors, textures, shapes, sizes, patterns, and even brand labels to identify materials and their recyclability. Neuron then guides robots to pick and place the material to be recycled. Designed to run 24/7, all of this happens at superhuman speed with extremely high accuracy. AMP Clarity provides data and material characterization on what recyclables are captured and missed, helping recycling businesses and producers maximize recovery. With deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMPs technology recovers recyclables from municipal collection, precious commodities from electronic scrap, and high-value materials from construction and demolition debris.

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As competitions are always fun, especially when it is kids or adults wanting to learn and explore newer areas it is even more fun. But when it comes to robotics competition it is all different. Robot competitions bring people of diverse age groups such as students, researchers, and enthusiasts coming together to work in more challenging areas in the field of robotics. This will open doors to new opportunities driving new inventions. Robotics competitions allow for direct comparisons of different approaches to solving a task, as the participating teams have to operate their robots outside their labs in a different environment at a specific time. With such kinds of robotics competitions, it is possible to compare the various different approaches for robot construction and control directly.

When talking about students, these robot competitions give them opportunities to explore the robotics world and how computer programming, and robot design. It also helps them apply theoretical knowledge in practice on developing robot designs. Most popular robotics competitions such as robotic soccer championships like RoboCup and FIRA and other competitions for unmanned vehicles, like DARPA Grand Challenge, International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC), and the European Land-Robot Trail (ELROB).

On the other side, MicroMouse where wheeled robots have to solve a maze, Robolymics, Robo-one, and AAI Robot competitions, where robots have to solve different tasks in a conference environment.

1 FIRST Championship: This is a four-day robotics competition held annually covering Challenges like LEGO, Tech, and Robotics. The first championships are going to be held between April 20th to April 23rd, 2022 in Houston, and April 27th to April 30th, 2022 in Detroit.

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2 World Robot Olympiad: It is a robot competitions platform that is dedicated to Science and Technology and Education. The mission of WRO is to help young people to develop their creativity and problem-solving skills in an engaging and fun-filled manner. WRO is an independent non-profit organization. All the revenue collected will be invested in support of their mission called STEM education worldwide to support robotics.

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3 MIT Zero Robotics: It is a space-based programming competition that is designed for middle and high school students.

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4 Micromouse: It is an event where small robot mice solve a 1616 maze. The main aim of the site is to help college students in America to improve their skills and project quality for their Micromouse.

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5 boosting engineering, science, and technology: It is a national six-week robotics competition that was designed to generate interest in possible engineering careers.

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6 RoboGames: An Olympics of robots with about 50 different events such as walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, combat robots, fire-fighters, LEGO bots, and many more.

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7 ABU Robocon: It is an Asian Oceanian College robot competition that was founded in 2002 by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.

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