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This week in robotics: Amazon’s iRobot deal hits an EU snag as new funding keeps hot drone summer rolling

This week brought in good news for the robotics space in the form of new investment for nascent companies, but two established players within the space hit a snag. Amazon’s potential $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which had previously been approved by the U.K.’s antitrust regulators, is now getting an extensive review by the European Union. Our resident robotics expert Brian Heater has some…

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You may bump into this robot in your local grocery store

You may bump into this robot in your local grocery store

As long as consumers love low prices a trend will continue — the evaporating human employee. Tuesday a Silicon Valley start-up unveiled Tally, a robot designed to help retailers track their shelves far better than a human employee could. Robots like Tally can’t do everything a person can, but they offer a reminder of how machines…

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