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and now Pershing LLC is on the BID?
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Pershing+LLC&hl=en&num=100&btnG=Google+Search&as_e...
more gaps than the suburbs!
Carlin Equities LLC (CLYP) on BID
VERT messed w/the ASK from 11AM-12PM on 03-07-07 and was even pushing it down by moving in front of NITE, etc. on multiple downticks w/next to no vol.
out of the blue, CLYP showed up on the BID for about 10 minutes (coincidentally when a 100K block went @ $.1572, and right after that, VERT disappeared and CLYP also moved away).
well, CLYP is here again on the bid...
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Carlin+Equities+LLC&hl=en&num=100&btnG=Google+Search&a...
meanwhile... China becomes ABB's biggest single market
China is now the biggest single market of global automation giant ABB, which racked up 2.8 billion U.S. dollars of sales in the country in 2006, said Brice Koch, chairman and president of ABB China at a press conference on Friday.
While racking up the sales, ABB took in a further 3.1 billion U.S. dollars of orders, up 26 percent year-on-year.
The Zurich-based company relocated its global robotics business, and headquartered its marine, power electronics, and metals business units in China in 2006. It built a joint venture in Nanchang in southern China, expanded seven enterprises, and established another eight affiliated companies in charge of sales and services, adding 1,900 employees to its payroll to give a total staff of 11,000.
The moves reflect ABB's target of annual 20 percent growth in China, said Brice Koch, who succeeded Peter Leupp as chairman and president of ABB China while also serving as president North Asia.
He said that the company's ability to provide solutions tailored to local demand was an important factor in its success, as China strives for more efficient energy consumption, a more stable power grid, and upgraded productivity.
The leading engineering company is confident about being able to provide services for sectors like metals, ship building, power generation, petroleum and gas, and automobiles in China.
The ABB Group 2006 financial report, published in Zurich on Feb. 15, shows a 89 percent increase in net earnings for 2006, with orders surging 22 percent to 28 billion U.S. dollars, sales increasing by 11 percent to 24 billion U.S. dollars, and earnings before interest and taxes up a hefty 45 percent.
ABB, a global leader in power and automation technologies, does business in about 100 countries and regions and has a total of 108,000 employees.
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/09/eng20070309_356077.html
i suspect that the entire company, and all the peripheral people involved, read this board somewhat regularly (the "lurker" numbers have been quite large from time-to-time, even before INRA was in the OTCBB spotlight last week).
they paid to have Agoracom host a board that hardly anbody ever used (mainly because of excessive censorship imo), and the RB board died a long time ago (there isn't even an INRA board, it's still under the old ticker). there are a few scattered other sites out there w/some limited discussion, but the iHub board has evolved into the primary destination for info about INRA imo.
this is the place where people with interest in Innova gather, and there is just no need for me to do a face-to-face with Walt so that he can give me some sales job on how great everything is (meanwhile proposing to do a deal w/a company using "Whitney Punch Presses" do a google on that for fun!).
now don't get me wrong, there are definitely aspects about this company that suggest to me that it could be a fast-growing Nasdaq issue some day, but not w/the status quo imo. the handling of the last 2 weeks underscores that imo.
and if Walt really was interested in communicating w/shareholders, maybe he should start by responding to the many unreplied e-mails that are still in his in-box from the last 2 weeks?
and for some out there who will know exactly what i mean by this point (regarding other stocks), look how that concept turned out for snack, airys and stock-hog...
so thanks for the suggestion, but i'll pass.
maybe if he retired as CEO i'd be willing to play a round of golf w/him.
doubt it - retail doesn't have the shares imo.
it will only come from within imo.
can agree with that to some extent Rodeo.
Walt should retire as CEO - he can accomplish what you credit in a re-defined role as Chairman and "Robotics Ambassador" on behalf of Innova.
but imo anyone not calling into serious question recent mgmt decisions based on this AL_tronics nonsense is really just not being honest with themselves.
(again 100% imo).
edit: an SEC inquiry of CIRT would make sense imo.
you can't really think your e-mail concerns me in the least. never owned this POS and never will, just pointing out a few facts to all the nice folks out there evaluating this, ahem, "company."
by all means, send John Reed Stark an e-mail a day.
heck, include links to my posts!!!
edit: btw, i have some docs for the SEC related to CIRT and the apparently misleading claims about Wal-Mart, first made by the company, and then made by the mod of this thread repeatedly, even after it was pointed out to him that even the company had redacted the claims about Wal-Mart and he nevertheless continued to include those references on this board's iBox.
have some time-stamped PDFs that might be of interest to them...
hope you included the CIRT ticker symbol in your supposed report to the SEC!
from CIRT's 02-26-07 PRER14C:
"On May 19, 2000, the shareholders of the Corporation approved a one for three thousand (3,000) reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation."
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813716/000109690607000297/cirtranpre14ca.txt
heh. even YOU recently speculated about ANOTHER CIRT REVERSE SPLIT!!!
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=9348201
Posted by: simpsonrc1
In reply to: grizzy who wrote msg# 818
Date:1/21/2006 10:59:28 AM
Post #of 1266
if if IF a RS is EMINENT, all naked shorts will be covering, as all certs will have to be accounted for to do the rs. if there exists a large naked short position as we suspect, the lid could blow off this thing next week, and you would be well advised to sell into that kind of pop.
yeah, naked shorting... that's it!
edit: chunga, much of it just drops in my lap from a variety of spider-based alerts that i created a long time ago when i was convinced that Walt could take this company to the next level.
no longer performing the sort of regular research that i once did on this company.
and won't be expending that sort of effort again, at least until Walt Weisel retires as CEO and Lloyd Spencer is handling the day-to-day mgmt of the company.
that bonehead AL_Fleming_AL_tronics "deal" put it over the top for me...
fyi - haven't sold any shares.
edit: hey Sam - IMO you would be getting a big-time bargain. the pps is artificially depressed imo.
edit: not among those in the world-wide NSS conspiracy camp, though it definitely does happen imo (esp. in connection w/convertible notes).
anyway, can some explain to me how a 113,481 share block crosses and the Bid/Ask remains unchanged?
that piece (@ 11:53:30 AM) shows up on my data feed as a green vol bar, yet the B/A is unch.
if that was a sell, wouldn't it have caused (multiple imo) a DT?
looks like a short cover to me and leaves me wondering if maybe Walt doesn't want the pps up right now for some reason?
maybe last week's retail-fueled run caught the Emperor and his Ft Myers fiefdom flat-footed?
edit: are the MM bozos reading these posts? they DTed it a half hour after those trades on a 50K block @ 15!!
ABB Robotics will control the robots at Interphex
ABB Robotics will be exhibiting its new fifth generation robot controller at Interphex at the Jacob K Javits Convention Centre, New York, 24 - 26 April
ABB Robotics will be exhibiting its new fifth generation robot controller at Interphex at the Jacob K Javits Convention Centre, New York, 24 - 26 April. Visitors to the ABB Robotics booth 1807 at Interphex will see a demonstration on how the IRC5 and ABB Robotics world leading robot range can optimise pharmaceutical and biotechnology production. The IRC5 robot controller will reveal at the show how it sets new standards with its modular concept, ergonomically designed portable interface and simplified operation of single or multiple robot cells.
Being designed for panel mounting, it is ideal for integrators and system designers or for retrofitting into existing upgraded systems.
Easy integration with existing equipment designs, substantial space savings and exceptional versatility makes the IRC5 a cost effective investment that is readily expandable to meet future demands of the pharmaceutical industry.
It makes it easy to meet special hygienic requirements with stainless steel enclosures, making it ideal for clean environments.
ABB Robotics will also be demonstrating its PickMaster software for integrating picking, packing and palletising with the IRB 340 FlexPicker delta robot.
When combined the FlexPicker becomes the optimal, flexible robot solution for high-speed pick and place.
Indeed, the FlexPicker is the fastest robot in the world, with 150 picks per minute and a payload up to 2kg.
The FlexPicker suspended mounting consumes minimal floor space.
Also on display will be the IRB 140, to meet the demanding payload and cycle time requirements of packing applications.
http://www.processingtalk.com/news/aau/aau138.html
http://www.abb.com/Product/seitp327/f0cec80774b0b3c9c1256fda00409c2c.aspx?productLanguage=us&cou...
Note: A free brochure or catalogue is available from ABB Robotics on the products in this news release -- to request a copy click here.
ABB Robotics will control the robots at Interphex
ABB Robotics will be exhibiting its new fifth generation robot controller at Interphex at the Jacob K Javits Convention Centre, New York, 24 - 26 April
ABB Robotics will be exhibiting its new fifth generation robot controller at Interphex at the Jacob K Javits Convention Centre, New York, 24 - 26 April. Visitors to the ABB Robotics booth 1807 at Interphex will see a demonstration on how the IRC5 and ABB Robotics world leading robot range can optimise pharmaceutical and biotechnology production. The IRC5 robot controller will reveal at the show how it sets new standards with its modular concept, ergonomically designed portable interface and simplified operation of single or multiple robot cells.
Being designed for panel mounting, it is ideal for integrators and system designers or for retrofitting into existing upgraded systems.
Easy integration with existing equipment designs, substantial space savings and exceptional versatility makes the IRC5 a cost effective investment that is readily expandable to meet future demands of the pharmaceutical industry.
It makes it easy to meet special hygienic requirements with stainless steel enclosures, making it ideal for clean environments.
ABB Robotics will also be demonstrating its PickMaster software for integrating picking, packing and palletising with the IRB 340 FlexPicker delta robot.
When combined the FlexPicker becomes the optimal, flexible robot solution for high-speed pick and place.
Indeed, the FlexPicker is the fastest robot in the world, with 150 picks per minute and a payload up to 2kg.
The FlexPicker suspended mounting consumes minimal floor space.
Also on display will be the IRB 140, to meet the demanding payload and cycle time requirements of packing applications.
http://www.processingtalk.com/news/aau/aau138.html
http://www.abb.com/Product/seitp327/f0cec80774b0b3c9c1256fda00409c2c.aspx?productLanguage=us&cou...
Note: A free brochure or catalogue is available from ABB Robotics on the products in this news release -- to request a copy click here.
they did get a little blurb mention in the Roanoke, Va. paper today, does that count?
A new name. A fresh plan. Can KineLogic Come back?
The former Cybermotion team plans a rebirth.
Friday, March 09, 2007
By Rob Johnson
981-3234
Can the manufacturing of robots that roam warehouses and other buildings to perform security checks make a comeback in Roanoke?
Maybe. A small robotics company that closed its doors in 2001 has resurfaced with a new name and fresh game plan.
"We're looking for seed capital and customers," said Sam Williams II, the owner of KineLogic Corp., formerly Cybermotion Inc.
Williams, a retired Roanoke vascular surgeon and a principal in Cybermotion, is teaming with John Holland, president of the previous company.
For now, the two men will try to build KineLogic into a going concern by working out of their homes. "We need about $2 million for starters" to reopen a manufacturing facility, Williams said.
Cybermotion was previously located in a 30,000-square-foot building at 719 Gainsboro Road, where it had 15 workers.
A 1999 article in The Roanoke Times quoted Holland as saying that the company planned to hire 250 people within five years.
At its zenith in the late '90s, Cybermotion boasted several contracts, including a seven-year, $27 million deal with the U.S. Army. That was for robots that were selling for up to $140,000 at the time to customers that included such major pharmaceutical companies as Pfizer, according to Holland, a veteran engineer specializing in guidance systems.
Ironically, about the time when beefed-up security became trendy in government and the private sector, "all our orders just stopped," Holland said. "We thought the Sept. 11 attacks would bring on a recognition of the importance of security technology. Instead we experienced a knee-jerk financial reaction by companies who decided to pull back on purchasing to save money."
Even Cybermotion's military contract dissolved in red tape, Holland said.
There's some reason for management at KineLogic -- a name based on a combination of Greek roots to suggest purposeful or rational mobility -- to hope that the market for security robots is strengthening.
For one thing, the rate of growth in sales of service robotics of various kinds is more than 50 percent annually, according to some computer industry experts. And among the established companies that are vowing of late to develop robots aimed at homeland security solutions is Innova Robotics & Automation, based in Fort Myers, Fla. The company, whose stock is publicly traded, issued a statement last month outlining a strategy of tailoring software to better protect borders, ports and cities with unmanned vehicles.
Cybermotion robots weighed up to 400 pounds but were light on their three wheels. They could get around by operating elevators, opening doors and recharging their own batteries without human help. The company's software allowed the devices to maneuver in tight spaces, find intruders thanks to infrared sensors and pass along live video from remote areas of buildings to guards at a centralized control panel.
The new generation of robots that KineLogic hopes to develop, Williams said, "won't be nearly as heavy but will have even more capabilities."
One thing that won't burden KineLogic is any stigma of bankruptcy from its earlier incarnation. True, the company laid off workers, and there are some note holders. But, Williams said, "We didn't have to file for bankruptcy, and we're very proud of that."
http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/wb/xp-107896
guess the reporter was referring to Walt's recent manifesto.
heard there is no extradition from Belize to the U.S., if that's in any way a factor for your travel plans!
at least CIRT's last RS was only 3000/1, Raven Moon just did a 4000/1 RS and added a 1Billion share S-8 for good measure.
at least CIRT only has 1.5Billion shares... that's good, right?
RVME - Raven Moon Entertainment Inc Reverse Split History
Symbol Split Ratio Date
RMEI 1:4000 R/S 03/08/2007
RMNE 1:2000 R/S 12/15/2006
REVM 1:200 R/S 09/20/2006
RVMO 1:20 R/S 07/17/2006
RVMN 1:75 R/S 02/17/2006
RVNM 1:1000 R/S 07/15/2005
RMOO 1:50 R/S 07/10/2003
RMOO 1:10 R/S 06/30/1999
I almost died laughing reading this post...
any link for the supposed Evander Holyfield contract?
seems like the endorsement deal for such a "big" product would call for a filing.
would like to check it and see if they were smart enough to include something in there to get out of the deal due to Holyfield's steroid scandal.
read somewhere that he denied using 'roids -- and OJ denied it too.
so, did CIRT file the contract w/the SEC? if not, how do we even know if there really is any contract?
yeah, and the North Pole and South Pole look pretty close together too if yer looking at it from Uranus. j/k!
this proposed AL_tronics deal does seem to be good for at least one person though...
AL_Fleming.
Growth in robotic partnering
Wednesday, 07 March 2007
ABB Robotics Consumer Industries Division has announced significant growth within its Partner Network, highlighting the trend among end users and integrators to call on the services of specialists with expertise in the food, beverage, packaging and pharmaceuticals sectors.
Recognising that few plant engineers within manufacturing companies have the prerequisite skills to integrate robots into existing and new plant, ABB Robotics has established its Partner Network of experienced experts in robotics and automation integration.
While modern robot systems are now easy to program and operate, the specification, installation and optimisation remain areas of specialist expertise. Factors such as product handling (gripper technology), packaging technology, hygiene and machine vision all play key roles within the overall electromechanical, electronic and software solution.
There has been a growth in the number of packaging system integrators, but these businesses must have strong partnerships with both end users and robotics suppliers if their systems are to be efficient and cost effective. ABB Robotics believes that the way forward is the establishment of formal alliances, since this enables information, technology and experience to be shared in a mutually secure manner to the benefit of the end user.
The ABB Robotics Partner Network not only enables system integrators, machine builders and consultant companies to gain access to project opportunities, but also provides a forum for regular exchange of information and know-how.
“The partnership concept is a growing trend in automation for consumer industries where the services of system integrators are now used in all sorts of installations,” commented Frank-Peter Kirgis of ABB Robotics Consumer Industries Division. “Robotic technology demands a similar approach, and the ABB Partner Network is helping to create a broader knowledge base in the marketplace. Both Partners and their end users benefit technically from the formal alliance with ABB Robotics”. http://www.abb.com/robotics
http://www.trafalgar2.com/content/view/1891/111/
Evander Holyfield steroid scandal not going away...
still roughly 1200 google news articles.
hopefully CIRT had some sort of morals clause in their flagship "wonder-grill" endorsement contract and can somehow get out of the deal without much more damage.
maybe Thomas "Hitman" Hearns is lookin for work? or perhaps "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler?
more like Duk-Koo Kim imo...
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22evander%20holyfield%22%20steroids&btnG=Google+Search&...
looks more like the Columbia Space Shuttle imo.
one can only wonder why, if there is in fact more to the ABB thing, that there was no reference to any confidentiality request in Friday's 8K... unless that filing was somehow incomplete, and an 8K/A is presumably in order, and a confidentiality request is/was/will be filed -- JMO.
btw, i did find MrF's characterization that he is "enjoying" his insider status to be an interesting choice of words. anyone who knows this guy's track record knows he generally shoots from the hip -- unless of course that was some of MrF's sarcasm at work there.
please follow the iHub TOU in your posts - thanks!
"shipment of approximately $60,000 in product, "is a good sign that the initial testing of the infomercial..."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070307/20070307005502.html?.v=1
not a single trade @ 17.29 during today's session and don't recall ever seeing that as bid or ask. then we get an AH cross of a "T" trade for 178,000 @ .1729
t 0.1729 178000 OBB 16:13:56
smells like VWAP to me...
link back to post responding to for freerealtime time & sales data
well, i sure did waste this day away.
Pre-Blog: Cool People in the Robot Biz
by Brian Huse, RIA
(Posted 01/16/2007)
STATELINE, Ohio, January 16, 200[7] – On the day marked by the Wii contest tragedy, which was preceded by four straight days of deluge and flooding in the Ohio Valley – and on the day an ice storm tracks cross country right past my head, the first and longest sentence that will ever appear herein is the beginnings of what will evolve into RIA’s first blog.
Monday, January 15 (Martin Luther King Day), is when I met with Tom Smith at RobotWorx in Marion, Ohio around noon. He had promised me that nothing else I’d see or seen would be quite like their place. With all due respect, he may have been right.
Outside, it’s raining. Has been since I left Detroit at 8:30 a.m. At noon, when I arrive, I realize even the grayest day couldn’t take away from the luster of the blue paint so brightly painted on the walls of their 70,000 square foot warehouse. There’s even a golf range in the back with a few greens, and that’s good for at least a few grins.
In front are two very big robots bolted on outdoor pedestals at the entrance. Each is customized in the crisp shade of Buckeye gray. Their arms are raised high as if toasting each other, while metal cutouts of 'robots.com' extend proudly as end effectors.
Through the doors I step into a lobby with a NASCAR hood bolted to one wall. The hood is from 2005 and painted blue and gray with “robots.com” the only logo across it. Just as cool are the scuff marks it bears from when Jeff Green flew it through the Michigan International Speedway on a Dodge Intrepid, finishing twenty-second in the sponsor’s first race.
In the warehouse are tons of stories tied to a huge inventory of robots. People are working and bustling. Customer needs are getting addressed. Commerce is alive and well. After hearing just a few of the stories while touring the floor with Tom, we end up at his office.
His desk has two monitors on it, and intrigued, I ask, “… why?”
In answer, Tom moves screens around between the two monitors, taking multi-tasking to an almost HDTV level. His appetite for cool includes the Internet, and in short order, Tom reveals a slick knowledge and use of cyberspace technology and marketing savvy.
There are lots of videos on his site which are handy ways to see what RobotWorx can offer. We might get a few of his videos for Robotics Online, but you can see them on his site any time (you know – robots dot com ).
I’m glad he was able to see me, but soon it was time to hit the road again for another appointment with RIA member Fortress Interlocks in Erlanger, Kentucky. I climbed back into my 2003 Dodge Intrepid for the next leg of my trip. Hmmm. I just got a spoiler added to my car and the hood fixed (kind of a packaged deal). The paint wouldn’t match Jeff Green’s number 36 ride from 2005, but I wonder if that hood would fit my car – it was pretty darn cool! (Tom, if you’re reading, send RIA that hood before you ever decide to mothball it.)
Tom’s e-mail: tsmith@robots.com
I’d be remiss to not mention that the first things in the lobby that caught my eyes were three big, hand-done color renderings that capture the life and times for some of the 35 employees at RobotWorx. Done strikingly by the owner’s daughter, these and other pictures show most every type of industrial robot made. A walk through their building takes you into a neat, tidy warehouse filled with the real deal.
More blogs to follow. Feel free to contact me with comments at bhuse@robotics.org.
my comment: they also own the domain robotic.com, guess they saw the internet coming before the competition...
hey, we made the "death drop" list 2 days in a row!
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=17649267
eWeek - Tech Standards Could Be Robotics' Road Map to Success
a little old, but haven't seen it posted here.
Tech Standards Could Be Robotics' Road Map to Success
June 21, 2006
By John G. Spooner
PITTSBURGH—Robotics industry executives, in an effort to grow their nascent market, are hoping to borrow some experience from the PC business.
Several executives, speaking to attendees here at the RoboBusiness Conference & Expo on June 20, said the market for mobile robots—bots that move on their own and can interact with their surroundings—is eyeing steady growth over the next five to 10 years from new applications in areas ranging from consumer devices to military gear. They hope to see it follow a pattern similar to that of the PC industry, which took off during the 1990s.
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But they said raising robots to the same levels of success will require more than simply uncovering untapped demand for their services. Robotics would also benefit from working more closely together to create technology standards, such as common software programming interfaces for mechanical subsystems. Creating parts that adhere to standards, much like the PC industry's, would help simplify robots' design and production processes—but not necessarily cut down on their functionality—while helping to lower their prices.
"It would be nice if we could reuse existing work," said Paolo Pirjanian, president of Evolution Robotics, of Pasadena, Calif., during a RoboBusiness keynote. "To be able to do that, we need to make some sort of standard."
Pirjanian cautioned against one-size-fits-all standards, likening them to PC makers simply developing one standard for all of the various types of computing.
But he said robotics executives could stand to emulate some parts of the PC playbook, including using standard programming interfaces for software and readily available piece parts.
Seeing the potential, several companies are beginning to develop components such as subsystems, while others are working on software development tools.
Some PC industry players are even seeking to extend a helping hand in developing a more standards-based robotics industry.
Microsoft, for one, introduced its Robotics Studio robotic software development suite at RoboBusiness. Meanwhile, a host of bots use either its Windows XP Embedded or an embedded version of the Linux operating system. Many also use x86 processors and other PC components in their electronic brains.
Click here to read more about Microsoft's new robotic software development suite.
"Robots are showing up more in everybody's lives," said Tandy Trower, general manager of Microsoft's Robotics project in Redmond, Wash. "What we're doing is trying to put in place, through this Robotics Studio, a set of development tools that will make it possible for people to build [robotics] applications to help further this [market's] potential."
Still other companies are working on standard hardware components for robots.
Some, such as Valde Systems, of Brookline, N.H., are focusing on individual robot subsystems. Valde Systems offers a line of stereo vision systems designed to offload image processing from a robot's main processor, CEO Matthew Linder said.
For its part, Evolution Robotics aims to offer a series of specialized robot building blocks consisting of modules that include the necessary hardware and software to get a given job done.
Using its approach, the manufacturers won't necessarily have to design their own hardware or software for a given function. Instead, the makers can select an Evolution Robotics module and build it into a bot, promising to speed their time to market and reduce engineering efforts. Evolution's first such module, due later this year, will include its Visual Pattern Recognition technology for robot vision.
Evolution Robotics, which also offers stand-alone versions of its Visual Pattern Recognition technology, as well as a robot operating system, hopes to garner more business with its modules.
"Each of the technologies we have focused on has proven to [have] hard problems to solve," Pirjanian said. Offering the modules "helps OEMs to get access to these technologies."
To be sure, selecting a module from Evolution Robotics requires a robot maker to use the company as its supplier, given that there are few robot module makers at the moment and even fewer standards for putting various parts that go into something like a vision module together.
But even with the need to lower costs, jump technical hurdles and streamline development, several executives present at RoboBusiness cautioned against rushing headlong into creating standards.
"Standards can have a very positive effect in terms of things coming together" in an industry, Trower said. However, "it has to be the right kind of standard. More important is the agreement" between companies on how to design robot components.
Where PCs are generally used for entertainment, communicating or interacting with data, robots could be used in a much broader set of circumstances. Bots could be used for everything from entertainment to transporting goods. Not to mention taking on roles in combat and police work.
Thus it's streamlining the components that go into the bots that appears to need the most work. Evolution Robotics offers one path. Microsoft aims to offer another by surrounding its development platform with third parties to create an application development suite of sorts.
"Instead of looking at the robot to solve the problem, let's look at the individual components" that go into that bot, said Lloyd Spencer, CEO of CoroWare, a robotics integrator based in Bellevue, Wash., during a RoboBusiness session. "One of the things that is still evolving and, I think, is badly needed is a common set of APIs."
Two robots using similar components might be used for cleaning sewer pipes or disarming roadside bombs. But the motors and other components that go into making them don't necessarily have to be different. Nor do the interfaces that connect them or the software that runs them, Spencer said.
Spencer, for one, suggested that applying standard APIs to parts such as electric motors and vision sensors would assist robot makers by making it easier for designers to write the software that allows their bots to navigate and avoid objects. It would also allow robot makers to use more off-the-shelf components.
Combining standard interfaces—something Spencer likened to mortar—and standard building blocks, which he said are like bricks, with some luck in finding the right opportunities will create recipes for growth, robot makers hope.
Ultimately, "We're going to be using a little less mortar and more bricks" in the future, Spencer said. "You get a more solid robot out of that, too."
Check out eWEEK.com's Application Development Center for the latest news, reviews and analysis in programming environments and developer tools.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1979622,00.asp
lickety-reverse-split: spoken like a true defender of mgmt.
here's MrF's profile:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?user=77738
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c'mon joe, you're just being nice...
on another subject... M&A
been looking at Braintech a bit lately. if INRA's M&A strategy is in any way guided by geographical proximities (as it appears to be w/the Altronics thing), they are located in BC, Vancouver (not too far from Coro in Redmond), already have a fairly sizeable deal w/ABB and Toyota, are a Microsoft Robotic Suite Developer, and get this, as of today's close ($.36 pps) and total OS of 30,732,433 (as of Nov 14, 2006) their total mkt cap is $11M (their financials aren't glowing).
obviously i haven't thought this one through as much as RObot Worx, but seems like INRA could do a stock deal, grab a large stable of programmers currently working on similar stuff, absorb a competitor and further their west coast investment w/Coro.
here's their most recent Q, haven't read it yet...
http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015715/000108503706002251/f10qsb093006.htm
new logo?
this showed up on the 8K from the letterhead the other day, but it's on the website now...
imo, yikes!
circa 1975.
ABB introduces new robot control system for automating assembly tasks
http://www.ati-ia.com/Company/NewsArticle.aspx?id=371669795
RobotWare Assembly FC utilizes ATI's Force/Torque Sensors
Apex, NC, February 22, 2007
abb new pic web.jpgABB Robotics has introduced a new system of robot control for assembly applications. RobotWare Assembly FC utilizes ATI's Multi-Axis Force/Torque Sensors. RW Assembly FC adds sensor feedback to the robot's positioning and allows the robot to search for the correct assembly position. Forces and torques are measured by the sensor at the wrist of the robot giving it a tactile sense of touch. ABB's system makes it possible to automate tasks which earlier required skilled personnel.
A video of the RW Assembly FC system can be viewed here.
More information on ATI's Force/Torque Sensors can be found here. For more information on ABB Robotics, visit their web site www.abb.com/robotics.
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okay French Lick, i gave you discussion...
what say you?
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=17648686
edit: STOP IT Arrow! yer killin' me here!
INRA landed Coro, can lightning really strike twice in the same place?
one can only wonder if Robot Worx founder Keith Wanner would want to monetize his equity via publicly traded INRA stock.
edit: oh man, "new episode in May, 2007" imagine the exposure INRA would get!
Robot Worx is located 157 miles from GM and 200 from Carnegie Mellon.
looks like a fmily biz too:
http://www.robots.com/employee/profiles.php
PS thanks weo, nice of you to say...
FYI google of Keith Wanner
fair enough. it's a very important issue, perhaps the most important of all. i would strongly suggest you search out the posts of a guy using the name "MrFundamentals." he has made a bunch of seemingly highly informed comments on INRA's IP (at least on the RWT side of things).
it seems reasonable to expect that Coro also has some significant IP & it'd be well worth digging to see if any of the main Coro crew hold any patents.
i've already remarked more than once that if any sort of contemporaneous "side deal" was consummated w/the "settlement" it would likely be material imo. at minimum that would seem to require some sort of disclosure in the 10KSB (due mid-April) section designated "subsequent events," although it definitely seems like 8K stuff to me.
as for the actual reported financials, it would presumably appear in the balance sheet of the Q1 10QSB (due mid-May).
the fact that they have been represented by Niro, and given the reported stuff on his background, philosophy, etc. (and see, e.g., SoftParade's and The_Pink_Lawyer's recent posts on these subjects) that there would be more here. And, it seems that there might be additional efforts to pursue other alleged infringers (if there are any, and some of that might have come to light during discovery that we don't yet know about).
as for the future of any trade secrets regarding the tech that has been patented, those trade secrets probably terminated when the patent info was published, so forward looking those particular tech innovations would presumably be within patent realm imo.
as for being taken over? seems like iRobot would be the most likely acquirer, and it seems as though there could be somthing afoot as Calsyn is doing a demo in Portugal w/the Create product. and speaking of IP, check out IRBT's patents, they hold a ridiculous amount. (btw, Arrow thinks the Carlyle Group would be a strategic takeover candidate).
don't know anything about this general rule of making 3X off another's IP, got any links for that?
and might i suggest you hit the return key a few times in future posts?
okay, now you have some discussion on the subject.. what say you?
don't tell me this... b/c i highly doubt that us chatting about this is gonna get the Ft Myers crowd to actually do it.
maybe if Licky or haircut tell their insider friends about it?
Arrow, another thought... INRA *has* to know about this company. found it on page 112 of the RIA 2007 Robotics Industry Directory right next to a listing for RWT. saw that URL and had to check it out... just seems to make too much sense.
but at the same time, as i've remarked in the past, imo the company should MAXIMIZE the opportunity at hand w/Coro and MSFT.
the Robot Worx concept is strictly in the sense of if the company feels compelled to go for vertical integration on the RWT side of things, this outfit seems to bring a LOT to the table that would be of benefit to INRA's future.
http://www.robots.com/site.htm
geez, they sponsor a NASCAR team (from FLORIDA) too - http://www.robots.com/racing.htm
JMO.
yeah, that's it, the case no. changed when Judge Wiseman was assigned to it.