10.10.22 | Article
SoftBank Robotics America has announced a collaboration with Gausium to create robotic assistants for commercial use. The new robots, the Delivery X1 (X1) and the Scrubber 50 Pro (S50), can complete tasks for – and collaborate with – staff to support companies struggling with hiring slowdowns and skills gaps.
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07.12.22 | Article
America Announces Global Strategic Partnership with Autonomous Solutions, Inc.
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07.6.22 | Article
SoftBank Robotics America appoints Brady Watkins to President.
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06.7.22 | Article
SoftBank Robotics America announces senior appointments.
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01.31.22 | Article
SoftBank Robotics America Appoints Jordan Sun as Head of Product, Design, and Engineering
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06.10.21 | Article
The Whiz offering brings together CSA’s industry-leading solutions and exceptional professional services with SoftBank Robotics’ global leadership in cobotics and impactful automation.
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04.21.21 | Article
Hoteliers and their service providers need to introduce new technological solutions to gain travelers’ trust now and in a post-COVID world.
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02.1.21 | Article
“Cleanliness has moved from a want to a need,” says Brady Watkins, SVP and General Manager of SBRA.
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01.14.21 | Article
With Whiz, SoftBank Robotics is hoping cleanliness will make gatherings and retail feel safer again.
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12.17.20 | Article
A podcast conversation with Brady Watkins, Senior Vice President and General Manager at SoftBank Robotics America.
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09.30.20 | Article
Cleaning robots are getting smarter, as vendors add data to fleet management software. SoftBank Robotics America yesterday announced Whiz Connect, which it described as an enterprise-grade application and dashboard for reporting data about the health and safety of indoor spaces...
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08.4.20 | Article
The pandemic has turned cleaning and other mundane building tasks into a challenge, stoking interest in machines as cost-effective solutions.
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07.28.20 | Article
SoftBank Robotics' Kass Dawson talks about the role of robotics in combatting Covid-19 and in changing the world of work. Rather than a wholesale replacement of human workers, he says, we can expect more cobotics—human-robot collaboration—and new robotics jobs.
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06.17.20 | Article
Matt Sullivan, CEO of BES Cleaning, a commercial janitorial company based in South Carolina, had been considering using robotic cleaners for years, but was put off by the up-front cost. He has now taken the plunge with Whiz, a robotic vacuum system from SoftBank Robotics.
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06.15.20 | Article
Before COVID-19, the brick-and-mortar shopping differentiator for the consumer was the in-person experience: They could try on the goods, or just see them in context. They could lie down on that mattress. It wasn’t a problem if customers opened that dresser drawer and touched every handle in the display.
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06.10.20 | Article
Whiz is already in use at a hotel in Park City, Utah, Quaynor said, and he expects similar automation to be used nationwide within a year or two.“COVID-19 is going to make this much more rapid than we thought,” he said.
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06.10.20 | Article
Josh Harcus sells robots for a living. Robotic vacuum cleaners, to be specific — a model called the Whiz, which his employer, SoftBank Robotics America, released here last fall.
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05.23.20 | Article
Brady Watkins, head of commercial automation at SoftBank Robotics in San Francisco, says their vacuum cleaning robots are also helping short-staffed teams take on repetitive tasks like vacuuming...
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04.9.20 | Article
Watkins says that cutting corners means sacrificing air quality because carpeting acts as a filter for debris and dust, so when it is cleaned less frequently, that debris and dust simply collects and builds up.
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03.17.20 | Article
“The biggest impact [from coronavirus] will be on the cleaning industry because people are demanding cleaner spaces and ways to mitigate or reduce human contact.”
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02.25.20 | Video
SoftBank has been investing money into STEM education, focusing heavily on under-served communities.
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11.19.19 | Article
There are currently no other commercial sweepers that have penetrated or have any scale within the cleaning industry to date," Watkins says.
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10.31.19 | Video
The robotics market is growing as more industries are incorporating robots into their workflow. Here are the changes we can expect.
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08.21.19 | Article
In Japan, robots aren’t scary. In fact, interacting with a robot has become routine.
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07.31.19 | Article
Trust is key to service robot design, says SoftBank Robotics
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05.17.19 | Podcast
Walmart's recent move to put 1,500 robots has reignited the debate over the impact of automation on U.S. jobs. Kass Dawson, Global Head of Marketing at SoftBank Robotics, has more on the future of everyday robotics.
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05.17.19 | Podcast
In this episode, Kass Dawson of SoftBank Robotics shows how two robots can communicate through IoT automation in the cloud.
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05.14.19 | Article
The RBR50 is the annual list of the 50 most innovative and transformative robotics companies that have achieved commercial success in the past year.
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05.1.19 | Article
Listen now: Can’t We All Just Get Along? with Anca Dragan (UC Berkeley), Rana el Kaliouby (Affectiva) and Matt Willis (SoftBank Robotics).
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04.12.19 | Article
“San Francisco is the home of SoftBank Robotics America and SFUSD is the first large, urban school district in the U.S. to create a comprehensive pre-K to 12 computer science curriculum,” said Kass Dawson, head of marketing for SoftBank Robotics America.
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03.12.19 | Article
With advances in A.I. and engineering, robots are galumphing, rolling, and being U.P.S.-delivered into our lives.
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03.3.19 | Article
Humans working alongside robots is becoming more common every day and is indefinitely changing the world. SoftBank Robotics is leading the way in human-robot interaction, transforming the way we work with technology to redefine the future of work.
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01.28.19 | Video
"My reunion with SoftBank's Pepper -- a robot I've met on many previous occasions, including through a game of Cards Against Humanity -- showed me that once a robot automatically knows and understands who I am, we can take our interactions to a whole new level."
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