In a world where futuristic developments roll out on the regular, ROBO-STOX takes the time to find the need to know robotics news - so you don't have to. Here are the highlights from the week of Jan. 24-30 in the world of robotics and automation:

Robotic arms have always found home in factories, created strictly for the completion of simple and repetitive tasks. While the “arms” are successful when operating with the intended goals, there has never been a need for such robots in the outside world, but that was in the past. Today, companies like ABB are getting creative and re-purposing robotics arms to fit into new environments, such as entertainment industry.

Robotics and automation were once mainly associated with industrial applications in factories far from home; but today this is no longer the case. Robots have come a long way interacting and even cohabitants with humans as these friendly home invaders make millions of lives easier.

In a world where futuristic developments roll out on the regular, ROBO-STOX took the time to find the need to know robotics news - so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights of the week of Jan. 10-16 in the world of robotics and automation

In a world where futuristic developments roll out on the regular, ROBO-STOX took the time to find the need to know robotics news - so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights of the week of Jan. 3-9 in the world of robotics and automation:

For the past five years, the Federal Aviation Administration has worked to establish regulations for drone operations, but its self-imposed deadline of Dec. 22, 2014 came and went. Due to this hold up, the United States is expecting 2015 to be a year full of drone talk, but will it also walk the walk?

Happy New Year from the ROBO-STOX team! As always, we bring you the need to know robotics news of the week. Here are highlights from the week of Dec. 27 - Jan. 2 in the world of robotics and automation: