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Robotics in December 2018

What changed that month for the robots we track. Each line links to its source, and the maker's own announcements are labelled.

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December 2018

19 Dec 2018MilestoneMedical
Mazor X Stealth Edition Medtronic (originally Mazor Robotics, Israel) · Cleared or mass market
Before the Stealth Edition, Mazor already sold the Mazor X guidance system and an older spine robot called Renaissance.
MassDevice, 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018MilestoneMedical
Mazor X Stealth Edition Medtronic (originally Mazor Robotics, Israel) · Cleared or mass market
Medtronic completed its purchase of Israel-based Mazor Robotics for about $1.7 billion. Medtronic had already bought a 10.6% stake in stages.
MassDevice, 19 Dec 2018
3 Dec 2018MilestoneService
BrainOS Brain Corp · Cleared or mass market
Walmart said it would have 360 floor scrubbers running Brain Corp's software cleaning its US stores by the end of January 2019, after testing them for more than a year.
The Robot Report, 3 Dec 2018

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