SoftBank Group Corp., telecommunications and Internet, Tokyo, Japan

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Website - softbank.jp (https://www.softbank.jp/en)

youtube.com/@softbankrobotics7632 (https://www.youtube.com/@softbankrobotics7632)

facebook.com/SoftBank (https://www.facebook.com/SoftBank)

twitter.com/SoftBank (https://twitter.com/SoftBank)

linkedin.com/company/softbank-group-international (https://www.linkedin.com/company/softbank-group-international)

linkedin.com/company/softbankgroup (https://www.linkedin.com/company/softbankgroup)

SoftBank Corporation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_Group) on Wikipedia

Founder and CEO - Masayoshi Son (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7106)

President and CEO of SoftBank Robotics Corp. - Fumihide Tomizawa (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?11877)

Japanese communications giant Softbank Corp.'s wholly-owned subsidiary Asratec Corp. (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7017)

Softbank is the owner of Sprint Corporation (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?14260)

SoftBank Robotics America

softbankrobotics.com (https://www.softbankrobotics.com)

youtube.com/@softbankroboticsamerica1156 (https://www.youtube.com/@softbankroboticsamerica1156)

facebook.com/SoftBankRobotics (https://www.facebook.com/SoftBankRobotics)

linkedin.com/company/softbankrobotics (https://www.linkedin.com/company/softbankrobotics)

instagram.com/softbankrobotics (https://www.instagram.com/softbankrobotics)

Products and projects:

Servi (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=21555), autonomous food service robot

Whiz (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=19070), floor-cleaning robot

Pepper (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?6947), humanoid robot

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https://youtu.be/kQJ2NJXrMdc

Billiards "super shot"?

Published on Jul 9, 2014


Spherical robot that can be controlled by smartphone "Sphero 2.0".

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Agreement Reached for Alibaba and Foxconn to
Invest in SoftBank's Robotics Business (https://group.softbank/en/corp/news/press/sb/2015/20150618_01)
SoftBank, Alibaba and Foxconn cooperate to spread global adoption of robotics

June 18, 2015

SoftBank Corp.
SoftBank Robotics Holdings Corp.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Foxconn Technology Group

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https://youtu.be/ZzhYOPIelb4

Press Conference: ARM to be acquired by Japanese SoftBank

Published on Jul 18, 2016


Japanese SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at the SoftBank Press Conference to announce the acquisition of ARM Holdings for $31.4 Billion, SoftBank promises to keep the same business model for ARM, to increase the employee count in the UK by 2x within the next 5 years, to increase ARM's employee count around the world.

ARM Holdings plc (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?10990)

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Article "A Japanese Billionaire’s Robot Dreams Are on Hold (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-27/a-japanese-billionaire-s-robot-dreams-are-on-hold)"
Culture clashes, artificial intelligence became key stumbling blocks to Pepper program.

by Pavel Alpeyev, Takashi Amano
October 27, 2016

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Article "SoftBank announces AI-focused second $108 billion Vision Fund with LPs including Microsoft, Apple and Foxconn (https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/25/softbank-announces-ai-focused-second-108-billion-vision-fund-with-lps-including-microsoft-apple-and-foxconn)"

by Catherine Shu
July 25, 2019

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Article "NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion (https://www.enterpriseai.news/2020/09/13/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion)"

September 13, 2020

Nvidia Corporation (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?13678)

Arm Limited (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=10990)

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Article "Hyundai Motor acquires Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for almost $1 bn (https://www.kedglobal.com/newsView/ked202012080011)"

by Chae-Yeon Kim and Sang-eun Lucia Lee
December 9, 2020

Article "Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics for nearly $1B (https://www.therobotreport.com/hyundai-acquires-boston-dynamics-for-921m)"

by Steve Crowe
December 9, 2020

Boston Dynamics (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=1805)

Hyundai (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=4499)

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Article "SoftBank teams with home-goods maker Iris Ohyama for new robotics venture (https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/27/softbank-teams-with-home-goods-maker-iris-ohyama-for-new-robotics-venture)"

by Brian Heater (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-heater-094a921)
January 27, 2021

Iris Ohyama Inc. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Ohyama) on Wikipedia