Other than the industrial robot arm people and the vacuum cleaner people, nobody is making money in robotics. There are modest amounts of money being made i

Other than the industrial robot arm people and the vacuum cleaner people, nobody is making money in robotics. There are modest amounts of money being made in educational mobile robotics. (Lego, VEX, the FIRST consortium) FIRST robots are moderately interesting, but cost something like $5K-$10K each. VEX and Lego robots are cheaper, but are basically toys. (I work with VEX) Think erector sets with microcontrollers bolted on. Press video for the 2016 VEX World Championships. Thousands of people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1YiGZv_F4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1YiGZv_F4