Weekly Bot Brief Newsletter on Robotics 3/22/2019

"There is no force on earth more powerful than an idea whose time has come" -Victor Hugo

机器人索引亮点：

Despite the devastating 2.50% decline in the NASDAQ and the 1.90% fall in the S & P 500 in Friday’s trading, several of the Bot Index’s stocks managed positive returns for the week. On Friday, none of the domestic bot holdings were in positive territory and the only three gainers of the day were recorded by Japanese companies. Trading earlier in the week, however, helped to sustain the gains fromNVIDIA CORP。(up 4.53%),精确公司。(up 5.61%),谷歌（加1.78％）和亚马逊谁增加了3.06％。国际公司还记录了其他优势，以3.87％的增长率增加钥匙。Yaskawa电气增加了3.36％，Hiwin Technologiesrose 2.26% andFanuc公司。increased 2.19%.

The gainers within the Bot Index were led by trading in精确公司。The company was mentioned in a Zachs’ report, “Robotics Shaping Up MedTech”. The article contrasted the difference between the market opportunities of直观手术(which Zachs carries a ‘sell’ ranking) andAccuraywhom Zachs noted the CyberKnife is “much in demand”. Following the 2018 suspension of the medical device tax in the U.S., research and development of technological based solutions in the medical field has exploded.

罗克韦尔Automationfell 5.24% during the week, however, market fortunes may shine brighter in the coming week. Kiplinger issued a report on Friday entitled “6 Top Stocks to Buy for the Future of Industrial Automation” which featured罗克韦尔和ABB Ltd。（另一个机器人索引组件）。关于罗克韦尔, Kiplinger stressed the strong dividend growth rate of 67% over the past five years together with 11% earnings growth expectation for 2019 and 8% for 2020. As forABB Ltd。该文章强调了该公司的吸引力估值，提高了增长前景和股息收益率是标准和po 500的两倍。

Fly Me to the Moon:

上个月，美国宇航局宣布了永久返回月球的计划。美国宇航局管理员吉姆·布里登斯汀（Jim Bridenstine）说：“这次我们去月球，我们去待了”，并指出他们的计划将月球用作登台区域，以进一步探索外太空区域。随着2024年的截止日期，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）希望拥有登陆者，太空拖船和加油站的农历。NASA对机器人简介和机器人行业最重要，正在寻求与商业企业的关系，以满足其外层空间努力的特定需求。长期以来，机器人简介一直是海底和外层空间勘探和开发中使用机器人技术的支持者。关于机器人技术在就业替代方面可能发挥的负面影响的文章很多，但是我们已经看到了太空和海上采矿的压倒性机会供未来就业。

NASA正在快速地实现其在月球上的存在。预计将在3月25日之前获得第一轮合同^th, with awards amounting to $9 million to come as early as May. Specifically mentioned was Bot Index’s component Northrup Grumman as an example of current flights to the space station. The effort will take place in three phases. The first phase is to launch a Gateway lunar orbital module from which unmanned tests of surface landings will occur. This phase is expected in early 2024. The second segment, in 2026, will involve human astronauts docking with Gateway to pursue further lunar landing tests. The final stage will place four astronauts on the moon.

With Mr. Bridenstine’s comment, "So, we're not going back to the moon to leave flags and footprints and then not go back for another 50 years. We're going to go sustainably to stay, with landers and robots and rovers — and humans." If all performs to plan, Mr. Bridenstine announced, "We're going to take as much of this as possible and replicate it at Mars,"

当然，在这项新的开创性倡议中，机器人技术和增加的就业机会将得到增强，该计划将对人类的未来产生深远的影响。

成员：美国经济协会，美国新闻协会专业记者学会。机器人工业协会特许财务分析师研究所。

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