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Robotics News Breakdown: Legos, DARPA, AeroVironment, and IBM

By Blake Bos - Sep 12, 2013 at 5:04PM

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NYSE: IBM

International Business Machines Corporation

Market Cap

$123B

Today's Change

(0.86%) $1.18

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$137.74

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Today's headlines for robotics investors.

In this video, Motley Fool industrials analyst Blake Bos takes a close look at some of the biggest headlines from the robotics industry today. He examines AeroVironment (AVAV 0.78%) and its $66 million worth of contracts won in the last month. He also looks at one IBM (IBM 0.86%) company that has been chosen to host the first cloud-based robotics challenge, and looks at some exciting news about LEGO's new Mindstorm EV3.

Blake Bos has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends AeroVironment. The Motley Fool owns shares of AeroVironment and International Business Machines. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Stocks Mentioned

International Business Machines Corporation

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AeroVironment, Inc.

AVAV

$103.61 (0.78%) $0.80

Texas Instruments Incorporated

TXN

$177.06 (-3.44%) $-6.30

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