Weekly Bot Brief Newsletter on Robotics 4/10/2020

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

Bots In The News:

The markets performed extraordinarily well in the Easter shortened week. Both the Bots and the S & P 500 provided returns slightly in excess of 12%. A number of robotic issues generated significant gains over the week. Among the better performers, who exceeded 15% included:

Oceaneering International           44.77%

3D Systems                                31.11%

iRobot                                        26.25%

Textron                                      18.47%

Lincoln Electric                          17.76%

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Accuray Inc.                               15.61

Nio Corp.                                   15.41

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