Gender

Male

Location

Santa Barbara, CA

About Me:

Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report. After selling his business and retiring from 25 years as consultant to the DNC and major presidential, senatorial, congressional, mayoral campaigns and initiatives all across the U.S., Canada and internationally, he has energetically pursued a new career in researching and investing in robotics. “Early in 2008, in a personal effort to learn about the robotics industry and the future of robotics, with an eye toward selectively investing in publicly-traded and privately owned robotics businesses, I began an intensive research project that took me to Japan, Korea, Germany and all over the Internet. My eyesight has suffered but not my mind. I love what I’m doing and finding out and, in an effort to share my research, I set up the website, The Robot Report, to track the business of robotics. Early in 2009 I set up the Everything-Robotic blog to supplement The Robot Report with periodic in-depth personal insights.”

Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

UAVs are an integral robotic tool for military/defense. But their civilian use is more important in the long run, hence my interest in tracking their development just as I track the business of robotics.

Hometown:

Santa Barbara