The details of the deal were not disclosed, and the transaction is still subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Intuitive’s profits fall short in first quarter
Compared with Q1 2021, sales were down 14% in the bottom line and 15% growth in sales.
SoftBank Robotics Group invests in Avalon SteriTech for a clean future
The investment strengthens the existing public facility cleaning and disinfection business developed by the two companies.
Swisslog joins Berkshire Grey’s Partner Alliance program
Swisslog offers AutoStore’s modular and flexible automated storage and retrieval system, among other robotic solutions.
Glacier brings in $4.5M for recycling sorting robots
Glacier’s robots are able to sort over 30 different item types, and are 60% less expensive than other sortation robots.
Rapyuta Robotics brings in $51M for pick assist robots
Rapyuta offers a picking assistant AMR that picks and carries orders between worders to reduce the amount of time workers spend walking.
Halma acquires underwater ROV maker Deep Trekker
Deep Trekker creates ROVs that are used for underwater inspection and tasks in a variety of industries, including aquaculture.
RoboCT brings in $15M for robotic exoskeletons
RobotCT’s UGO exoskeleton robot helps patients who experience motor dysfunction in the lower body learn how to walk.
Bosch acquires autonomous vehicle company Five AI
Five’s development and testing platform for software used in AVs will be merged with Bosch’s software engineering environment.
Diligent brings in $30M to put Moxi in hospitals
Diligent plans to use the round of funding to optimize supply chain and design teams for faster deployments of Moxi.
This robotic beehive wants to save the bees
Beewise’s robotics beehive can prevent bees from dying while also increasing honey yields for beekeepers.
Built Robotics digs up $64M for construction vehicle autonomy kits
The Exosystem autonomy kit can be rented as standalone units to be installed onto an existing fleet or customers can lease upgraded excavators.
Sarcos ends Q4 with $34.1M in losses, $1M in revenue
For the full year 2021, Sarcos brought in $5.1 million in revenue, a decrease from the $8.8 million during 2020.
Rugged Robotics raises $9.4M to automate construction layout
The Mark I by Rugged Robotics marks architectural and engineering designs directly onto concrete floors.
Treeswift clears $4.8M for forestry drones
TreeSwift’s drones can collect individual tree metrics with cameras, LiDAR sensors and advanced machine learning algorithms.
Sarcos acquiring RE2 Robotics for $100M
The combined company will offer an extended product portfolio to target a much broader spectrum of customers across the commercial and defense sectors.
Waypoint’s robots officially join Locus with rebrand
Two of Waypoint Robotics’ heavy payload AMRs are being rebranded to join a new line of Locus Robotics’ LocusBots.
Element Logic acquires SDI Industries
Element Logic plans to leverage SDI’s eight U.S. locations and five Latin American locations and make SDI an AutoStore integrator.
Skyline Robotics cleans up $6.5M in pre-Series A funding
The company is deploying industrial robot arms using vision and artificial intelligence to clean skyscraper windows.
100,000+ mobile robots shipped in 2021
The biggest market for mobile robots is China, which made up 40% of worldwide shipments in 2021, followed by the U.S.
Bear Robotics closes $81M Series B funding round
Bear Robotics’ flagship product, Servi, is an autonomous mobile robot that can deliver drinks and food and aid in bussing tables.
Bosch Rexroth acquiring majority of cobot maker Kassow Robots
Bosch said the acquisition enables it to offer one-stop solutions, especially for the consumer goods and mobility industry including battery production as well as for the semiconductor production.