drag and bot spun out of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production and Automation. Its programming interface works with a variety of industrial robots.
Kinova raises $48M for robotic arms
Kinova makes a variety of robotic arms. Kinova said new products for industrial markets will be announced later in 2022.
MORAI raises $20.8M for autonomous driving simulation
MORAI plans to use to funding to expand its global reach. Last year, it established its U.S. office in San Francisco.
Fourier Intelligence raises $62M for healthcare robotics
The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and included support from Saudi Aramco P7 Venture Fund and the Yuanjing Vision Plus Capital.
Yuanhua Intelligent Technologies announces financing round
Cornerstone Capital, a Chinese private equity investment institution, led the funding round for Yuanhua Intelligent Technologies.
STIHL acquires 24% of TinyMobileRobots
STIHL’s robotic lawn mowers share a strong technical kinship with the fully autonomous line-marking robots produced by TinyMobileRobots, which are intended for use in sports fields, road construction, agriculture and more.
2021 sets robot sales record for North America
Robot sales rose 28% in 2021, jumping from 31,044 units in 2020. 58% of those orders came from outside of the automotive industry.
Webinar: robotics investments and business opportunities
Webinar will analyze the 2021 VC and private sector investment into companies producing robots or robotics enabling technologies worldwide.
Autonomous navigation specialist BlueBotics acquired by Zapi Group
The acquisition strengthens Zapi Group’s position in the fast-growing mobile robotics sector.
Electric Sheep Robotics raises $21.5M for autonomous lawn mowers
It also announced the general availability of its Dexter system that turns existing commercial lawn mowers, both gas and electric, into autonomous mowers.
Distalmotion, the company behind Dexter, raises $90 million in funding
Distalmotion plans to use the funding to commercialize Dexter globally, and pursue FDA approval for the system.
Starship Technologies raises $56M for delivery robots
Starship plans to use the funding to further R&D and build thousands more robots at the company’s facility in Tallinn, Estonia.
Teradyne’s robotics group makes $376M in 2021
On the backs of Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots, Teradyne’s robotics group increased revenues 34% in 2021
Knightscope begins trading on the Nasdaq
Knightscope announced its offering in December 2021, when it began selling up to 4 million shares of Class A common stock for $10 per share.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin acquiring Honeybee Robotics
Honeybee is best known for developing robotics systems for the space industry, including actuators, drills and sample collection systems for several Mars missions.
Vecna Robotics raises $65M in Series C funding
The company plans to expand its product portfolio along with operations to meet growing customer demand for its solutions.
Wandelbots raises $84M for no-code robotics programming
The company plans to use the funding to scale Wandelbots Teaching to work with more robots for more applications in more regions.
Schaeffler expands robotics portfolio with Melior Motion acquisition
The acquisition of Melior Motion strengthens Schaeffler’s robotics portfolio. The company began expanding its robotics presence in 2017.
Formic brings in $26.5 million in Series A funding
Formic plans to grow its team across all areas of business, particularly in sales, engineering, finance and marketing.
Intuitive Surgical announces Q4 financial earnings
Worldwide procedures performed with the da Vinci surgical robot increased 19% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.
Exoskeleton developer Wandercraft raised $45M in funding
Atalante is a self-balanced, lower-body exoskeleton that emulates the way humans walk. The company began clinical trials for the exoskeleton in 2017. It was CE marked in 2019.
Robotics integrator Eckhart acquired by private equity firm
Eckhart offers engineering, design, simulation and integration services, as well as proprietary tooling and other automation and robotics systems such as AGVs and cobots.