December 2022’s 55 robotics investments totaled US $1.14B, a 7.7% increase over December 2021’s funding total. Investment into companies providing robotics solutions for autonomous ground transportation such as sensors, autonomy ‘stacks’ and ‘drivers’, and whole cloth systems, was particularly strong.

The RBR50 awards honor technology, business, and market innovations, as well as the robotics and automation organizations worldwide that were responsible for them.

In this Robot Report podcast, Terradepth’s founders discuss their autonomous, underwater data collection solution. Also, Exyn Technologies’ CEO describes the company’s autonomous aerial system for data collection in GPS-denied environments.

The RBR50 awards honor technology, business, and market innovations, as well as the robotics and automation organizations worldwide that were responsible for them.

Data from Exyn Technologies could assist in calculating remaining ore from old mine.

Aerial robots from Exyn Technologies able to capture hard-to-access data from underground mine.

Subterranean Challenge will test how ground and aerial robots can map underground areas in rescue and other scenarios.

Operating underground aerial robotics for mining the first step in a broader journey.