Investments

GrayMatter Robotics’ Scan&Sand system is a flexible robotic sander that can quickly adjust to objects with complex geometry. 

Sprout is a lightweight, battery-powered autonomous robot that can precisely harvest asparagus for up to 16 hours a day.

Levita Magnetics said it has raised $26 million to fund regulatory and commercial progress on its Magnetic-Assisted Robotic Surgery (MARS) platform.

Cowen’s Peter Finn on the state of investment into the robotics industry and the impact of inflation, higher interest rates, and other issues.

StradVision’s SVNet is a deep learning-based perception software that powers the perception technology behind ADAS and autonomous vehicles.

Waku Robotics offers consulting services for new mobile robot buyers along with fleet management software and integration/implementation services.

Geek+ plans to use the fresh funding to further expand in the global market and invest in research and development.

The company has raised a total of $4.9M to date and is ready to commercialize its second generation of last-mile delivery robots.

FANUC saw strong demand for robots in lithium-ion battery plants due to growth in the electric vehicle market.

Robotic microsurgery company Medical Microinstruments announced today that it raised $75 million in a Series B financing round.

The company claims its ORYOM platform can perform fully robotic cataract surgeries with ten times more accuracy than a human hand.

JAKA Robotics plans to use the funding to further support globalization and the research and development of its cobots. 

With the latest round of funding, Lyro Robotics plans to deliver around 20 autonomous robotic packers to agriculture clients.

The Chinese maker of warehouse AMRs closed a B+ funding round of $7.4 million (50 million yuan) this week

XPENG Robotics’ first product will be a quadruped robot with autonomous navigation, and equipped with a robotic arm.

FORT plans to use the funding to accelerate the rollout of its machine communications platform, FORT Platform.

Applications to join the 2023 cohort of the AGLaunch365 agricultural solutions accelerator are due by July 18, 2022.

Ganymed Robotics’ technology platform acts as a co-manipulated robotic assistant for total knee arthroplasty.

Flexiv closed a Series B+ funding round with an investment of nearly $100 million, making the company a unicorn startup.

Jaia Robotics aims for its JaiaBot to be a low-cost, multivehicle system that can be user configured for a wide range of capabilities.

Impossible Mining is developing a AUV that will travel up to four-miles deep into the ocean to harvest polymetallic nodules individually.

Special-order, high-value items must be bagged and labeled correctly to ensure they are sent to the right customer.