Myrmex acquisition could enable faster rollout of AFL across Ocado Group’s global CFC footprint, as well as open up new opportunities for the development of bespoke automation solutions for the Ocado Smart Platform.
MHS Global and Fortna combine
The details of the deal were not disclosed, and the transaction is still subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ondas Holdings acquiring Ardenna to boost drone technology
Ondas subsidiary American Robotics will leverage Ardenna’s analytics software to accelerate growth within the rail industry.
Zebra Technologies acquiring Matrox Imaging for $875M
The acquisition of Matrox Imaging will add advanced hardware-agnostic cameras and interoperability software capabilities to Zebra’s portfolio.
Zoox acquires Strio.AI team, opens Boston office
With the acquisition, Zoox brings Strio’s co-founder and CEO Ruijie He on as director of perception, along with other top engineers.
Bosch acquires Atlatec to bolster autonomous driving portfolio
Atlatec creates high-resolution 3D maps for Level 3 and 4 autonomous driving.
Wauseon Machine acquires robotics integrator McAlister Design
Wauseon Machine said the acquisition will double the size of its automation business overnight.
KEBA acquires software startup drag and bot
drag and bot spun out of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production and Automation. Its programming interface works with a variety of industrial robots.
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.
Autonomous navigation specialist BlueBotics acquired by Zapi Group
The acquisition strengthens Zapi Group’s position in the fast-growing mobile robotics sector.
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.
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.
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.
December 2021 robotics investments and acquisitions
The Robot Report tracked 58 robotics investments in December 2021 that totaled at least $1.2 billion. China and the U.S. led the way.
Autonomous vehicle startup Optimus Ride acquired by Magna
Magna International, a Canadian developer of car mobility technology, is adding more than 120 Optimus Ride employees to its team.
Aptiv acquiring Wind River for $4.3B
Wind River’s software is used on more than two billion edge devices across the globe. Wind River generated approximately $400 million in revenue in 2021.