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.
Hy-Tek Holdings acquires Advanced Handling Systems
The details of the deal were not disclosed. The companies will operate under the name Hy-Tek Material Handlings.
10 notable acquisitions in 2021
In 2021, we covered over fifty acquisitions worth billions of dollars. Here are 10 acquisition stories that stood out to us.
Nauticus Robotics taking ocean robots public via SPAC
Formerly known as Houston Mechatronics, Nauticus is developing surface and underwater robots that perform a variety of ocean tasks, including transportation, data collection, equipment maintenance and more.
October 2021 robotics investments and acquisitions
The Robot Report tracked 39 robotics investments that totaled at least $1.14 billion in funding in October. There was one merger and acquisition for an undisclosed amount.
Ryder acquiring Whiplash for $480M in cash
City of Industry, Calif.-based Whiplash provides scalable e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment solutions to more than 250 brands.
Symbotic going public via Softbank SPAC
The transaction will deliver up to $725 million of primary gross proceeds for Symbotic. The deal values Symbotic at $4.8 billion.
Indian logistics company Delhivery acquires Transition Robotics
Loosening drone regulations in India could have led to Dehlivery acquiring the developer of unmanned aerial systems.
DePuy Synthes buys OrthoSpin and its robotic external fixation system
OrthoSpin’s robot-assisted external fixation system for orthopedic treatments is a platform used in DePuy Synthes’ Maxframe.
iRobot continues to diversify with $72M foray into air purification
iRobot CEO Colin Angle said air purification could be a $150 million in annual revenue product category for iRobot within the next several years.