Figure will use the funding to develop its Figure 01 humanoid, build out its AI data pipeline for autonomous operations and drive towards commercialization.

e-con Systems, a US-based provider of embedded vision systems, has brought in $13 million in funding from GR 2022 Holdings.

Moon Surgical announced today that it raised $55.4 million and appointed a surgical robotics veteran as the chair of its board.

Anybotics announces $50 million Series B funding round to scale deployments, develop new capabilities, and strengthen competitive position.

The round includes the Veo Robotics’ latest funding from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Safar Partners and Yamaha Motor Ventures.

Robust AI offers an autonomous warehouse cart that pairs with its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) software suite. 

Groundlight’s $10 million funding round included participation from Madrone, Greycroft Partners and Founders Co-op. 

Noah Medical plans to use the funding to meet the rising demand for its Galaxy System, a system for navigated robotic bronchoscopy.

Funding will be used to expand sales, optimize manufacturing, develop new products, and launch into international markets.

Pre-trained on millions of picks from Covariant robots in warehouses around the world, the Covariant Brain enables robots to autonomously pick many SKUs.

Roboto AI announced that it has emerged from stealth with $4.8 million in Seed funding to build robotics development tools.

Companies offering unmanned aerial drones, usually coupled with drone-enabled data and analytics services, were particularly strong in February 2023.

Berkshire Grey is merging with SoftBank Group Corp in a deal valued at 24% more than the stock price at the end of trading on March 24, 2023.

On the podcast, we talk about the potential impact of the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank. Also this week: an interview with Rylan Hamilton, CEO and co-founder of 6 River Systems.

Plus One Robotics announced that it has raised $50M in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to date to almost $100M.

Investment in companies working on autonomous driving technologies was particularly strong.

$230M in funding to expand U.S. manufacturing and hiring as demand rises for autonomous drones across public safety, defense, and infrastructure inspection.

Fulfil Solutions announced that it is emerging from stealth mode with $60 million in Series B financing for its grocery fulfillment system.

CaPow’s autonomous, battery-free, high-power energy eco-system frees robots from harmful Lithium-Ion batteries. Without robot downtime for charging, the company’s method reduces CapEx, OpEx, and carbon footprint.

The latest investment brings Third Wave Automation’s total funding since it was founded in 2018 to $70 million. 

Phantom AI, based in Mountain View, California, aims to quickly democratize autonomous driving by advancing ADAS technologies.

December 2022’s 55 robotics investments totaled US $1.14B, a 7.7% increase over December 2021’s funding total.