Investments

This expansion follows WeRide’s AV launch in Abu Dhabi, and plans to launch a service in Dubai soon, with new cities in Europe to follow.

Glacier said this investment comes after recycling robot deployments in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and Phoenix.

Yarbo has raised funding to scale mass production of its multi-purpose yard robot, invest in R&D, and prepare for an IPO.

With the funding, RLWRLD plans to deepen integration with robotics and sensor companies in Asia and North America.

Cosmic Roboticss has raised $4M for AI-powered robots, aiming to enable solar infrastructure amidst labor shortages.

Xaba will use the new capital, led by Hitachi Ventures, to scale the deployment of its AI for industrial automation.

Boumarang, which has developed hydrogen-powered aerial drones, received investment in addition to acquiring Wavedrone.

BRINC secured investment led by Index Ventures, with Motorola Solutions participating, to boost technology and production.

CMR plans to use the funds to accelerate commercial expansion of the Versius Surgical Robotic System to hospitals around the world.

Hyundai will also help Boston Dynamics grow by integrating its manufacturing capabilities with those of the robot provider.

New from ProMat and NVIDIA GTC grabbed readers’ attention in March, while humanoids remained an important topic.

The funding round will allow Chef Robotics to accelerate production deployments of its robotic food preparation systems.

Contoro Robotics, which has developed AI and a mobile manipulator for unloading shipping containers, plans to scale manufacturing.

The National People’s Congress is planning a venture fund that could reach 1 trillion yuan as China focuses on producing and using robots.

Over a year after Vogt launched The Bot Company, and with no publicly unveiled prototype, the startup is valued at $3 billion.

Apptronik plans to use the fresh funds to support growing customer demand for Apollo across key industries.

Anyware Robotics raised $12M to expand its Pixmo robot, automating warehouse unloading and improving worker safety.

Dexterity, whose valuation has reached $1.65 billion, is testing its AI robot for trailer unloading with commercial partners.

Shield AI has raised its valuation to $5.3 billion as it offers Hivemind Enterprise to help developers of autonomous drones and robots.

In the past three years, ABB has invested more than $500 million in its U.S. business, including a new $100 million facility in Wisconsin.

Aescape has announced partnerships with industry leaders in hospitality, corporate wellness, luxury real estate, and professional sports.

RightHand Robotics and Rockwell Automation will collaborate to scale the RightPick piece-picking solution to logistics customers.