Diligent Robotics plans to use the funding to fuel system-wide expansions of its Moxi robot across hospitals nationwide. 

Diligent plans to use the round of funding to optimize supply chain and design teams for faster deployments of Moxi.

Moxi was first brought to Cedars Sinai in September 2021, and in just its first six weeks, it saved 300 miles of walking for nurses.

Autonomous vehicle Waymo received the biggest investment in March 2020, but other fundings and acquisitions continued as the novel coronavirus pandemic spread.

As part of our ongoing coverage of technology developments and applications in response to COVID-19, here are more robots addressing the pandemic.