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What slowdown? December 2022 robotics investments reach $1.14B

By Dan Kara | February 1, 2023

 

A bar graph labeled "seed", "A", "B", "C", "D" and "E" that says investment December 2022 over a money background.

Robotics investments for December 2022 totaled US $1.14B (See Table 1, below). This figure was the result of 55 investments and represents a 7.7% increase over December 2021’s funding total of $1.06B (representing 65 investments).

December 2022 investment into companies providing robotics solutions for autonomous ground transportation such as sensors, autonomy ‘stacks’ and ‘drivers’, and whole cloth systems, was robust (Einride, Helm.ai, Jiuyao Intelligent, Kuandeng, Kodiak Robotics, PhiGent Robotics, and Fixposition provide examples). Firms providing products and services for industrial inspection, mapping and surveying also attracted solid funding amounts (Energy Robotics, Flybotix, and Exyn Technologies, for example).

Companies developing robotic interventional systems, primarily surgical platforms, were well represented (i.e. LEM Surgical, Ronovo Surgical, and Sinovation Medical), as well as developers of field robotics solutions such as Scythe Robotics and Naïo Technologies.


Table 1: December 2022 Robotics Funding and Investment

COMPANY AMOUNT TYPE COUNTRY TECH, PROD & SERVICES DESCRIPTION
Aerocámaras $904,000 Series Unknown Spain Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones), Operator Services – UAVs (Drones) Aerocámaras provides drone piloting training services.
Aerones $38,900,000 Series A USA Outdoor Mobile Platforms Aerones develops robotic technology for wind turbine blade maintenance services.
ARIX Technologies $4,529,211 Series Unknown USA Outdoor Mobile Platforms ARIX Technologies manufactures pipe-crawling robots for oil and gas pipe inspection.
Astrobotic Technology $3,000,000 Grant USA Other Education / Research Astrobotic Technology is developing space robotics technology for planetary missions.
Axiles Bionics Estimate Other Belgium Prosthetic / Orthotic Systems Axiles Bionics develops bionic feet for amputees.
Barnstorm Agtech $228,955 Seed Canada Outdoor Mobile Platforms Barnstorm Agtech provides an open platform for precision and powered deployment of farm technology.
BaseTracK $1,053,667 Other Estonia Software BaseTracK develops all-weather automated driving solutions based on the concept of “Virtual rails”.
Beagle Systems $2,002,618 Grant Germany Operator Services – UAVs (Drones) Beagle Systems provides Drones-as-a-Service for powerline/pipeline inspections.
Benewake Estimate Series C China Sensors / Sensing Systems Benewake manufactures LiDAR systems.
Cheelcare $10,000 Grant Canada Lifestyle Enhancement, Outdoor Mobile Platforms Cheelcare develops robotic mobility devices and accessories for people with disabilities
Copperstone Technologies $5,800,000 Series Unknown Canada Outdoor Mobile Platforms Copperstone Technologies provides robotic services for survey and investigation in challenging and remote locations.
Cyberworks Robotics $10,000 Grant Canada Tech – Controllers, Sensors / Sensing Systems Cyberworks is an autonomous mobile robotics engineering company.
EGROBOTS $90,000 Other Egypt Outdoor Mobile Platforms, Services – Operator UGVs EGROBOTS provides precision agriculture as a Service for tree farms.
Einride $500,000,000 Other Sweden Autonomous Transportation Systems (Auto, Truck, Monorail etc.) Einride develops technologies for transportation systems.
Energy Robotics Estimate Grant Germany Outdoor Mobile Platforms Energy Robotics is a developer of software solutions for mobile inspection robots.
Exyn Technologies $35,000,000 Series B USA Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones), Operator Services – UAVs (Drones), Sensors / Sensing Systems Exyn Technologies is a developer of autonomous aerial robot systems.
FABU.ai Estimate Series B China Sensors / Sensing Systems FABU produces ADAS and autonomous driving technologies.
Fixposition $2,000,000 Other Switzerland Sensors / Sensing Systems Fixposition offers precise and compact positioning sensors for autonomous guidance systems.
Flybotix $6,935,179 Series A Switzerland Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones), Operator Services – UAVs (Drones) Flybotix develops a collision-tolerant drone for in-structure and indoor inspection.
fruitcore robotics $24,466,731 Series B Germany Articulated Robots fruitcore robotics develops and manufactures easy-to-operate industrial robots.
Galaxis Automotion Estimate Series E China Indoor Mobile Platforms Galaxis Automotion provides integrated logistics automation and robotics solutions.
German Bionic $15,928,132 Other Germany Exoskeletons German Bionic develops exoskeleton technology that people can wear to augment their physical abilities.
Gosion Robot Estimate Seed China Indoor Mobile Platforms, Articulated Robots Gosion Robot focuses on intelligent safety inspection and operation solutions.
Helm.ai $31,000,000 Series C USA Software Helm.ai develops AI software for driver assistance systems, autonomous driving, and robotics.
i-KINGTEC $20,000,000 Series C China Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones), Operator Services – UAVs (Drones) i-KINGTEC is a developer of intelligent industrial drone and UAV systems.
Innok Robotics $5,305,028 Seed Germany Indoor Mobile Platforms, Outdoor Mobile Platforms Innok Robotics makes robots that assist humans in their work.
Isochronic Estimate Grant Switzerland Other Commercial Isochronic manufactures industrial robotic products for pick and place applications.
Jiuyao Intelligent $12,927,319 Series A China Sensors / Sensing Systems, Software Jiuyao Intelligent develops and manufactures unmanned driving products.
Kodiak Robotics $49,900,000 Grant USA Software, Sensors / Sensing Systems Kodiak Robotics develops autonomous technology for long-haul trucking.
Kuandeng $14,386,626 Series B China Software, Sensors / Sensing Systems Kuandeng offers a variety of applications for autonomous driving.
LEM Surgical $9,370,183 Series A Switzerland Surgical / Interventional Systems LEM Surgical develops robotic systems for spinal surgery.
Liu Ma Rui Chi $12,906,556 Series A China Other Commercial Liuma Ruichi develops autonomous parking and ADAS solutions.
MORFO $4,198,628 Seed France Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones), Operator Services – UAVs (Drones) MORFO incorporates biological symbioses, drones, and AI technologies for reforestation operations..
Multiway Robotics $28,773,252 Series B China Indoor Mobile Platforms Multiway Robotics is a logistics solutions provider.
Naïo Technologies $33,781,037 Series B France Outdoor Mobile Platforms Naïo Technologies develops and markets robots for agriculture and viticulture.
Odd.Bot $2,800,000 Seed The Netherlands Outdoor Mobile Platforms, Services – Operator UGVs Odd.Bot produces autonomous, mobile weed removal robots.
Optimotive Technologies Estimate Other Canada Outdoor Mobile Platforms Optimotive Technologies develops autonomous mobile robots for use in extreme environments.
PaXini Tech $500,000 Seed China Sensors / Sensing Systems, End Effectors (Grippers) PaXini Tech develops high-precision 3D tactile sensors that can be used for robotics, wearables, and general automation.
PhiGent Robotics $14,000,000 Series A China Sensors / Sensing Systems PhiGent Robotics develops autonomous driving solutions.
RobCo – The Robot Company $15,000,000 Series A Germany Collaborative Robots, Services – System Integration / Programming Robco provides connected end-to-end robot solutions for repetitive manual worker tasks in industrial SMBs
RoboBurger $10,000 Grant USA Articulated Robots RoboBurger is a developer of a smart robotic chef machine.
Ronovo Surgical $5,000,000 Series B China Surgical / Interventional Systems Ronovo Surgical develops minimally invasive (MIS) and digital surgery solutions.
Rossum Robot Estimate Series B China Surgical / Interventional Systems Rosenbot provides medical robot technology.
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation $30,000,000 Grant Canada Software Sanctuary is focused on developing human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots
Scythe Robotics $42,000,003 Series Unknown USA Outdoor Mobile Platforms Scythe Robotics develops autonomous machines for maintaining off-road environments.
Senyun Intelligent $12,980,831 Series A China Sensors / Sensing Systems Senyun Intelligent is a provider of imaging products for autonomous driving.
Shield AI $60,000,000 Series E USA Software Shield AI produces an AI and autonomy stack for aircraft.
silana $212,000 Grant Austria Articulated Robots silana develops technologies to automate the production process in the fashion industry.
Sinovation Medical $43,089,827 Series D China Surgical / Interventional Systems Sinovation Medical focuses on developing medical robot technology and intelligent medical product innovation.
Skygauge Robotics $2,452,000 Seed Canada Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) Skygauge develops thrust-vectoring drones designed to conduct ultrasonic inspections at height.
Tesseract Ventures $508,000 Seed USA Indoor Mobile Platforms Tesseract Ventures autonomous mobile robots (and other technologies) suitable for a wide range of applications.

 

As described in Figure 1, China and the USA received the bulk of the funding rounds. The same holds for the total amount of December 2022 investment, except outlier Sweden which was buoyed by hundreds of millions poured into Swedish firm Einride, a producer of driverless electric trucks.


December 2022 Robotics Investments

Figure 1: December 2022 Robotics Investment by Country


December 2022 funding and investment types followed a familiar pattern, with numerous early-stage investments, and with large investments coming in later rounds or by other means.


December 2022 Robotics Investments

Figure 2: December 2022 Robotics Funding Amounts by Investment Type


Editor’s note: What defines robotics investments? The answer to this simple question is central in any attempt to quantify them with some degree of rigor. To make investment analyses consistent, repeatable, and valuable, it is critical to wring out as much subjectivity as possible during the evaluation process. This begins with a definition of terms and a description of assumptions.

Investors and investing
Investment should come from venture capital firms, corporate investment groups, angel investors, and other sources. Friends-and-family investments, government/non-governmental agency grants, and crowd-sourced funding are excluded.

Robotics and intelligent systems companies
Robotics companies must generate or expect to generate revenue from the production of robotics products (that sense, analyze, and act in the physical world), hardware or software subsystems and enabling technologies for robots, or services supporting robotics devices. For this analysis, autonomous vehicles (including technologies that support autonomous driving) and drones are considered robots, while 3D printers, CNC systems, and various types of “hard” automation are not.

Companies that are “robotic” in name only, or use the term “robot” to describe products and services that do not enable or support devices acting in the physical world, are excluded. For example, this includes “software robots” and robotic process automation. Many firms have multiple locations in different countries. Company locations given in the analysis are based on the publicly listed headquarters in legal documents, press releases, etc.

Verification
Funding information is collected from several public and private sources. These include press releases from corporations and investment groups, corporate briefings, market research firms, and association and industry publications. In addition, information comes from sessions at conferences and seminars, as well as during private interviews with industry representatives, investors, and others. Unverifiable investments are excluded and estimates are made where investment amounts are not provided.

About The Author

Dan Kara

Dan Kara is Vice President, Research & Analyst Services at WTWH Media. He can be reached at dkara@wtwhmedia.com.

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