Carbon Robotics brings in $70M to scale LaserWeeder
LaserWeeder can kill weeds before they grow big enough to compete with crops for precious resources. | Source: Carbon Robotics Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc. today announced that it raised $70...
View ArticleHorizon Robotics raises $696M in Hong Kong’s biggest IPO of 2024
Horizon Robotics said its SuperDrive system offers human-like autonomous driving. | Source: Horizon Robotics Horizon Robotics, a Chinese developer of autonomous driving technology, is raising HK$5.4...
View ArticleOutrider brings in $62M to drive commercial scaling in 2025
Outrider’s system for moving trailers autonomously includes navigating obstacles, hitching and unhitching from trailers, and connecting and disconnecting brake lines. | Source: Outrider Outrider today...
View ArticleSimbe raises $50M Series C round to expand retail, wholesale inventory robotics
Simbe won an RBR50 award for expanding its Tally deployment at BJ’s Wholesale Stores. Source: Simbe Robotics Retailers’ desire for data is driving the spread of automation. Simbe Robotics Inc. today...
View ArticleNimble picks up $106M to scale general purpose fulfillment robot
Nimble said its AI technology has picked, packed, and handled millions of items. | Source: Nimble While warehouse automation today is limited to a few functions, improvements in artificial intelligence...
View ArticleWaymo raises $5.6B to accelerate self-driving car growth
Waymo’s latest autonomous driving tech is integrated into Geely’s all-electric Zeekr vehicles. | Source: Waymo Waymo announced today it closed an oversubscribed Series C round totaling $5.6 billion....
View ArticleChinese AV developer WeRide brings in $458.5M from IPO, private placement
WeRide is one of the only autonomous vehicle companies listed on the Nasdaq currently. | Source: WeRide Guangzhou, China-based WeRide was officially listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market today...
View ArticleFarmDroid obtains over $11M to deploy its modular robot globally
The FD20 uses high-precision RTK GPS to mark the position of each plant at seeding and can perform both inter-row and intra-row weed control. | Source: FarmDroid Farmers today face challenges including...
View ArticleAgtonomy adds $10M to Series A round to scale West Coast team
Agtonomy hopes its technology can solve agriculture’s most immediate and pressing problems including labor scarcity, climate change, and shrinking profit margins. | Source: Agtonomy Agtonomy recently...
View ArticlePath Robotics raises $100M to automate welding
Path Robotics offers is autonomous welding robots with a RaaS pricing model. | Source: Path Robotics Over the past 12 months, Path Robotics has closed $100 million in new investments. The Columbus,...
View ArticleThird Wave Automation picks up Series C funding for robotic forklifts
Third Wave Automation, a provider of autonomous high-reach forklifts, has closed a $27 million Series C round led by Woven Capital, Toyota’s growth fund. This brings the total investment to date to...
View ArticleRobotics investments top $3.7B in September
Fifty-four producers of robots and robotics enabling technologies raised funding in September 2024, pulling in a total of $3.7 billion. This is the highest monthly funding amount for 2024. September’s...
View ArticlePhysical Intelligence raises $400M for foundation models for robotics
Physical Intelligence demonstrates the application of foundation models to training robots for tasks such as assembling boxes and folding laundry. Source: Physical Intelligence Foundation models...
View ArticleFrom surge to sobriety: the state of robotics investment in 2024
1X’s Eve robot. Over the last several years, the investment environment has been tough for robotics startups. Capital deployment has fallen and companies have closed as the general downturn in tech...
View ArticleCynLr raises Series A funding to realize robot vision for ‘universal factory’
The CLX robotic vision stack was inspired by human eyesight. Source: CynLr CynLr, or Cybernetics Laboratory, today said it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The company said it plans to use...
View ArticleArbe Robotics to bring in up to $49M in IPO for perception radar systems
The Phoenix Perception Radar enriches algorithms for advanced capabilities including free space mapping, object tracking, and SLAM. | Source: Arbe Robotics Arbe Robotics Ltd. this week closed its...
View ArticleDeepRoute.ai closes $100M Series C1 led by Great Wall Motor
DeepRoute.ai announced a strategic Series C1 funding round raising $100 million, led by Chinese automotive manufacturer Great Wall Motor. The company said it plans to use the funding will enhance...
View ArticleBrightpick brings in $12M to deploy more mobile picking robots in the U.S.
Brightpick’s Autopickers automate both mobile manipulation and each picking tasks. | Source: Brightpick Brightpick today announced that it has raised an additional $12 million in a mix of equity and...
View ArticleSchaeffler plans global use of Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid
The Digit humanoid transports totes at a Spanx facility run by GXO Logistics in Georgia. | Credit: Agility Robotics Details are scarce at the moment, but Agility Robotics has a new strategic...
View ArticleVecna Robotics raises funding, names industry veteran Karl Iagnemma CEO
CaseFlow orchestrates case-picking robots and workers, noted new CEO Karl Iagnemma. Source: Vecna robotics Vecna Robotics today announced that it has closed $14.5 million in additional funding from...
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