Walmart is becoming a stakeholder in Fox Robotics after rolling out 19 FoxBot autonomous forklifts at a Florida distribution center.
Tennant invests $32M in Brain Corp to develop, market more floor cleaning robots
Tennant said its global sales and service team will support new mobile robots for floor cleaning using Brain Corp autonomy and analytics.
Podcast: CNHI provides an update on agricultural automation
CNHI Chief Digital Officer Marc Kermisch explains how robots and data can help farmers in this week’s podcast episode.
Burro closes Series B funding to launch more collaborative field robots
Burro received funding led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital as it builds outdoor robots for agriculture, construction, and more.
Verve soft exosuit looks to do the heavy lifting
Verve said SafeLift has helped American workers lift more than 300 million pounds, eliminating up to 85% of lower back and hip injuries for various industries.
Podcast: Tangram launches 3D sensor; Next Generation Robotics offers optimization service
In this episode, learn about the new HiFi Sensor from Tangram Vision and how Next Generation Robotics is delivering optimization as a service for robot operations.
Glidance wins RoboBusiness Pitchfire Competition
Glidance, the winner of this year’s Pitchfire Competition at RoboBusiness, is using robotics to give more freedom to blind people.
CNH expands high-tech harvesting stake with investment in Advanced Farm Technologies
CNH has invested in Advanced Farm Technologies, focusing on robotic harvesting of fruits like apples and strawberries.
Clearpath Robotics being acquired by Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation said AMRs “are the next frontier in industrial automation and transformation, and this acquisition will supercharge Rockwell’s lead in bringing the connected enterprise to life.”
Jungheinrich acquires AMR provider Magazino
Jungheinrich has had shares in Magazino since 2020, and in 2022 it increased its ownership to 21.7%, and now it’s increasing its ownership again.
Bear Robotics and M2MTech work together to improve robot-to-elevator integration
M2MTech has announced a strategic investment to fund its Korea-based partner in IoT convergence.
Carbon Robotics raises $30 million in series C funding to scale LaserWeeder platform
The funding will be used to expand sales regions in North America, optimize and scale manufacturing, develop new software and hardware products, and launch into international markets.
United Robotics Group acquires mobile robot developer Robotnik
Valencia, Spain-based Robotnik has been developing mobile robots for 20-plus years.
AMR developer Locus Robotics raises $117M
Locus Robotics offers a range of autonomous mobile robots and a maximum payload capacity of 3,000 lbs.
Walmart acquiring ASRS maker Alert Innovation
Walmart began working with Alert Innovation in 2016 to build custom technology for its micro-fulfillment centers.
RoboBusiness keynote to analyze state of robotics investment
Leading robotics sector investors to discuss business, technological and social drivers for investment, gating factors and headwinds and why robotics startups succeed and fail.
PODCAST: The state of robotics investment
Cowen’s Peter Finn on the state of investment into the robotics industry and the impact of inflation, higher interest rates, and other issues.
STIHL acquires large stake in TinyMobileRobots
The German industrial group STIHL has acquired nearly a quarter of the company to support its rapid international growth.
Pace Robotics raises seed funding
India-based company is developing an autonomous mobile robot for wall-finishing tasks.
ForwardX Robotics raises $31 Million for AMRs
ForwardX plans to use the new capital to accelerate its research and development timeline, increase its deployment capabilities in key markets.
Sevensense raises $7.7M Series A, led by ABB
This is the first round of funding for the Swiss AMR navigation startup.
Monarch Tractor closes $61M series B round
Monarch is the first all-electric, autonomous compact tractor to come to market, targeted at small-medium sized farms.
Burro raises $10.9M Series A to accelerate agriculture robotics
Burro helps small farmers to automate the movement of items around a farm without a huge investment.
Keenon Robotics raises $200 million in Series D funding
The company is ready to scale its solutions into new regions, while continuing to grow the product line and innovation.
Zippedi closes $6.9M seed series funding round
Investment will enable Zippedi to expand its market into the U.S. to meet the market demand in both the Home Improvement and grocery sectors.