MOV.AI acquired $3 million in seed funding to develop the first industry-grade O/S for autonomous intelligent collaborative robots. The round was led by Viola Ventures, a leading technology investor in Israel with $2.8 billion assets under management, and NFX, a San Francisco-based venture firm founded
Award-winning industrial robotics company Soft Robotics closed $20 million in an oversubscribed funding round. New investors include Scale Venture Partners, Calibrate Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, Tekfen Ventures, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., with Hyperplane Venture Capital leading the round. Existing investors include Material Impact, ABB Technology Ventures,
Dash Robotics, a Silicon Valley hardware startup developing futuristic, app-controlled robots, today announced it has raised $2.7 million in funding, led by Ironfire Ventures. During the 2017 holiday season, Dash Robotics made a big-box debut of its first product in partnership with Mattel, Inc. The products,
FarmWise brought in $5.7 million in seed financing. Playground Global and Felicis Ventures led the round. Basis Set Ventures, Valley Oak Investment Partners and Cruise and Fitbit also participated in the funding. FarmWise builds smart, autonomous robots that help to solve the problem of weeds
Started in UC Berkeley, KiwiBot is a food delivery robot for college campuses. According to the company, it allows students to place a restaurant or service order with comments and special instructions, which is then delivered by a robot. Orders are under human surveillance, and
Robotics startup Bossa Nova completed $17.5 million in Series B financing, led by Paxion Capital Partners. Intel Capital, WRV Capital, Lucas Venture Group, and Cota Capital also participated in the funding. Bossa Nova seeks to help large stores run efficiently by automating the collection and
Robotics startup Embodied Intelligence acquired $7 million in seed financing, led by Amplify Partners. Lux Capital, SV Angel, FreeS VC, A Capital Ventures, and 11.2 Capital also participated in the offering. Drawing on recent advances in deep imitation learning and deep reinforcement learning, Embodied Intelligence
Everybot RS700 is a robot mop with built-in multi-directional and multi-axis sensors that allow it to detect and avoid furniture or objects left behind. Its vertical floor sensor helps Everybot RS700 avoid hazards like staircases, floor vents, and drains. The robot mop can also control
Edtech startup Wonder Workshop announced it has secured $41 million in Series C financing. Investors who participated in the funding include Tencent Holdings, Madrona Venture Group, and SoftBank Ventures Korea. Wonder Workshop was founded in 2012 by Vikas Gupta, Saurabh Gupta, and Mikal Greaves, who wanted
A global leader in educational robotics, Abilix launched their latest line of educational robotics in North America. Called Robotics U, the line is set to “enhance the robotics industry with a revolutionary approach to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, bringing educational robotics to