The staff from Roin Technologies joins the engineering team at Built Robotics to help accelerate the growth of construction robotics.

Silicon Valley-based Cepton offers a range of LiDAR sensors, including the Vista-X family of automotive-grade LiDARs and Sora-X family of industrial-grade LiDARs.

Outrider, a developer of autonomous yard operations for logistics hubs, announced that it raised $73 million in Series C financing.

Valencia, Spain-based Robotnik has been developing mobile robots for 20-plus years.

Brightpick plans to use the latest round of funding to further expand into the US.

Oxbotica aims to use the investment to drive expansion into new geographical markets and more quickly deploy its autonomy software. 

Ondas Holdings plans to accelerate its integration plan for its drone segment ahead of the close of its acquisition of Airobotics. 

Hy-Tek Intralogistics announced that it has acquired Winchester Industrial Controls for an undisclosed amount.

The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institute of Health, awarded Hello Robot with an approximately $2.5 million grant. 

Microsoft plans to invest $10 million into the autonomous trucking startup as part of a funding round that would value Gatik at more than $700 million.

Volvo said the acquisition is a strategic step towards owning more of its software that will power key functionalities in future cars.

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There are more than 70,800 wind turbines in the U.S., which generated about 9% of the country’s electricity in 2021.

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SafeAI announced that it brought in $38 million in Series B funding. The company offers retrofit kits for construction and mining vehicles. 

Guardforce AI announces a definitive agreement to acquire certain parts of Kewei’s robot business-related assets in China.

Fruitcore Robotics brought in 23 million euros, over $24 million, in Series B funding.

Quanergy went public just 10 months ago via a SPAC with China’s CITIC Capital, at an implied $1.4 billion equity value.

Brian Gerkey said “greater institutional support from Intrinsic and the resources from this transaction allow our team to focus on what we do best and accelerate development of ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF in a sustainable way.”

Robco, a Munich-based startup that builds modular robots to automate small to medium industrial businesses, brought in around $13.8 million.

The funding includes debt financing and equity contributions to help Einride continue to scale its technology.

The United States Army and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) awarded Kodiak Robotics with a 24-month, $49.9 million contract in October.