Swiss start-ups are raising capital at high speed: what can we learn from them?

This article explores five Swiss robotics startups that have recently attracted significant investments from global firms, showcasing the country's potential as a hotbed for robotics innovation and reviewing the latest robotic developments.

Third Wave Automation Announces Strategic Investment from Qualcomm Ventures and Zebra Technologies

TWA plans to expand its market offerings, accelerate new solutions for automating other classes of forklifts, including narrow aisle and counterbalance trucks and integrate with automation solutions, such as Fetch Robotics, which is now part of Zebra Technologies.

BOWE GROUP leads an $8.2M investment round in robot software innovator MOV.AI

The investment reflects BOWE's strategic view of robotics in the future of automation and is a vote of confidence in MOV.AI's innovative approach to robot software.

Robotics Pioneer Exotec Raises $335M Series D to Improve Supply Chain Resilience for Global Retailers

Goldman Sachs Asset Management invests in Exotec robotic systems to improve warehouse working conditions while also optimizing operational efficiency

Robotic Research Announces $228 Million Series A Funding Round to Scale Autonomous Technology Commercially

SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Enlightenment Capital-led investment will enable the company's commercial division, RR.AI, to scale and provide an end-to-end autonomy solution for transportation and logistics markets.

Brain Corp Raises $36 Million to Meet Growing Demand for Autonomous Robots

Brain Corp, an AI company creating transformative core technology in the robotics industry, today announced it has raised $36 million in Series D funding to help meet the growing demand for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) now on the front lines of the COVID-19 health crisis.

Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS)

VCaaS is financially and strategically beneficial to both the corporate partner and to the startup as the operating costs and time required for the company are significantly lower than if it were to train and pay its own team of venture capital investors.

Blue Ocean Robotics Acquires World-Leading Telepresence Robot Beam

The Danish company Blue Ocean Robotics has acquired the robot Beam® from one of the world's leading suppliers of telepresence robots, Silicon Valley-based Suitable Technologies, Inc.

SoftBank pumps $37m into Boston Dynamics

Japanese investment and telecoms giant SoftBank puts $37m into next generation robotics company Boston Dynamics after it bought the business from Google.

Autonomous Mobility Grows Its Sea Legs - Toyota AI Investment in Sea Machines

From Toyota AI blog: The companys products work with vessels of all sizes including workboats, merchant container ships, and even cruise ships. Whats more, they support both existing and new marine vessels.

Google parent to pull plug on bipedal robot development

The company is expected to dissolve the project later this year and relocate employees involved in development to other departments within Alphabet or help them find jobs elsewhere.

The ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index ETF (ROBO) Turns 5

Team behind first-ever robotics, automation and AI index to ring NYSE Closing Bell with robot in Honor of Fifth Anniversary.

A robotics ETF has taken in $650 million in cash this month

Eric Rosenbaum for CNBC: The Global X Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF has attracted more than $650 million from investors in January, one-fourth of its total assets raised in less than a month.

Misty Robotics Raises $11.5 Million To Put Robots In Every Home

Alex Knapp for Forbes: Misty wants to build robots like R2-D2 or Rosie from The Jetsons - useful companions with personality.

New Study Shows U.S. is World Leader in Robotics Automation - With $732 Billion of Robots

A new study from Redwood Software and the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) finds that the U.S. is the world leader in robotics automation investment, with an estimated robotics stock of $732 billion* - larger than the economy of Switzerland, which stood at $446 billion* in 2015. U.S. investment in robotics was $86 billion in 2015, up from less than $40 billion in 2009, when investment hit a low following the financial crisis, and more than 15 times higher than the OECD average. Between 2011 and 2015, U.S. investments in robotics rose 30%. "The U.S. is the world leader in robotics investment, and spending has recovered quickly since the financial crisis in 2009," said David Whitaker, Managing Economist at CEBR. "The sheer size of the economy and its large base of production in the automotive and electronic sectors make it a natural candidate for increased automation."   Full Press Release:

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