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Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.31
…board of directors. Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners, ROBO Global Ventures, Translink, and McRock. Pritzker Group Venture Capital also participated in the round alongside existing investors. The labor problem “The labor shortage is hitting the shipping industry hard, and parcel picking is an often overlooked yet essential part of the process,” said Scale Partner Rory O’Driscoll. “By automating the parcel handling piece, Plus One Robotics is rapidly modernizing an outdated system that’s no longer sustainable. It is stepping up and leading the way in a $128 billion market, with fundamentals that prove its value.” E-commerce has grown to represent…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.58
…Ventures, the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corp.; and ROBO Global Ventures. In addition, Henrik Christensen, a founding member of ROBO Global’s advisory board and Qualcomm chair of robotics at the University of California San Diego, has joined the company as a board advisor. Outrider plans to continue growth Since announcing its Series B funding in 2020, Outrider said it has performed tens of thousands of fully autonomous trailer moves at customer sites and its Advanced Testing Facility. It claimed that its test site was the first in the world dedicated to yard automation. Fast Company recognized Outrider as a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.46
…low-cost, high-accuracy SLAM at commercial scale,” said Nicholson. Investors ROBO Global Ventures and Presidio Ventures led SLAMcore's Series A round. Other investors included Amadeus Capital, Global Brain, IP Group, MMC, and Octopus. Strategic investors Samsung Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and Yamato Holdings also joined the round. “The robotics market is exploding,” said Lisa Chai, a partner at ROBO Global Ventures. “Vision-based spatial intelligence is a key enabler that will turbo-charge this industry.” Kuni Kawase, managing director of Presidio Ventures, added: “SLAMcore’s technology can be deployed to add value and reduce time to market for robots in a wide range of sectors.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.27
…(Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities; ROAI) ROBO Global indices for Robotic and Automation (ROBO) and Artificial Intelligence (THNQ) There are other AI and robotics-dedicated ETFs in the U.S. and U.K., but why hasn't there been one in Japan until now? Japan’s asset management industry is dominated by active management. However, more people have started investing in index funds, owing to the lower cost, as they seek cheaper alternatives for their retirement savings. Thus, passive investment vehicles are becoming an attractive option for Japanese investors. According to Nikkei Asia, in January 2020, index funds overtook active funds for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 65.27
…this year, UR announced the sale of its 25,000th cobot. This NYSE bell ringing celebrates the five-year anniversary of ROBO Global, the first-ever robotics, automation and AI index. Launched in October 2013, ROBO invests in more than 80 of the most innovative companies across the globe, spanning 12 subsectors from manufacturing to healthcare to sensing.