The 2016 we have left behind is a dynamic year full of new projects and investments for robotics. This technology, which has become a new sight of the investors, has made an investment record with fund support of 1.95 billion dollars.
Although 2016 is generally regarded as a recession year for all sectors, this is not true for digital technologies. For this is one of the most important technological areas of the new era, 2016 was highly productive in terms of funding and initiative.
In recent years, robotics, one of the most advanced technology segments, has been at work in the work of many R&D centers and academic institutes. Accordingly, the number of initiatives in this area has also increased significantly. In 2015, a total of 1.32 billion dollars in fund support, which reached a fairly good level of support in 2016 is 1.95 billion dollars. According to this, it is seen that investors and leading companies such as Ford Motor Co., Ture Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Delphi Automotive and Autodesk.are entering into the frame of this technological support.
Entrepreneurs whose projects are supported in 2016 are not only new young people in the sector. There are many 3D printer makers, aviation and automotive companies that are looking to go forward in the technology world by exploring this technology.
Robotics fund record
For this project, Velodyne LIDAR, who broke the record for fund support for this year, has been working with Ford Motor Co. and get funded a total of $ 150 million from Baidu. It is stated that this figure increased the profit rate of the company that broke the fund record of 2016. Many new robotics companies such as 3D Robotics, Clearpath Robotics and Zero Robotics have succeeded in attracting investors. Just as in the development of robotics like 3D; it is seen that the medical world that has been closely following; and has entered into many studies.
Among these companies are Mazer Surgical, Movendo Tech and Cambridge Medical Robotics. Robotic, like all other Industry 4.0 technologies, have the potential to significantly change their daily lives and workflows; and they seem to have drawn attention to aviation. Significantly increased R & D efforts of major aviation companies in 2016 benefited from investment support. Shenzen Flypro Aerospace received about $ 23 million in support for the production of camera and racing drills; Airmap invested $ 15 million, while auto-pilot Airware has invested $ 30 million.
The eyes of 3D people are in this area
In 2016, there were many 3D printer manufacturers providing funding through robotics. Glowforge, a manufacturer of laser printing systems from these companies; who want to increase their services by increasing their printer capacity with robotic systems; Foundry Group and True Venture provide $ 22 million in support from their investment partners; Carbon 3D earned $ 81 million from six different investors, including the BMW Group and Nikon. Another 3D brand is Formlabs; Foundry Group and 3D software developer received $ 35 million in B-type funding support from Autodesk.