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A new federally-funded research collaboration and state higher education dollars, combined with university funds, will enhance agriculture research for the San Joaquin Valley and beyond.

Investment will enable Zippedi to expand its market into the U.S. to meet the market demand in both the Home Improvement and grocery sectors.

KEWAZO, a Munich-based startup that's digitalising construction with robotics and data analytics, secured $5M (approx €4.2M) funding in a Series A round.

Scaffolding robot makers KEWAZO has raised a further $5 million in investment for Liftbot from a leading investor in Silicon Valley.

Peppermint - Seed Round - 50m Rupee

Mumbai based Peppermint is an industrial robotics startup.

Carbon Robotics - Series B - $20m

Seattle based Carbon Robotics develops robots for agriculture-related applications.

1KMXC - Series D - n/a

Hangzhou China based 1KMXC is a high-tech research and development company for artificial intelligence robot solutions.

Sineva - Private Equity - $93m

Hefei China based Sineva engages in R&D, manufacturing and sales of transfer robots, test robots, service robots and intelligent factory solutions.

Hong Jing Drive - Series A - 10m CNY

Hangzhou China based Hong Jing Drive provides a computing platform for autonomous driving vehicles.

IOTECHWORLD - Seed Round - $4m

Gurgaon India based manufacturer of wide range of drones. Starting from Photography to Surveillance to Survey to Agriculture to Heavy Logistic.

TechEagle Innovations - Seed Round - $500k

Gurgaon India based TechEagle is a tech startup which provides safe, secure & reliable On-Demand Drone delivery solutions for healthcare & essential packages

Agile Robots AG - Series C - $220m

Germany based Agile Robots AG connects Artificial Intelligence and the real world

Skydweller - Series A - $8m

Virginia based Skydweller is an aerospace company developing solar powered aircraft capable of perpetual flight

Riders - Seed Round - 7.8m Turkish Lira

Ohio based Riders.ai is a virtual coding and robotics competition platform

WYCA Robotics - Seed Round - €1.6m

Midi Pyrenees France based Wyca Robotics Industrializes service robotics NOW!

Perceptual Robotics - Seed Round - €1.6m

Bristol UK based Perceptual Robotics is creating intelligent automation to make wind turbine and other infrastructure inspection simple and fast

EnerComp Solutions - Seed Round - 15m rupee

Ahmedebab India based EnerComp Solutions is a drone manufacturing, services, and AI tech startup

Terminus Technologies - Series B - $93m

Beijing based Terminus Technologies is a city-level AI+IoT platform operator in China

Deeproute - Series B - $300m

Shenzhen based Deeproute is an international self-driving technology company committed to advancing urban logistics and popularizing robotaxis

Ambi Robotics - Series A - $26m

California based Ambi Robotics is an AI and robotics company developing solutions that scale e-commerce operations while empowering humans to work smarter

Urban Aeronautics - Series A - $10m

Urban Aeronautics is the Israel-based aerospace company behind CityHawk, the advanced, compact eVTOL

Locus Robotics - Series E - $50m

Locus Robotics is a warehouse robotics company that manufactures autonomous mobile robots to support e-commerce

StreetDrone - Series A - £3m

UK based StreetDrone is a full-stack autonomous technology developer

Keenon Robotics - Series D - $200m

China based Keenon Robotics is a developer and innovator company that dedicated to develop commercial service robots

DeepHow - Seed - $9m

New York based DeepHow develops an AI-powered learning platform for manufacturing, service, and repair

KEWAZO - Series A - $5m

Germany based Kewazo improves on-site construction logistics through robotics and data analytics

Deep Vision - Series B - $35m

California based embedded deep learning computer vision solution for drones, robots, and IOT cameras

THE STEERING - Seed - n/a

Miami based software enabling autonomous car shipping

Loop Robots - Seed - €1.69m

Netherlands based Loop Robots automate disinfection using smart robots to make medical-grade sanitization faster, safer, and digitally auditable

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Created in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to commemorate Orville Wright’s birthday, National Aviation Day has been celebrated annually on August 19 with air shows and related extravaganzas. These…

First, the good news. Europe has told automakers that all new cars must be electric by 2035–which has implications on both sides of the Atlantic. Currently, about 3 percent of US auto sales are EVs, though that number crept up during the pandemic; in Europe, it’s about 7 percent. Of course just making EVs isn’t enough --there needs to be infrastructure to charge them, and it has to be subsidized so that everyone can both afford to buy them and charge them. All that is part of Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan to invest $7.5 billion in equitable infrastructure.