February 2020 investments flow to industrial, field robots

In February 2020, Robotics Business Review followed a total of 25 reported investments, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactions around robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, and related technologies. In addition to the usual autonomous vehicle and healthcare robotics companies, field robotics raised funding in February 2020. The reported values were worth a total of $1.19 billion. In comparison, Robotics Business Review and sibling site The Robot Report recorded $1.16 billion in transactions in January 2020, and $4.3 billion in February 2019. The number of investments declined from 40 last month and 25 a year ago.