June fundings, acquisitions and failures The Robot Report - tracking the business of robotics

Six months worth of funding deals thus far in 2016 indicate that investments in robotics - equity fundings, and acquisitions - are accelerating, particularly in big deals involving Chinese money. Although Uber isn't really a robot company, they acquired a whole robotics department from CMU and have plans to work with car manufacturers to make unmanned Uber cars in the near future, hence they are included in this recap. Just last week Uber announced a strategic partnership - which included an investment of an undetermined amount - with Toyota. Uber has taken a 3.5 billion investment from a government that effectively prohibits women from driving--let alone driving for Uber. Uber also has accepted a 3.5 billion investment from a government that requires women to have male guardians.