Harvard-founded industrial robot supplier Soft Robotics welcomed corporates Yamaha, Honeywell, Fanuc and Tekfen for its series B round.
Soft Robotics, a US-based robotic technology spinout of Harvard University, yesterday raised $23m in a series B round co-led by Calibrate Ventures and Material Impact.
Conglomerates Yamaha and Tekfen, industrial appliance manufacturer Honeywell and industrial robot supplier Fanuc contributed to the round, as did Scale Venture Partners.
Founded in 2012, Soft Robotics develops padded robotic grippers that gently grasp objects in order to automate supply chain tasks involving unstructured and delicate items. The tools deploy artificial intelligence-driven machine…
