The EU seems to be ready to open a full-scale anti-trust investigation into the Amazon acquisition of iRobot, according to reporting from Reuters.

Tesla has plans to acquire Wiferion, a source who wished to remain anonymous told The Robot Report.

SoftBank Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a 41.8% stake in Balyo for €11.8 million, around $12.9 million. 

Tertill and Harvest Automation have close ties. And the hope is for the new company to be a major player in the automation of food production.

XTEND, the developer an operating system that helps users that have no flight experience operate drones, has acquired Performance Rotors.

Ocado Group is acquiring autonomous mobile robot maker 6 River Systems from Shopify for an undisclosed amount.

Alphatec announced that it acquired all assets related to the REMI robotic navigation system from Fusion Robotics.

Berkshire Grey is merging with SoftBank Group Corp in a deal valued at 24% more than the stock price at the end of trading on March 24, 2023.

John Deere uses SparkAI’s human-in-the-loop technology on its autonomous tractors to resolve edge cases in real time.

The combined company has an intellectual property portfolio with 173 granted and 504 pending patents and a cash balance of over $315 million.

The staff from Roin Technologies joins the engineering team at Built Robotics to help accelerate the growth of construction robotics.

Valencia, Spain-based Robotnik has been developing mobile robots for 20-plus years.

Ondas Holdings plans to accelerate its integration plan for its drone segment ahead of the close of its acquisition of Airobotics. 

Hy-Tek Intralogistics announced that it has acquired Winchester Industrial Controls for an undisclosed amount.

Volvo said the acquisition is a strategic step towards owning more of its software that will power key functionalities in future cars.

We covered nearly fifty mergers and acquisitions in 2022 worth billions of dollars. These eight stood out from the rest.

Brian Gerkey said “greater institutional support from Intrinsic and the resources from this transaction allow our team to focus on what we do best and accelerate development of ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF in a sustainable way.”

The deal includes the planned development of robotic-assisted orthotic and prosthetic devices, the companies said.

Nidec, the Japanese electric motor maker, announced that it acquired PAMA, an Italian machine tool manufacturer.

Ibeo recently filed for insolvency because it could not secure further growth financing.

Ouster and Velodyne predict the combined company will save at least $75 million in operating costs within the first 9 months of the transaction’s close. 

The April 2022 merger of MHS Global and Fortna resulted in a single company that will now be known as FORTNA.