Robot Investments Weekly: AI Components Shine Bright for Funding | Robotics

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AI components and associated software systems scored big in the financing world in recent weeks, along with continued investment in the self-driving vehicle, unmanned aircraft, and healthcare robotics spaces.

Beyond the startup world, there were a bunch of noteworthy acquisitions and mergers recently, indicating that if a startup can't find outside financing, there's always the mergers route.

Today, we're catching up on robotics transactions from the past few weeks – if you've missed s…