Investors Chrysalix Venture Capital and RoboValley from Delft
are investing 100 million euros in the development of robotics. With this investment,
, the initiators hope to support players in the robotics industry as they
entering the market.
Due to a lack of start-up capital, many new technologies
are currently left to languish at universities and in laboratories. The funding from the RoboValley
Investment Fund is intended to ensure that the robotics industry grows and that products
to market is made more quickly. The new fund is particularly good news
news. There, around 170 scientists at RoboValley and TU Delft are working on
developing ‘next-generation’ robotics. In addition to the robotics companies that
have been around for some time, the area is home to 21 robotics start-ups.
Investing to limit job losses
The importance of such investment funds was also highlighted last week
in a study by the consultancy Roland Berger. The report ‘
‘Of Robots and Men – in logistics: Towards a confident vision of logistics
in 2025’, it was stated that 1.5 million jobs in Europe
Europe in the coming years if the logistics sector fails to adapt effectively to the automation
of the sector. Last week, the consultancy firm Roland Berger announced that
1.5 million jobs will be lost in Europe in the coming years if the logistics sector fails to
respond effectively to the automation of the sector. According to the researchers,
, it is vital that European companies and governments invest in research
to develop and support robotics. If this does not happen, the
job losses in Europe will be even higher. Distribution centres will then be populated by robots from Japan, Korea and China.
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