Blue Ocean Robotics raises $51 million for cell robots

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UVD Robots, a model inside Blue Ocean Robotics’ portfolio, construct disinfection robots. | Supply: UVD Robots

Blue Ocean Robotics, a supplier of cell service robots, raised greater than $51 million (DKK 335 million) from A.P. Møller Holding. The funding shall be used to assist the corporate roll out its robots globally. Blue Ocean at present has three cell robotic manufacturers in its portfolio, however the firm is growing 4 new forms of service robots.

The primary of Blue Ocean’s manufacturers is UVD Robots, a cell disinfection robotic. In December 2020, UVD Robots received a contract with the European Fee to offer 200 robots to hospitals throughout the European Union.

UVD Robots has two fashions of disinfection robots, that are clinically confirmed to kill 99.99% of viruses and micro organism on surfaces and within the air in a affected person room in simply 10 minutes of autonomous operation.

Blue Ocean’s different manufacturers embody GoBe Robots, which gives a cell telepresence robotic, and PTR Robots, which gives a cell robotic for affected person dealing with and rehabilitation.

“A.P. Møller Holding offers us with much more monetary muscle to consolidate and broaden the market share for all of our robots. The growth of UVD Robots have to be accelerated, and we’ve finished this with the manufacturers, PTR Robots and GoBe Robots, two new robots, which are actually additionally being made obtainable on the worldwide market,” stated Claus Risager, CEO, Blue Ocean. “On the identical time, by optimizing the bodily robots we’re enhancing high quality, manufacturing prices and the chance to ship top-quality service for all of our robots on the clients’ places.”

The corporate additionally stated it’ll launch a cloud-based platform in 2022 to facilitate the shopper expertise. Blue Ocean is A.P. Møller Holdings’ first funding in a robotics firm.

“Blue Ocean Robotics has developed a number of robotic options that may automate and streamline important and routine duties, together with in healthcare programs,” Jan Nielsen, CIO at A.P. Møller Holding. “We stay up for following and supporting the corporate on its fascinating and thriving journey.”

Blue Ocean was based in 2013, and relies in Odense, Denmark. Blue Ocean is a part of the Danish robotics cluster, which at present consists of greater than 300 robotics and automation corporations.

Risager was lately a visitor on The Robotic Report Podcast. He mentioned the evolution of the Danish firm, the energy of Denmark’s robotics cluster and the corporate’s early entry into disinfection robots earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic. Blue Ocean received a 2020 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its disinfection answer. You may take heed to the podcast under.