The robots are coming.

Well, at least investment dollars to robotics are coming.

Once considered pie-in-the-sky deep tech that was always years away, robots are seemingly everywhere from warehouses to hospitals to construction sites, and the market to invest in robotics remains hot.

Last year more than $17 billion poured into VC-backed robotic startups, nearly triple the investment in 2020. This year is a little behind that pace, but the sector already has seen more than $5 billion flow to startups.