Rethink Robotics, Inc. (rethinkrobotics.com), based in Boston, Massachusetts, helps manufacturers meet the challenges of an agile economy with an integrated workforce, combining trainable, safe, and cost-effective robots with skilled labor.
Its Baxter™ robot, driven by Intera, an advanced software platform, gives world-class manufacturers and distributors in automotive, plastics, consumer goods, electronics, and more, a workforce multiplier that optimizes labor. Committed to accelerating robotics innovation in manufacturing and beyond, Rethink Robotics’ Baxter Research Robot gives academic and corporate research environments a humanoid robot platform with integrated sensors and an open software development kit for creating custom applications. With Rethink Robotics, manufacturers increase flexibility, lower costs, and can invest in skilled labor — all advantages in fueling continuous innovation and sustainable competitive advantage
In May, Rethink Robotics provided an exciting glimpse into the future of collaborative robotics with the introduction of Sawyer™, a single-arm, high-performance robot designed to execute machine tending, circuit board testing, and other precise tasks that have historically been impractical to automate with traditional industrial robots. Sawyer is a significant addition to the company’s smart, collaborative robot family, which also includes the groundbreaking Baxter robot that defined the category of safe, interactive, affordable automation.
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