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Realtime Robotics is a robotics company founded 2016, based in United States, developing 2 robots primarily in the Cobot category.
Simulate, test, and optimize robotic systems
Realtime Robotics builds RapidPlan, software for collision-free robot motion planning and programming, and RapidSense, a related sensing solution for industrial and collaborative robots. The company says its tools help manufacturers design, deploy, and optimize automation faster across robotic workcells, with use cases in industrial automation and collaborative robot applications. It is based in Boston and operates in the US and internationally through manufacturing-focused partnerships and customers.
Total funding
US$40.9M
Active products
2
Robo Score
61
A
View factor breakdown
Top-rated product
A
Robo Index
RapidPlan
Company facts
- Legal name
- Realtime Robotics, Inc.
- HQ
- Boston, United States
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs
- Website
- rtr.ai
Robo Score
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Milestones
Released RapidPlan software to simplify and speed programming and deployment for industrial robots.
Began shipping the RapidPlan motion planning processor.
Company was founded by Duke University professors Dan Sorin and George Konidaris, with Sean Murray and Will Floyd-Jones.
Press coverage
- Realtime Robotics RapidPlan Software Simplifies and Speeds Programming and Deployment Time for Industrial Robots
Business Wire · Jun 2022
- Realtime Robotics shipping RapidPlan motion planning processor
The Robot Report
- Realtime Robotics Funded an Additional $9.5 Million to Meet Increased Demand for Technology that Transforms Manufacturing
Duke OTC
Active products by Realtime Robotics
2 shown| # | Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | RapidPlan | Industrial Arm | 2016 | A |
| 2 | Realtime Robotics Arm | Cobot | — | BB |
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