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Rethink Robotics is a robotics company founded 2008, based in United States, developing 1 robot primarily in the Cobot category.
Rethink Robotics made the collaborative robots Baxter and Sawyer for manufacturing tasks that work alongside humans. The company was based in Boston and was founded in 2008; it later shut down in 2018, and its Sawyer assets and IP were sold to Germany’s Hahn Group.
Active products
1
Robo Score
52
BBB
View factor breakdown
Price range
$22K – $34.9K
2 of 1 priced
Top-rated product
AA
Robo Index
Sawyer
Company facts
- HQ
- Boston, United States
- Founded
- 2008 · 18 yrs
- Stage
- Series E (2017)
- Website
- www.rethinkrobotics.com
Robo Score
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Milestones
Rethink Robotics shut down and ceased operations.
Sawyer robots, intellectual property, patents, and licenses were sold to Hahn Group.
Company founded as Heartland Robotics, later renamed Rethink Robotics.
Press coverage
- Rethink Robotics closes its doors
The Robot Report
- Rise and Fall of Rethink Robotics
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