Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics, Inc.[1]) is a robotics company co-founded by Rodney Brooks and Ann Whittaker in 2008.[2] Rethink Robotics is now part of the HAHN Group. Rethink Robotics has won awards and has been an Edison Awards finalist.[3] Sawyer collaborative robot Sawyer, the collaborative robot History[edit] Rethink Robotics was founded in 2008[2] as a startup aiming to create low-cost robots.[4] In 2012, they released the robot Baxter.[5] In 2015, they released a smaller and more flexible counterpart to Baxter, Sawyer, that was designed to perform smaller, more detailed tasks.[5] In 2016, they released their collaborative robots (cobots) worldwide. These robots were designed to be easy to set up and work alongside, rather than replace, humans in factory environments.[6] Rethink Robotics assets were bought by the HAHN Group, a German automation specialist, in October 2018.[7][8] HAHN Group acquired all of Rethink's patents and trademarks as well as Rethink's Intera 5 software platform.[9]
| Types | Organization |
| Start date | 2008 |