December 11, 2013
Modern Materials Handling – Is There a Robot in your Distribution Future?
"At Genco’s campus in Ft. Worth, Texas, Baxter, as the robot is known, is working side by side with team members on a packaging line."
November 21, 2013
TIME – Panel Discussion: the Future of Invention
Rethink Robotics Founder and CTO Rodney Brooks participated on a panel entitled, The Future of Invention, in Washington, DC.
November 6, 2013
Boston Business Journal – Rethink Robotics to Distribute Baxter in Japan
Boston-based Rethink Robotics announced Wednesday it will distribute its humanoid research robot, Baxter, in Japan.
November 5, 2013
Product Design & Development – Human Touch Makes Robots Smarter
Cornell University engineers have taught a robot to work in a mock-supermarket checkout line, modifying a Baxter robot from Rethink Robotics in Boston to "coactively learn" from humans and make adjustments while an action is in progress.
October 30, 2013
Plastics Technology – ‘Collaborative’ Robot Works Safely, Comfortably Alongside Human Workers
"The goal of Baxter's builder is to make U.S. manufacturing more globally competitive by making automation more affordable and easier to implement."
October 28, 2013
New York Times – Making Robots More Like Us
"Until recently, most robots were carefully separated from humans. They have largely been used in factories to perform repetitive tasks that required speed, precision and force. That generation of robots is dangerous, and they have been caged and fenced for the protection of workers. But the industrial era of robotics is over. And robots are beginning to move around in the world. "
October 11, 2013
Chronicle – Your New Co-Worker, Baxter the Robot
"The national leader in robotics is Massachusetts. Thanks to local companies, robots are doing factory work, keeping soldiers from danger, helping out at hospitals and doing surveillance work."
October 8, 2013
The Fabricator – Applications Added to Interactive Production Robot Software
"Rethink Robotics has released version 2.0 of the software for its interactive production robot, Baxter. With the new software, the robot can pick and place parts at any axis, allowing for picking objects off a shelf or loading machines in a horizontal motion."
October 6, 2013
CBS News: Bringing Back Jobs to the U.S. via the Robot
"Baxter is part of the new factory floor: a cutting-edge mix of people and technology that has helped to reduce production costs enough to bring manufacturing back from China."
September 24, 2013
Boston Business Journal – New Brain for Baxter: Rethink Robotics Releases Baxter 2.0 Software
"Boston-based Rethink Robotics on Monday announced a new version of software for its humanoid robot Baxter, which aims to make Baxter 'an even more effective productivity tool for American manufacturers'."
September 19, 2013
ABC News – New Robot Designed to Work With Humans Wows DCC Crowd
"Unlike his human counterparts, Baxter takes no breaks, no vacation days, and he needs no insurance. Baxter just works."
September 17, 2013
Technology Review – Smart Robots Can Now Work Right Next to Auto Workers
"One of the most prominent examples is Baxter, made by Rethink Robotics, a Boston-based company founded by the robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks."
September 16, 2013
Boston Business Journal – Rethink Robotics’ Baxter Heads to Europe
"Boston-based Rethink Robotics said Monday that a research version of its humanoid robot Baxter is now available in the European Union, following adoption by a number of top engineering schools in the U.S."
September 7, 2013
The Economist – Our Friends Electric
"A new breed of robots is being designed to collaborate with humans, working alongside them to make them more productive"
September 1, 2013
Automotive Industries – Rethink Robotics Launches Baxter 2.0 Software
"Baxter is now able to pick and place parts at any axis, allowing the robot to perform a broad array of new tasks, such as picking objects off a shelf, or loading machines in a horizontal motion."
September 1, 2013
MHI Solutions – Robotics on the Rise
"Robotics is one of a few technologies that has the potential to be as transformative as the Internet."
August 30, 2013
Boston Business Journal – Rethink Robotics Rethinking 3D Printing
"Rethink and Baxter certainly have a part to play in making manufacturing possible for more companies in the U.S."
August 26, 2013
Design 2 Part ? A New Reason to Rethink Offshoring
"Momentum for reshoring had been steadily gaining steam. But when Rethink Robotics unveiled its Baxter robot last fall, it provided a powerful new boost to efforts aimed at bringing manufacturing back to America."
August 23, 2013
Boston Herald – Robot Joins Workforce
“'Made in China' was for years the calling card of outsourced labor, but manufacturing is slowly coming back to the United States, and one Boston company wants to help drive its resurgence."
August 23, 2013
BostInno – What my Breakfast with Baxter Taught Me About the Future of Manufacturing
"I don't always train robots, but when I do, they are made by Rethink Robotics and their names are Baxter."
August 10, 2013
PC World – Robots Fill New Roles at Work
"Baxter is performing so well that it is now being trained to pack more "funky parts" for K'NEX's Nintendo Mario Kart products, says [company president Michael] Araten, referring to the company's line of Mario racing toys."
August 9, 2013
CNet – These Robots Will Assemble Your IKEA Furniture
"During the White House's 'We The Geeks' Google+ Hangout on robotics, a number of cutting-edge automatons... are on display."
August 8, 2013
MIT News – Professor Emeritus Rodney Brooks Refines the Sequel to iRobot
"Rodney Brooks’ startup, Rethink Robotics, is producing robots that can adapt to manufacturing tasks and the factory environment."
August 6, 2013
Control Engineering – Safety and Control in Collaborative Robotics
"Robotics technology is moving at the speed of light, and the standards process is struggling to keep up."
August 1, 2013
Industry Week – The New Age of Robotics
"...robots have officially emerged from behind the light curtains and into the spotlight of American small business. Shining brightest in that spotlight is a little guy named Baxter. Since popping up in the market last September, Rethink Robotics' Baxter unit has become a rock star of automation."
July 31, 2013
CBS Pittsburgh – CMU Shows off New Humanoid Robot
“Baxter is a human-sized stationary robot that can be trained to do repetitive tasks. It’s a compelling new addition to academic robotics research and is the newest member of the research team at Carnegie Mellon.”
July 22, 2013
Plastics News ? Collaborative robots offer advances in automation
“'Instead of programming it, you grab and teach it how,' said Robert MacDonald, director of sales and marketing for Gibson Engineering of Norwood, Mass., a Rethink distributor for New England, northern New Jersey and metro New York.”
July 19, 2013
Mashable.com ? Presto! Baxter Is Magic’s First Robot Assistant
“Tempest thought Baxter would make a perfect magician’s assistant.”
July 9, 2013
Boston Business Journal ? What’s next for Baxter?
“Next up for the robotics industry: Robots that are smart and safe enough to perform functions they've never had before -- such as caring for the elderly or making espresso. And among those at the forefront is Boston-based Rethink Robotics, maker of the "human-like" robot Baxter.”
July 5, 2013
NPR – From Scratch – Interview with Rodney Brooks, Founder of Rethink Robotics
Jessica Harris, from NPR From Scratch, interviews Rethink Robotics' Rodney Brooks.
June 28, 2013
Plastics News ? Vanguard Plastics to get a Baxter robot
“Baxter has made waves in the manufacturing world, thanks to its potential as a thinking robot with cameras on the end of its arms, a cute expressive face with eyes and eyebrow that react to employees using special sensors, and the low $22,000 price tag.”
June 27, 2013
CNBC Video – Retooling Biz with a Robot Named Baxter
Rethink Robotics' CEO Scott Eckert appears on CNBC's Squawk Box program. "We're focused on creating a tool that will help American manufacturers to be more productive and ultimately compete with China."
June 20, 2013
ThomasNet ? Sue Sokoloski of Rethink Robotics on How Baxter is Changing Skills Needed for Manufacturing Jobs
“Christian Bonawandt speaks with Sue Sokoloski of Rethink Robotics about how automation and robotics technologies like Baxter could change the way manufacturers hire and the skills needed for manufacturing jobs.”
June 18, 2013
Forbes ? Are robots the next big app platform?
"This robot, which is based on the Baxter robot that the company sells for industrial applications, is designed to be used in the academic and corporate world for research.”
June 12, 2013
MIT News – 3 Questions: Fiona Murray on female entrepreneurship
“Women entrepreneurs across the nation still face many challenges; we have since brought in a number of very talented and successful female entrepreneurs and investors as senior lecturers, including Elaine Chen, an entrepreneur and vice president of product development at Rethink Robotics.”
June 10, 2013
Bloomberg BusinessWeek ? Friendliest Robot Ever a Manufacturing Breakthrough
“Bloomberg's Rachel Crane visits Boston's Rethink Robotics to meet Baxter, a manufacturing robot designed to work alongside humans instead of replacing them.”
June 10, 2013
The Wall Street Journal U.S. Edition ? What’s Hot in Manufacturing Technology
“Robots like Rethink Robotics' Baxter model can improve their performance as they go and work safely next to people.”
June 6, 2013
Terra ? 8 Companies Leading the Charge for Commercial-Use Robotics
“The affordability of Baxter could lead to a reduction in outsourcing among small U.S. manufacturers.”
June 6, 2013
Vision Systems Design ? Software development kit enables customization of industrial robot
“Unlike other industrial robots, Baxter’s design is more human-like and is optimized to work alongside people on the factory floor.”
June 6, 2013
Robotics Online ? The End of Separation: Man and Robot as Collaborative Coworkers on the Factory Floor
“Baxter is best suited to tasks that are repetitive and don’t require a lot of skill, but require some of the common sense of a human being.”
June 4, 2013
CNBC – Industrial Revolutions: 3D Printing and Robotics
“We’re trying to get the robots and people to work closely together. We view Baxter as letting an ordinary factory worker do a lot more by giving them a tool that they can upload simple, repetitive tasks and then they can worry about higher level things.”
May 24, 2013
Plastics News ? Baxter the robot wows conference audience.
“Baxter, made by Boston-based Rethink Robotics Inc., can work side-by-side with people, with no need for special safety guarding.”
May 22, 2013
Facilities Management ? 2013 Edison Awards Honor Game-Changing Products and Services
“Conducted by the nonprofit Edison Universe since 1987, the Edison Awards honor game-changing innovations… (and) are reportedly one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of successful innovation.”