Vecna Robotics is part of the growing number of companies combating the shortage of ventilators caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Waltham, Mass.-based Vecna Robotics, along with sister companies VecnaCares and Vecna Healthcare, partnered with MIT CSAIL, the Toyota Research Institute and others to develop an automated manual resuscitator called Ventiv. Ventiv can be used in conjunction with […]
Hahn Group acquires Rethink Robotics IP
We have not seen the last of Sawyer the collaborative robot. Hahn Group, a German automation specialist, has acquired all of the patents and trademarks from Rethink Robotics, including the Intera 5 software platform. The Hahn Group says it will further develop Rethink’s technology, “combining it with German engineering and know-how of industrial applications.” Hahn Group says it “intends […]
Rethink Robotics closes its doors
Rethink Robotics, the Boston, Mass.-based maker of collaborative robots Baxter and Sawyer, shut its doors today. Rethink was founded in 2008 and raised nearly $150 million to date, according to Crunchbase. It’s last round of funding was an $18 million Series E in August 2017. Rethink Robotics CEO Scott Eckert confirmed the news via email…