Baxter: The Blue-Collar Robot

Rethink Robotics’ new creation is easy to interact with, but the innovations behind the robot show just how hard it is to get along with people.

• by Will Knight
• April 23, 2013

Industrial robots are typically expensive, dangerous, and limited in what they can do.

Breakthrough
An industrial robot that is safe and easy to use in a manufacturing setting.

Key Players
• Rethink Robotics
• Universal Robotics
• Redwood Robotics
• Julie Shah, MIT