Baxter and Sawyer were the flagship robots of Rethink Robotics. Last Wednesday Rethink Robotics, a major player in the collaborative robotics world, closed up shop abruptly. The company’s robots ...

One of the enduring lessons of the iPhone era is that Steve Jobs led with what the consumer didn't know they wanted until he showed it to them. Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks has operated from a ...

Rethink Robotics Inc., a company known for making collaborative robots Sawyer and Baxter abruptly shut down Oct. 3, leaving the injection molders who bought the expressive-faced "cobots" looking for ...

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here The failure of Boston-based Rethink Robotics last month came as a shock to employees, as well as to an ...

Six years ago, Boston-based Rethink Robotics went out of business trying to sell industrial robots that could work in collaboration with humans. But Rethink is back. The once-hyped company, now owned ...

Ben Ames has spent 30 years as a journalist since starting out as a reporter for daily newspapers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has focused on business and technology reporting since 1999 for ...