Hahn Group acquires Rethink Robotics IP

ethink Robotics’ Sawyer (left) and Baxter collaborative robots. [Image courtesy of Rethink Robotics]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 to make the [Intera] software platform available to suitable partners through licensing or other arrangements.”
Rethink previously sought to market to a host of advanced manufacturers, including in the medical device space. The Boston-based maker of collaborative robots Baxter and Sawyer shut its doors early this month.
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Source: Mass Device - October 25, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Steven Crowe Tags: Business/Financial News Contract Manufacturing Robotics hahngroup rethink robotics Source Type: news