Rethink Robotics

Rethink Robotics GmbH
FormerlyHeartland Robotics, Inc.
IndustryRobotics
Founded2008
Relaunched 2024
FoundersRodney Brooks, Ann Whittaker
Defunct2018 originally
2025 from the 2024 relaunch
Headquarters
Initially:
Boston
,
United States of America
Later:
Bochum, Germany
ProductsReacher, Ryder, Riser
OwnerUnited Robotics Group GmbH
Number of employees
10 (at dissolution)
Websiterethinkrobotics.com
(Now links to a dead landing page)

Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics, Inc.) was a robotics company co-founded by Rodney Brooks and Ann Whittaker in 2008. In 2018 the assets of Rethink Robotics were bought by the German automation specialist HAHN Group. In 2021 Rethink Robotics joined the United Robotics Group GmbH.

Rethink Robotics has won awards and has been an Edison Awards finalist.

Sawyer collaborative robot
Sawyer, the collaborative robot