Sawyer, collaborative single-arm robot, Rethink Robotics GmbH, Bochum, Germany

Introducing Sawyer, a single arm, high performance, collaborative robot designed to execute machine tending, circuit board testing and other precise tasks that have historically been impractical to automate with traditional industrial robots.

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Sawyer, a high performance collaborative robot, works in a variety of customer applications, including machine tending, circuit board testing and other precise tasks that are not practical to automate with traditional industrial robots. Sawyer is the newest member of Rethink Robotics' smart, collaborative family of robots, providing flexible, user-friendly automation.

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Here's what Sawyer, the newest member of our family of smart, collaborative robot, is demonstrating at RoboBusiness 2015.

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Sawyer is set to be deployed in Steelcase's Grand Rapids, MI factory, where it will work in tandem with the company’s welding machine. Sawyer will work to pick and place parts in pairs of two, enabling a completely autonomous welding process.

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Sawyer, the smart, collaborative robot, will be on a production line at a GE plant in Hendersonville, NC, positioning parts into a light fixture as a GE employee completes the assembly.

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Here's what Sawyer is working on at PACK EXPO in booth # S-8178. Sawyer is the newest member of Rethink Robotics' smart, collaborative family of robots, providing flexible, user-friendly automation.

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The plant floor can be a chaotic place, with constantly changing conditions that make it challenging for conventional automation. Our robots are specifically designed to work in these “real world” environments. They can pick up items that aren’t precisely aligned, then re-orient and place them correctly. Their unique combination of compliance and advanced sensing technology means they adapt to your environment, rather than having to adapt your environment to them.

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Visited Rethink Robotics in Boston today. With Scott Eckert and Rodney Brooks.

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This week at the China International Industry Fair (CIIF) we announced a distribution agreement with leading automation provider Shanghai Electrical Automation Design Research Institute Co., Ltd (SEARI), a division of Shanghai Electric, to deliver smart, collaborative robots Baxter and Sawyer to the Chinese manufacturing community. Rethink's Chief Revenue Officer Jason Barton discussed the opportunity alongside one of our Sawyer robots.

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In this video tutorial you'll see how to assemble the pedestal, mount the arm, connect the controller, and power on Sawyer, the new smart, collaborative robot from Rethink Robotics.

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In this video tutorial you'll see how to install, configure and train a vacuum gripper on Sawyer, the smart, collaborative robot from Rethink Robotics.

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Sawyer, the smart, collaborative robot from Rethink Robotics is warming up, stretching out and ready to get down for the crowd once the doors open at ATX West in Anaheim, CA.

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Our smart, collaborative robots are well suited for a wide range of packaging applications. From the repetitive demands of case packing and kitting lines, to the high variability requirements of 3PL providers, Baxter and Sawyer are the complete package for a wide range of applications and industries. Today, our robots are on the job packing raw materials, finished parts and multi-pack cases for many different types of products, containers and configurations.

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Machine tending can be among the most unpleasant jobs in any plant, but our robots are right at home in this role. Their ability to integrate with other automation make them a great solution for coordinating with the varied cycle times involved with a multi-machine operation. Baxter is on the job tending press brakes, loading/unloading machines, supporting finishing operations, and performing other tasks requiring machine interaction today. And Sawyer is specifically designed for high performance, high precision machine tending tasks such as circuit board testing.

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Our smart, collaborative robots are well suited for a wide range of test and inspection applications.

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Almost every plant in the world operates some form of line loading and unloading. Our smart, collaborative robots provide a great solution for the monotonous, yet critically important jobs of moving parts to and from tables, conveyors, fixtures and more. Their ability to maintain counts, re-orient parts and place them into position makes them a natural fit.

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Collaborative robot Sawyer picks material from a tray and maneuvers into a tight space showcasing the versatility of the 7 degree of freedom arm. It loads the part into the machine chuck. Even if the part is somewhat off-center or misaligned during the insertion into the chuck- as the three jaws clamp, the compliance in the arm allows the robot to absorb the forces and adapt to the environment.

The robot, through I/O, signals the machine to clamp the part. The arm then moves to a position to push physical buttons and work like a human would to start the machine indicated by the yellow light on the light stack. The robot moves back into position to remove the parts, the robot signals the machine to release the part. The task also leverages the RPS with landmarks in which many times during throughout the show, the machine could easily be re-registered to the new position and effortlessly put it back to work.

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Smart, collaborative robot Sawyer was on display at Hannover Messe in Germany last week. This video demonstrates Sawyer's capabilities, including the core applications such as machine tending, ICT with PCBs, and inspection with an external camera.

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