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Manipulator Companies
ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at Affolternstrasse 44, Zurich in Switzerland.
ABB Limited provides power and automation technologies. The company operates under segments that include power products, power systems, automation products, process automation and robotics. ABB Robotics is a leading supplier of industrial robots--also providing robot software, peripheral equipment, modular manufacturing cells and service for tasks such as welding, handling, assembly, painting and finishing, picking, packing, palletizing and machine tending. More about ABB Robotics.
Adept Technology
Adept Technology is a Public company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator & Mobile robotics. It is located at 5960 Inglewood Dr., Pleasanton CA in the United States.
Adept Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets robots for the electronics, telecommunications, appliances, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and automotive components industries. More about Adept Technology.
Barrett Technology
Barrett Technology is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 625 Mt Auburn St., Cambridge MA in the United States.
Barrett Technology, founded in 1990 as a spin-off from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990, designs and develops robotic manipulators, such as their first haptic robot arm, WAM. This manipulator embodies Transparent Dynamics drives that fundamentally break from the conventional design of robotic manipulators. More about Barrett Technology.
DENSO Robotics
DENSO Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 1 Yoshiike Kusagi Agui-cho, Chita-gun Aichi in Japan.
DENSO Robotics is a subsidiary of DENSO Wave Corporation. Factory automation makes up 28% of corporate business; robotic controllers make up 37% of corporate business.

As one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers, DENSO has been a leader and pioneer in manufacturing automation, including the design and manufacturing of industrial robot arms, since the 1960s. DENSO is also the world's largest user of small assembly robots, from four-axis SCARA robots to five- and six-axis articulated robots. More about DENSO Robotics.
Festo
Festo is a Private company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at Ruiter Straße 82, Esslingen in Germany.
Festo Corporation is a world-wide supplier of automation technology and performance leader in industrial training and education programs. More about Festo.
FMC Schilling Robotics
FMC Schilling Robotics is a Public company with a focus on Maritime & Manipulator robotics. It is located at Schilling Robotics, LLC Administrative Offices, Davis CA in the United States.
FMC Schilling Robotics is the largest U.S. provider of subsea equipment to the oil and natural gas industry. The company has a respected reputation as a supplier of advanced robotic intervention products, primarily for the subsea oil and gas industry. More about FMC Schilling Robotics.
Honeybee Robotics
Honeybee Robotics is a Private company with a focus on Manipulator & Mobile robotics. It is located at 460 W. 34th Stree, New York NY in the United States.
Honeybee Robotics develops technology and products for next-generation advanced robotic and spacecraft systems that must operate in dynamic, unstructured and often hostile environments. Products and technologies range from complete systems to critical subsystems to enabling components. More about Honeybee Robotics.
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Hyundai Heavy Industries is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 1 Jeonha-dong, Ulsan in Korea, South.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. builds ships for commercial, and military purposes. The Company manufactures oil tankers, cargo and passenger vessels, and warships. Hyundai Heavy Industries also produces heavy industrial machineries, wind turbines, solar panels, electrical components for engines and power trains, and industrial vehicles, such as cranes and bulldozers. More about Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Medrobotics
Medrobotics is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 475 Paramount Dr., Raynham MA in the United States.
Medrobotics Corporation (formerly Cardiorobotics, Inc.) is a Delaware "C" Corporation, originally formed in 2005 (as Innovention Technologies, LLC) by the inventors of its multi-linked robot technology for surgical procedures. More about Medrobotics.
Meka Robotics
Meka Robotics is a Private company with a focus on Humanoid & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 255 Potrero Ave, San Francisco CA in the United States.
Meka Robotics develops hardware and software systems for robotics researchers, specializing in robots designed to work in everyday environments. The company's core expertise spans compliant robotics, force controlled actuators, manipulator design, real-time software, and highly integrated mechatronic systems. More about Meka Robotics.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a Public company with a focus on Manipulator & Mobile robotics. It is located at 2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church VA in the United States.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman) is a designer, systems integrator and manufacturer of military aircraft, defense electronics, precision weapons, commercial and military aerostructures. The company operates primarily in four segments: Aerospace Systems, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Technical Services. More about Northrop Grumman.
Rethink Robotics
Rethink Robotics is a Private company with a focus on Humanoid & Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 27 Wormwood Street, Boston MA in the United States.
Rethink Robotics develops adaptive, low-cost robots for manufacturing. Rethink's solutions are targeted for the SMB market and designed to be human-safe and easily programmable. The company's flagship product, Baxter, is the world's first low-cost industrial humanoid robot. More about Rethink Robotics.
Robosoft
Robosoft is a Private company with a focus on Manipulator & Mobile robotics. It is located at Technopole d'lzarbel, Bidart in France.
Robosoft supplies advanced robotic solutions to reduce costs and improve quality in transport, cleanliness, health and security with mobile robots and the robuBOX, Robosoft’s original embedded control technology. More about Robosoft.
Robotiq
Robotiq is a Private company with a focus on Manipulator robotics. It is located at 966 chemin Olivier, St-Nicolas Quebec in Canada.
Robotiq designs and manufactures flexible electric robot grippers with unique agility and versatility for robots in the manufacturing industry. More about Robotiq.
SCHUNK
SCHUNK is a Private company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG, Lauffen/Neckar in Germany.
SCHUNK, a family owned business, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of automation components, toolholders and workholding equipment. More about SCHUNK.
Stäubli
Stäubli is a Private company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 201 Parkway West , Duncan SC in the United States.
Staubli Corporation, operating as the North American subsidiary of Stäubli International AG (Swiss), manufactures textile machinery, quick release couplings, and robotics systems. More about Stäubli.
Swisslog
Swisslog is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Manipulator & Mobile robotics. It is located at Swisslog Holding AG, CH-5033 Buchs in Switzerland.
Swisslog is a global provider of integrated logistics solutions for warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals. More about Swisslog.
Universal Robots
Universal Robots is a Private company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at Universal Robots A/S, DK-5260 Odense S in Denmark.
Universal Robots is a first mover within a new segment of collaborative industrial robots focusing on user friendliness and flexibility for the SMB market. The company is headquartered in Odense, Denmark where all development and production is carried out. More about Universal Robots.
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