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Manipulator Companies
Adept Technology
Adept Technology is a Public company with a focus on Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 5960 Inglewood Dr., Pleasanton CA in the United States.
Adept Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides intelligent robotics systems and services for packaging, solar, medical, disk drive/electronics, machine tool automation, and automotive electronics markets. More about Adept Technology.
Barrett Technology
Barrett Technology is a Private company with a focus on 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.
RE2
RE2 is a Private company with a focus on Manipulator robotics. It is located at 32 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA in the United States.
RE2, Inc. (Robotics Engineering Excellence) is a Carnegie Mellon spin-off engaged in developing intelligent modular manipulation systems. It offers RE2 AUTOMATIC for mission-crippling issues; RE2 End-Effector Retrofit Kit, a small robot toolkit with manipulator arm and robotic nursing assistant; RE2 End-Effector Retrofit Kit, a field-upgrade kit that enables users of existing small explosive ordnance disposal robots to exchange end-effector tools on a robot's manipulator arm; RE2 ForeRunner, a high-speed scouting and inspection UGV that helps users situational awareness; and RE2 JAUS software development kit to enable unmanned systems to become JAUS compliant. More about RE2.
Robai
Robai is a Private company with a focus on Manipulator robotics. It is located at PO Box 37635 #60466, Philadelphia PA in the United States.
Robai develops 'kinematically redundant' seven axes robotic arms and robotic manipulators for industry, home, entertainment, and research. Robai’s premiere product is the Cyton Veta robot arm. More about Robai.
Robosoft
Robosoft is a Private company with a focus on Manipulator & Mobile & Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at Technopole d'lzarbel, Bidart in France.
Robosoft S.A. supplies robotic solutions for transport, cleanliness, security, and health markets. The company offers cybernetic transport systems, interactive rides, transport of goods, refueling robots, glass-roof and floor cleaning, Packbot EOD, and vehicle robotization solutions. It serves public research centers, organizations, cleaning contractors, public transport network, television channels and video producers, and industrial vehicles manufacturers. More about Robosoft.
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