Overview
Baxter International, American healthcare company deploying automated pharmaceutical manufacturing and IV systems.
Reality check
Portfolio (company-claimed)
Connected solutions, medical devices and injectable medicines, serving customers from outpatient settings through ICU care
Headcount (company-claimed)
35,000+ colleagues
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Baxter has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Baxter x MUSC Health (Connected Care)2026-01-08with MUSC Healthoperating
Baxter on the deployment map
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No verified deployments for Baxter on the DEPLOY record yet. Track Baxter to know the moment the first one is verified.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Andrew Hider CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Donald Baxterno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Donald Baxter Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Baxter.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Baxter in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Baxter.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company Baxter has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Baxter x MUSC Health (Connected Care)2026-01-08with MUSC Healthoperating
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- baxter x awswithAWS30technology—operating
- baxter x nvidiawithNVIDIA132technology—operating
- Baxter x MUSC Health (Connected Care)withMUSC Healthdeployment2026-01-08operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Baxter’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipBaxter x MUSC Health (Connected Care)
2026-01-08Baxter International and MUSC Health announced a multi-year strategic partnership to transform bedside care delivery through integrated connected care technologies, aiming to improve nurse satisfaction, retention, and patient safety outcomes.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Baxter.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Baxter from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
A robot named Baxter wanted to change the world of work, but his career ended early
The Future Is Now - Baxter Regional Health System Offering Surgical Robotics
Rethink Robotics, Pioneer of Collaborative Robots, Shuts Down
How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker
Inside the Rethink Robotics shutdown
A Long Goodbye to Baxter, a Gentle Giant Among Robots
Baxter-making Rethink Robotics closes its doors
Low-cost robots like Baxter, UR5 and UR10 successfully entering small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Rethink Robotics introduces Baxter Research Robot
How Baxter the Robot Works
Baxter Robot: The Blue-Collar Robot
Cornell Dubilier driving growth with Rethink Robotics' Baxter
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/baxter.md
- RSS feed: /companies/baxter/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3654098a-6a8e-495b-9e83-e5f07659403a
- Revision history: /companies/baxter/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Baxter draws attention at the 43rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026