The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies RightHand Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $66.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Righthand Robotics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company developing AI-powered robotic piece-picking solutions for warehouse order fulfillment. The company's RightPick system uses autonomous manipulation to handle items of varying sizes and shapes, with the latest RightPick 4 system handling items up to 25% larger and 50% heavier than its predecessor. RightHand Robotics is deployed at Apotea's pharmaceutical logistics centers in Sweden and has raised over $23M in funding.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
CEO
Series C
Total fundingsee investors →
Product
Key customer
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company RightHand Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Staples2× joint3 total
Most recent
- Staples x RightHand Robotics2024-01-10with Staplesoperating
- RightHand Robotics x Staples2024-01-01with Staplesoperating
RightHand Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2022. Explore where RightHand Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full RightHand Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Yaro Tenzer Co-founder & CEOsince 2014-01-01secondary-verified
- Lael Odhner Co-founder & CTOsince 2014-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Yaro Tenzercofounderfounded 2014-01-01
- Lael Odhnercofounderfounded 2014-01-01
- Leif Jentoftcofounderfounded 2014-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Leif Jentoft Co-founder & former CSOsince 2014-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for RightHand Robotics.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- RightHand Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
RightHand Robotics in third-party press
Peers
3 peers across 1 segment. Every RightHand Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $66.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company RightHand Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Staples x RightHand Robotics2024-01-10with Staplesoperating
- RightHand Robotics x Staples2024-01-01with Staplesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Staples2× joint3 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series C2025-01-01
$66M(reported) · $660M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in RightHand Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: OnRobot
2026-08-23Supply: Gripper integration for picking from OnRobot
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2025-01-01Series C raising $66000000
PartnershipStaples x RightHand Robotics
2024-01-10Staples deployed RightHand Robotics' RightPick AI-powered item-handling system across its fulfillment centers for automated order picking, enabling next-day delivery service levels.
PartnershipRightHand Robotics x Staples
2024-01-01RightHand Robotics signed a multi-year agreement with Staples (announced 2024) to deploy its AI-powered RightPick piece-picking robots across Staples fulfillment centers.
Key hireYaro Tenzer joins as Co-founder & CEO
2014-01-01Yaro Tenzer appointed Co-founder & CEO (current)
Key hireLael Odhner joins as Co-founder & CTO
2014-01-01Lael Odhner appointed Co-founder & CTO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2022
RightPick 4 at Stockholm, Sweden
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
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Methodology surface for RightHand Robotics.Peer companies
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Automata1 model
- Codian Robotics1 model
- Oxipital AI1 model
- Rainbow Robotics1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning RightHand Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
RightHand Robotics Secures 6 Million in Series C Funding
RightHand Robotics secured 6M in Series C funding for its autonomous robotic picking solutions for order fulfillment.
Apotea Expands Agreement with RightHand Robotics to Deploy RightPick Item Handling System in New Logistics Center
Apotea expanded its agreement with RightHand Robotics to deploy the RightPick system in a new 30,000-square-meter logistics center, marking the second Apotea warehouse automated…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/righthand-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/righthand-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/60f317ec-0245-401b-90ac-22bb96b5c7b8
- Revision history: /companies/righthand-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Dexterity2 models
- Automata1 model
- Codian Robotics1 model
- Oxipital AI1 model
- Rainbow Robotics1 model
Video
RightPick from RightHand Robotics helps distribution and fulfillment centers from many industries improve overall customer experience, making them more competit
See how the RigtHand Robotics team combines “hand eye coordination” into a piece-picking solution that picks a wide Range of items at high Rates with high Relia
Watch how RightHand Robotics is changing the world of order fulfillment with RightPick™ 3, their innovative robotic piece-picking technology. Par Svardson, a 25
Watch RightHand Robotics' piece-picking "smart" robotic hand in action. Video courtesy of RightHand Robotics: https://www.righthandrobotics.com/
Righthand Robotics, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is developing a robot that can pick and place thousands of products. Ri
RightHand Robotics is a leader in providing robotic piece-picking solutions that improve performance and efficiency in e-commerce order fulfillment and intralog
The New Warehouse on site at Right Hand Robotics's ProMat 2019 Booth. This is a demo of their picking system which picked on average 800 picks per hour during t
Picking Robotics company Righthand Robotics from Boston, MA showcased their piece picking robot at NRF2024 in New York. Note the 4-part automated tool changer -
L&R Automates with Opex and RightHand Robotics SureSort induct
Hummel’s distribution centre has integrated robotic piece-picking into its AutoStore setup using Element Logic’s eOperator software and the RightPick system fro
Fully automated piece picking with an AutoStore leveraging a robotic picking arm from @RightHandRoboticsInc Watch as the arm handles multiple different types
Lael Odhner, Co-founder CTO, RightHand Robotics See Righthand Robotics's full playlist at: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvJ-6UyehQD1BL-1tDZFm3YsBH5zLvq0
Take a look inside Apotea's new fulfillment center in Varberg, Sweden, the second site where RightHand Robotics and Apotea are collaborating. As Sweden's larges
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
RightHand Robotics draws attention at the 30th percentile but verifies reality at the 30th percentile among manipulator robots. Hype Gap +0, 3rd widest among manipulator robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
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: Sep 6, 2026