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Sawyer

Rethink Robotics' Sawyer is a single-arm collaborative robot for precision tasks such as machine tending and testing/inspection; it followed Baxter and remains…

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Manufacturer
Rethink Robotics
Form factor
cobot
Lifecycle
active

Verified profile

  • 1

    Sources on record

  • 0

    Tracked changes

  • Updated recently

    Last verified change

Overview

Rethink Robotics' Sawyer is a single-arm collaborative robot for precision tasks such as machine tending and testing/inspection; it followed Baxter and remains in production under Rethink Robotics GmbH.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
1 source, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Sawyer.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

  1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/franka-a-robot-arm-thats-safe-low-cost-and-can-replicate-itself

Common questions

What is Sawyer?
Rethink Robotics' Sawyer is a single-arm collaborative robot for precision tasks such as machine tending and testing/inspection; it followed Baxter and remains in production under Rethink Robotics GmbH.
Who makes Sawyer?
Sawyer is made by Rethink Robotics, based in Boston, MA.
Where is Sawyer deployed?
No verified deployments of Sawyer are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Sawyer safe?
Sawyer has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: cobot

Sources by quality tier

1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Sawyer.

Recent coverage

Sawyer in third-party press