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Company Overview
RightHand Robotics was founded in 2015 by a team from Harvard Biorobotics Lab, Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT that won a DARPA challenge. The founders applied lessons from combining compliant smart mechanisms and sensing to create capable robotic grippers that improve with experience. The company focuses on solving the "holy grail" of warehouse automation: piece-picking for supply chain and e-commerce fulfillment.
RightHand Robotics builds a data-driven intelligent picking platform, providing flexible and scalable automation for predictable order fulfillment. It serves major brands worldwide with deployments in multiple countries.
The core value proposition is the RightPick robotic piece-picking solution, enabling reliable handling of diverse items with AI-driven autonomy. Key differentiators include fleet learning where each robot benefits from collective experience, easy integration through well-defined APIs, and a focus on real-world fulfillment challenges.
Core Capabilities
Technology Solutions
RightHand Robotics offers the RightPick system, a software-driven, hardware-enabled platform for autonomous piece-picking. It includes proprietary industrial hardware with a field-proven gripper using compliant fingers and suction, advanced vision systems, and RightPick AI for perception, planning, and learning.
The system handles a wide SKU range with minimal human intervention, supporting workflows like sorting batch-picked items, picking from AS/RS, inducting to belt sorters, and order quality assurance. Features include real-time operational visibility, exception handling, and continuous improvement through machine learning.
Industry Expertise
RightHand Robotics serves e-commerce, retail, 3PL, grocery, pharmaceuticals, apparel, and general merchandise. Expertise focuses on order fulfillment challenges in high-variability environments, with solutions for online commerce realities.
The company addresses labor shortages and demand surges with reliable, high-throughput picking.
Service Approach
RightHand Robotics partners with system integrators for deployment, providing easy-to-integrate solutions with well-defined APIs. Support includes customer-focused assistance and ongoing improvements through fleet learning.
The philosophy emphasizes solving customer problems with dependable, value-adding technology. Geographic coverage is global through partners.
Competitive Advantages
- AI-Driven Autonomy — RightPick AI enables handling of diverse items with fleet learning, reducing intervention and improving performance over time.
- Easy Integration — Well-defined APIs and focus on overall solution make the system quick to deploy and value-generating within days.
- Broad Item Handling — Proprietary gripper and vision handle wide SKU ranges, from small to large items, across industries.
- Proven Reliability — Field-proven with millions of picks, offering predictability and resiliency for order fulfillment.
- Partner Ecosystem — Collaborations with integrators expand capabilities and ease adoption worldwide.
Global Presence
RightHand Robotics operates primarily in North America with headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. The company serves globally through strategic integration partners advancing warehouse automation in various regions.
Innovation & Technology
RightHand Robotics innovates in AI and machine learning for piece-picking, with continuous development of RightPick generations. The approach combines hardware and software for data-driven improvements.
Recent technological advances include RightPick 4, handling larger and heavier items with advanced gripping strategies.
Typical Project Profile
Project Types:
- Piece-picking integration with AS/RS for e-commerce
- Robotic workflows for pharmaceutical fulfillment
- Apparel picking in production environments Typical Timeline: Varies by project scope Implementation Approach: Partner-led integration with API for quick value.
Why Choose RightHand Robotics
RightHand Robotics provides leading AI-powered piece-picking for reliable, autonomous order fulfillment. Customers gain flexible solutions that address labor challenges and deliver quick ROI.
Related Technologies
- Goods-to-Person Systems
- Robotic Picking
Research Notes:
- Information gathered from: https://righthandrobotics.com/, https://righthandrobotics.com/about-us, https://righthandrobotics.com/products, https://righthandrobotics.com/integrations-and-workflows, https://righthandrobotics.com/the-latest
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- Last updated: January 03, 2026
- Confidence level: High
- Any information gaps: Exact employee/revenue from secondary; offices mainly US; no specific certifications listed; clients not directly named on site but referenced in press.