US robotics manufacturer based in Newton, Massachusetts — maker of the BarrettHand gripper, WAM robotic arm, Puck® brushless motor controller, and the Burt® rehabilitation robot.
Barrett Technology is an American robotics company headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, founded in 1988 by Bill Townsend as a spinoff from the MIT AI Laboratory. The company operates two divisions: Barrett Drive Systems (drive components and motor controllers) and Barrett Medical (rehabilitation devices). Its flagship products include the BarrettHand gripper, the 7-axis WAM (Whole Arm Manipulator) arm with cable-differential drive, the ultra-compact Puck® brushless motor controller, and the Burt® FDA Class-II rehabilitation robot. The WAM arm was recognized in the Guinness World Records Millennium Edition as the "most advanced robotic arm"; an early licensed version of the technology formed the basis of the MAKO surgical robot. Development of the Puck® controller was co-funded by NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Robotics engineer and MIT alumnus. Founded Barrett Technology in 1988 as a spinoff from the MIT AI Laboratory; co-inventor of the cable-differential drive technologies behind the WAM arm and the Puck® motor controller.
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