Alumni News Brief

Jentoft’s robotics startup raises $23M

RightHand Robotics, co-founded by Leif Jentoft, S.M. ’13, Ph.D. ’14 (engineering sciences), has raised $23 million from investors.

The Somerville, Mass., startup is pioneering a hardware and software solution that gives robots the ability to automatically pick and grasp items with speed and judgment closer to that of a human worker.

The company, founded in 2014, intends to use the funds to expand business and technical teams and broaden its suite of product applications.

Read more in BostInno.

Read a SEAS alumni profile story on Jentoft and RIghtHand Robotics.

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