{"id":1619,"date":"2015-03-27T15:17:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2021-10-13T11:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T10:51:44","slug":"sawyer-baxter-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/sawyer-baxter-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawyer vs Baxter &#8211; Head to Head Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A new addition to the Rethink Robotics family<\/h3>\n<p>You may have the <a title=\"Sawyer \u2013 The latest Smart, Collaborative Robot from Rethink Robotics\" href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/blog\/sawyer-the-latest-smart-collaborative-robot-from-rethink-robotics\/\">seen last week<\/a> that Rethink Robotics released the\u00a0<a title=\"Sawyer Robot\" href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/products\/sawyer-robot\/\">Sawyer\u00a0robot<\/a>, their latest smart, collaborative robot to join\u00a0the Rethink family alongside\u00a0the hugely successful <a title=\"Baxter Research Robot\" href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/products\/baxter-research-robot\/\">Baxter robot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sawyer-baxter-and-rodney-brooks.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1563 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sawyer-baxter-and-rodney-brooks.jpg\" alt=\"sawyer baxter and rodney brooks\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sawyer-baxter-and-rodney-brooks.jpg 600w, https:\/\/active8robots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sawyer-baxter-and-rodney-brooks-271x211.jpg 271w, https:\/\/active8robots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sawyer-baxter-and-rodney-brooks-515x402.jpg 515w, https:\/\/active8robots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sawyer-baxter-and-rodney-brooks-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/active8robots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sawyer-baxter-and-rodney-brooks-250x195.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already had numerous emails and calls from people asking all about Sawyer, but other than the colour being the same as Baxter, how else do Sawyer and Baxter compare? Let&#8217;s take a look&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h3>Similarities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, Baxter and Sawyer are both &#8216;Rethink Red&#8217; and this is the thing people are quick to point out first.<\/li>\n<li>They both adapt to real world variability in semi structured environments, are able to <a title=\"Robot Positioning System\" href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/products\/baxter-manufacturing-robot\/robot-positioning-system\/\">change applications quickly<\/a> providing <a title=\"Introducing Intera 3.1 for the Baxter Manufacturing Robot\" href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/blog\/introducing-intera-3-1-baxter-manufacturing-robot\/\">flexible automation<\/a>\u00a0to all users.<\/li>\n<li>Both robots work like humans do to provide a collaborative human-robot working environment.<\/li>\n<li>Sawyer has been built to reflect the same low cost principles that Rodney Brooks envisioned for Baxter and will\u00a0provide ROI typically within 12 months.<\/li>\n<li>Series Elastic Actuators are used in both robots to provide the <a title=\"Robot Safety\" href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/products\/baxter-research-robot\/robot-safety\/\">inherent safety features<\/a> that make Rethink Robotics Robots unique.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Intera 3\" href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/products\/baxter-manufacturing-robot\/intera-3\/\">Intera<\/a> powers both Baxter and Sawyer meaning that what is learnt with Baxter can be applied and transferred to Sawyer.<\/li>\n<li>Neither robot requires caging as they fall within the safety parameters of ISO 10218, the International Standard for collaborative robots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Differences<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Whereas Baxter is a humanoid robot with 2 arms with 7 degrees of freedom (DOF), a torso and a head,\u00a0Sawyer only has one arm with 7 degrees of freedom (DOF) and no separate body.<\/li>\n<li>There is a higher payload of 4 kg with Sawyer as opposed to 2.2 kg with Baxter and Sawyer itself will weigh only 19 kg.<\/li>\n<li>Sawyer is more precise than Baxter and also has better repeatability, this is partly due to new zero backlash gear boxes and harmonic drive motors being used.<\/li>\n<li>Smaller and more compact than Baxter which makes Sawyer ideal for machine tending and line handling work as it can fit comfortably alongside human co-workers.<\/li>\n<li>Sawyer will also be certified for global markets so will be implementable Worldwide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"cto-box\"><h2>Want to meet Baxter or Sawyer in person?<\/h2><p>We can come to you at a time to suit you and let our robots give you a personal presentation.<\/p><p><a href=\"\/contact\/\" class=\"button-1\"><span class=\"button-inner\">Contact us for a free demo<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new addition to the Rethink Robotics family You may have the seen last week that Rethink Robotics released the\u00a0Sawyer\u00a0robot, their latest smart, collaborative robot to join\u00a0the Rethink family alongside\u00a0the hugely successful Baxter robot. We&#8217;ve already had numerous emails and calls from people asking all about Sawyer, but other than the colour being the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[53,54,78],"tags":[81,56,80],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.8.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sawyer vs Baxter - Head to Head Comparison | Active8 Robots<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How do the Sawyer and Baxter robots compare? 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