RightHand Robotics
About
About RightHand Robotics
RightHand Robotics develops piece-picking systems for warehouse fulfilment. RightPick combines a robot arm, the company's sensorised gripper, vision and AI software to identify, grasp and place varied inventory in goods-to-person and sorting workflows.
The system is deployed as an integrated workcell and connects with warehouse automation and software around it. Its focus is individual-item handling for ecommerce, pharmaceutical and retail operations, with grasp performance tied to the supported object set, presentation and downstream process.
Articles
Products
- RightPick 4 System
RightPick
Operations
Orders & commitments
- Order / commitment
2024-06-13 - RightHand Robotics expanded its Apotea agreement to deploy RightPick item-handling systems at Apotea’s 30,000-square-metre Varberg logistics center, with full operation planned by 2025. - RightPick item-handling system - Varberg logistics center
Source
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- RealSense
Inbound - Perception - RightHand Robotics RightPick 2 uses RealSense D415 depth cameras for segmentation and motion planning in robotic piece-picking workflows
Source - Apotea
Outbound - Equipment - RightHand Robotics supplies RightPick item-handling systems for Apotea Varberg logistics centre
Source - Element Logic
Outbound - End Effectors - Element Logic eOperator uses RightHand Robotics RightPick piece-picking technology for automated item handling in AutoStore workflows
Source
Funding
- 2025-03-06 - Strategic investment - Rockwell Automation makes strategic investment in RightHand Robotics
Rockwell Automation made an undisclosed strategic investment in RightHand Robotics to support integrated warehouse automation. - source: righthandrobotics.com
- 2024-08-14 - Funding round - RightHand Robotics secures new funding
RightHand Robotics secured an undisclosed funding round to expand RightPick and grow internationally. - source: righthandrobotics.com
- 2022-02-23 - Series C - $66M - RightHand Robotics raises USD 66M Series C
RightHand Robotics raised USD 66 million in Series C financing for autonomous robotic picking systems. - source: righthandrobotics.com
- 2018-12-17 - Series B - $23M - RightHand Robotics raises USD 23 million Series B
RightHand Robotics raised a USD 23 million Series B to expand its team, product applications and international reach. - source: globenewswire.com
- 2017-03-28 - Series A - $8M - RightHand Robotics raises USD 8 million Series A
RightHand Robotics raised a USD 8 million Series A to expand its robotic piece-picking platform. - source: finsmes.com
Investors
- Matrix Partners - Participant - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2017-03-28 - latest 2022-02-23
- Dream Incubator - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2017-03-28 - latest 2018-12-17
- GV - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2018-12-17 - latest 2022-02-23
- Menlo Ventures - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2018-12-17 - latest 2022-02-23
- Playground Global - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2017-03-28 - latest 2018-12-17
- Epson - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-23
- F-Prime Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-23
- Future Shape - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-23
- Global Brain - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-23
- Rockwell Automation - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-03-06
- Safar Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-08-14
- Safar Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-23
- Seven Seas Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2017-03-28
- Zebra Technologies - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-02-23
Team
- Yaro Tenzer - Co-founder and CEO
- Van Garrett - Vice President of Partnerships, North America - Leads RightHand Robotics partner strategy and integrator growth in North America.
Timeline
Events
- 2025-11-06 - Product Launch - RightHand Robotics introduces RightPick One
RightPick One packages the production RightPick AI stack in a lower-cost, rack-mounted system designed for constrained warehouse footprints. The company reports that the underlying AI has completed more than 80 million production picks across over 200,000 SKUs at 99.97% autonomy. RightHand positions deployment timelines in weeks and supports both greenfield installations and retrofits into existing fulfilment workflows.
Source - 2025-03-06 - Funding - Rockwell Automation makes strategic investment in RightHand Robotics
The companies did not disclose the investment amount or transaction terms. The relationship connects RightPick piece-picking technology with Rockwell automation and system-integrator ecosystem. Both companies said the work would reduce integration risk and time to market for warehouse automation projects.
Source - 2024-08-14 - Funding - RightHand Robotics secures new funding
The company did not disclose the amount or full investor group. Safar Partners described continued investor support for the company and its piece-picking platform. RightHand said the capital would support international scaling and wider deployment of RightPick 4.
Source - 2024-08-14 - Executive Hire - RightHand Robotics appoints Yaro Tenzer CEO
Tenzer returned to the chief executive role after co-founding RightHand Robotics. Former CEO Brian Owen planned to remain involved as an advisor and investor. The leadership change accompanied a new financing round and a renewed focus on international RightPick growth.
Source - 2024-06-13 - Deployment - RightHand Robotics expands Apotea automation to Varberg logistics center
The Varberg site was a 30,000-square-metre logistics center for Sweden online pharmacy Apotea. RightPick was planned for deployment, installation and full operation by 2025. The project integrated RightPick with SSI Schaefer Cuby shuttle automation for item handling.
Source - 2024-02-13 - Commercial Order - Staples signs multi-year RightPick deployment agreement
The agreement allows Staples to install RightPick item-handling systems in its fulfillment centers. Staples selected the system after evaluating its performance across items with varied shapes, packaging, sizes and weights. Joint development nearly doubled the item range handled by a RightPick station while reducing required interventions by 80%.
Source - 2022-02-23 - Funding - RightHand Robotics raises USD 66M Series C
Safar Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the round. The company planned to accelerate product and business development and expand its global partner network. The capital supports robot manipulation, haptics or human-assistive robotics workflows as RightHand Robotics moves toward broader commercial use.
Source - 2018-12-17 - Funding - RightHand Robotics raises USD 23 million Series B
Menlo Ventures led the round, with GV joining Dream Incubator, Matrix Partners and Playground Global. RightHand planned to grow its business and technical teams and broaden the RightPick product line. The company reported deployments across North America, Japan and Europe as ecommerce fulfillment demand increased.
Source - 2017-03-28 - Funding - RightHand Robotics raises USD 8 million Series A
Playground Global, Matrix Partners, Seven Seas Partners, Dream Incubator and angel investors backed the round. The company planned to expand product development, hiring and marketing. RightHand had launched RightPick as an integrated hardware-and-software system combining machine learning with a sensorized robotic hand.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Apotea
Rightpick Customer - RightHand Robotics expanded its Apotea agreement to deploy RightPick item-handling systems at the Varberg logistics center.
Context
Shared workflows
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Context tags
- Autonomous warehouse picking - Workflow - Profile QA supports Autonomous warehouse picking.
- Warehouse Automation - Customer Environment - Profile QA supports Warehouse Automation.
Commercial
- Staples signs multi-year RightPick deployment agreement
2024-02-13 · Order / contract · Staples signed a multi-year agreement to deploy RightHand Robotics RightPick systems across its fulfillment operations.
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