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Chelmsford Company Tops List of Top Robotics Companies in the State

Brooks Automation is ranked #1 on the Boston Business Journal's list that focused on robotics companies in Massachusetts.

By Charlene Arsenault (Patch Staff)

Pretty soon, we won’t even need those pesky, emotional humans. We’ve got robots to do everything, from surgery to cleaning houses to driving our cars.

The Boston Business Journal just released its “Largest Robotics Companies in Massachusetts” list, adding that the state is home to more than 100 companies and 10 universities that specialize in robots. In what is becoming the robot capital of the country, the BBJ dug in and named its Top 10.

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A Chelmsford company made the list, in fact, it came in tops!

Chelmsford’s Brooks Automation’s Razor and MagnaTran robots provide high speed, precise and reliable handling of silicon wafers in today’s leading-edge semiconductor factories worldwide, according to the report.

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Headquartered in Chelmsford, Brooks Automation was founded in 1989 and has 640 employees.

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