The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2019, has developed the Rapid Machine Operator (RMO), a pre-trained cobot that can be easily deployed in just a few hours to perform dozens of simple machine tasks to the highest quality standards. With Rapid's robotic machine operators, one employee can supervise as many as eight machines at a time using only an iPad. Rapid Robotics' technology drastically reduces the complexity, cost, and time typically required to set up a robotic arm, enabling manufacturers to increase their return on investment through increased production margins driven by both bottom-line cost reduction and increased production output, efficiency, and quality. Rapid's mission is to provide manufacturers with an accessible and simple robotic solution that can be deployed against simple tasks in hours rather than weeks, and at a fraction of the cost of other automation solutions that require extensive manual programming.