Full profile interview: SWOT
20 May 2022

Vikaso Robotics
Full profile interview: SWOT
12 May 2022

F&P Personal Robotics
Background
9 May 2022

Universal Robots
Headquartered in Odense, Denmark, Universal Robots was founded in 2005, specializing in industrial automation in a variety of industrial fields. Universal Robots' main products include UR3e, UR5e, UR10e, and UR16e. Universal Robots is one of the leading players in the collaborative robots world.
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Update
3 Nov 2021

OnRobot A/S
IDTechEx spoke to OnRobot at the event Robotics and Automation 2021. OnRobot - headquartered in Odense, Denmark - is an end-effector tooling producer for a range of robots, and now has about 200 employees.
Update interview
2 Nov 2021

RARUK
IDTechEx spoke to Ross Lacy, mobile robot product manager at RARUK
automation. They employ about 30 people, generating an average annual turnover of 15-20 million USD in recent years. RARUK is a robotic solution distributor for many types of robotics products, but the primary ones are collaborative robots from Universal Robots, mobile robots from Mobile Industrial Robot (MiR), and robots and components from Robotiq.
External press release
1 Dec 2020

Ultimaker Appoints Jürgen von Hollen as Chief Executive Officer
Ultimaker appointed Jürgen von Hollen as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Jos Burger, who will retire and join the Supervisory Board. This change will be effective on January 1, 2021.
Update interview
28 Feb 2020

Storz
At Arab Health 2020, Storz was demonstrating a protype for a new project regarding the robotic manipulation of Storz endoscopes during surgery.
1 Aug 2019

Cobots to address even the most manual aspects of Bakery packaging
Baking producers' unique automation needs stem from an inherently wide variety of product sizes and forms (raw or baked, wrapped or not) as well as delicate products that require extra gentle handling. Product variation determines how a product is picked and placed, and in what condition, posing many challenges to traditional robotic technologies.
25 Nov 2016

A new standard in robotics
Known as the Yale-CMU-Berkeley (YCB) Object and Model Set, the intent is to provide universal benchmarks for labs specializing in robotic manipulation and prosthetics around the world.
15 Nov 2016

Researchers put sense of touch in reach for robots
Finding and recognizing objects by touch in your pocket, in the dark or among items on a cluttered table top are distinctly human skills—ones that have been far beyond the ability of even the most dexterous robotic arms.
Full profile interview
2 Aug 2016

Universal Robots
Universal Robots was founded in 2005, with the aim to make robot technology accessible to small and medium size enterprises by developing smaller, more agile, and less expensive robots. They were acquired by Teradyne for $285m in 2015.
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Full profile interview
5 Dec 2015

Yaskawa Motoman Robotics
Yaskawa have the largest installed base of any robot manufacturer.