In its latest white paper, An Introduction to Common Collaborative Robot (cobot) Applications, Universal Robots provides an overview of how the technology can be easily integrated into common industrial applications to improve manufacturing processes. The six featured in this publication are pick and place; machine tending; packaging and palletizing; processing tasks - gluing, dispensing or welding; finishing tasks – polishing, grindin...

Students are being given the opportunity to learn about robotics first hand thanks to a recently launched academy from Universal Robots. Within interactive learning environments, students are introduced to automation and industrial applications, helping them to master robot programming in minutes.

How do you make sure that a product can handle the wear and tear of an expected life cycle and that all safety and quality standards are met? You test it. Over and over again. Nothing is more repetitive than product testing – lending itself to one of the “3D jobs” that robots excel at: dirty, dangerous…and dull. Increasingly, collaborative robots – or cobots - are now being used for product testing. 

Back in October, Jürgen von Hollen joined Universal Robots as its new President. After almost two months he has drawn up an initial summary of his time in charge so far. Here von Hollen shares some insights on his personal impressions, his vision and the Universal Robots strategy.

  Universal Robots A/S (UR), a Teradyne company and the global leader in the collaborative robot market, named Jürgen von Hollen President effective immediately. He succeeds Enrico Krog Iversen who relinquished the post in June 2016 to pursue other interests.

  The Danish pioneer of human-robot collaboration, Universal Robots, revolutionises the automation industry with the launch of Universal Robots+ at AUTOMATICA in Munich. Today, the company presents: