Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots, has announced that it will add a new 20kg cobot to its product range. Called the UR20, the cobot boasts an all-new design based on Universal Robots’ experience in highly refined engineering and is the latest addition to the company’s strong portfolio of cobots.

As labor issues persist, Universal Robots, the pioneering leader of collaborative robotics, will show PACK EXPO attendees automated solutions for hard-to-staff tasks such as box erecting and palletizing. Powering many of these applications is the company’s most popular cobot, the UR10e, now able to lift 25% more.

Universal Robots’ best-selling robot UR10e is launching with an increased payload, enabling the cobot to serve even more applications and handle heavier items while improving overall productivity for customers.

To better address demand for its popular ActiNav flexible machine loading system, Universal Robots announces the following integrators as ActiNav Solutions Providers to assist end users in ActiNav deployments.

Integrating Universal Robots‘ collaborative robots into complex machines and manufacturing environments will soon be a process machine builders and systems integrators can seamlessly handle through one of the world’s leading automation platforms; Siemens’ TIA (Totally Integrated Automation) portal.

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER), today announced that Kim Povlsen has been appointed President of Universal Robots. Povlsen, a Danish native, brings global executive leadership from a high-tech and commercial perspective and will lead Universal Robots’ next stage of growth and innovation. His appointment reinforces Teradyne’s commitment to Universal Robots’ Danish origin and its role in further developing the local robotics community. Kim begins his new role at Universal Robots on March 1, 2021.

The two-day Machine Tending Expo February 23-24 focuses on manufacturers looking for concrete insights on deploying cobots to tend machines such as CNC, press brakes, injection molding machines or 3D printers. In live demos, keynotes and interactive booth sessions with exhibiting partners, Universal Robots offers solutions on how to seamlessly implement cobots, tackling the labor shortage, while improving crucial machine uptime.

The Danish market leader of collaborative robots celebrates unprecedented sales with the delivery of its 50,000th unit to German company VEMA GmbH.

UNIVERSAL ROBOTS’ UNIQUE TRADESHOW “THE COBOT EXPO” OFFERS AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS FOR A FAST-CHANGING WORLD. THE VIRTUAL EXPO JULY 28-30, 2020, IS A RICH EXPERIENCE WITH AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF PRODUCT NEWS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, FEATURING MORE THAN 30 DIFFERENT BOOTHS, INSIGHTFUL KEYNOTES, INTERACTIVE QAS, AND LIVE CHATS WITH AUTOMATION EXPERTS.

“We Are Cobots” – the World's Largest Virtual Collaborative Robot Expo – will take place June 16-18, 2020, targeting a European audience with automation trend keynotes and an extensive range of product news and demonstrations in five different languages.