written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message universal robots type anpartsselskab industry automation founded 2005 headquarters odense denmark key people enrico krog iversen ceo esben h. stergaard cto & founder products industrial robots revenue 29.2 million 2014 number of employees 140 website www.universal robots.com en universal robots is a danish manufacturer of smaller flexible industrial robot arms based in odense . the business volume in 2014 was about 29 2 million euro 17 2 million euro in 2013 . the company has 140 employees and a network of 200 distributors in 50 countries . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 3 iera award and exportcanon 4 references 5 external links history edit universal robots was founded in 2005 by the engineers esben stergaard kasper st y and kristian kassow . during joint research at the syddansk universitet odense they came to the conclusion that the robotics market was dominated by heavy expensive and unwieldy robots . as a consequence they developed the idea to make robot technology accessible to small and medium sized enterprises . 2 in 2009 the first ur5 robots were available on the danish and german market . since 2010 the company expands its activities steadily . meanwhile the robots are distributed globally . in 2012 the second robot ur10 was launched . 3 at automatica 2014 in munich the company launched a totally revised version of its robots . 4 one year later in spring 2015 the table top robot ur3 was globally launched . 5 ur was purchased by teradyne for us 285 million in 2015 . 6 the robot arms are used in production by companies such as lear corporation franke company oticon bridge metal industries johnson & johnson 7 clamcleats kunshan dongwei vw 8 and bmw . 9 the company received the iera award 10 2012 that honors innovative achievements in the field of robotics and was named one of denmark s 30 most important export companies and thus included in the exportcanon in 2013 . 11 products edit the three main products are the compact table top robot ur3 12 the flexible robot arm ur5 13 and the biggest one the ur 10 . 14 all three are six jointed robot arms with a very low weight of respectively 11 kilos 18 kilos and 28 kilos . the ur3 and the ur5 have a lifting ability of 3 and 5 kilos and have a working radius of 500mm and 850mm 19.7 in ; 33.5 in . in addition the ur10 has a lifting ability of 10 kilos with a reach of 1300mm 51.2 in . each of the robots joints can rotate through 360 and up to 180 degrees per second . furthermore the ur3 has also an infinite rotation on the end joint . the accuracy of the robots repetitions is 0.1 mm 0.0039 in . universal robots are collaborative robots cobots which means they can work right alongside personnel with no safety guarding based on the results of a mandatory risk assessment . 15 the safety settings of the latest generation of universal robots lightweight robots can be adjusted for each specific solution . the robot arm can run in two operating modes of the safety functions ; a normal and a reduced one . a switch between safety settings during the robot s operation is also possible . all these safety functions are safety rated pl d en iso 13849 2008 and certified by t v nord . 16 the danish company now has over 2 000 collaborative robots 17 deployed in 43 countries worldwide . 80 % of these work directly alongside employees with no safety guarding . due to its own low weight and its size as the comparably low initial outlay both robot arms are mainly used within medium sized enterprises 18 such as packaging automotive pharmaceuticals consumer goods metal working and manufacturing . iera award and exportcanon edit in 2012 universal robots received an iera award during the trade fair automatica in munich germany . initiators of the prize are the international robot organisations ; the international federation of robotics ifr and ieee robotics and automation society . 10 other awards include good design award japan game changer award robobusiness dira automation award . universal robots was named one of denmark s 30 most important export companies in 2013 and thus included in the exportcanon . 19 ur received the innovation prize at the portuguese emaf exhibition in oporto in november 2014 . 20 and few months later the company achieved rank 25 on mit technology review s list of the 50 smartest companies 2015 . 21 references edit distributors of universal robots . universal robots.com . retrieved 21 may 2014 . danish firm develops light weight robotic arm . roboticstrends.com . retrieved 11 february 2013 . robotic solutions for small and medium sized applications . automationworld.com . retrieved 11 february 2013 . universal robots presents the next generation of lightweight robots . ifr.org . retrieved 29 september 2014 . ur3 roboter . universal robots . retrieved 5 may 2015 . godske bj rn . universal robots solgt for 1 9 mia . kroner ingeni ren 13 may 2015 . accessed 13 may 2015 . palletizing solution universal robot system in athens plant . robotics.youngester.com . retrieved 11 february 2013 . volkswagen turns robotic arms into production assistants . forbes.com . retrieved 21 may 2014 . universal robots on bmw assembly line asme . advanced motion systems inc. retrieved 21 may 2014 . a b two winners robocoaster and universal robots . ifr.org . retrieved 11 february 2013 . denmark s export canon . huset monday morning . retrieved 21 may 2014 . technical specifications ur3 pdf . universal robots . retrieved 5 may 2015 . technical specifications ur5 pdf . universal robots . retrieved 29 september 2014 . technical specifications ur10 pdf . universal robots . retrieved 29 september 2014 . iso ts 15066 2016 robots and robotic devices collaborative robots universal robots develops lightweight robots . ceasiamag.com . retrieved 29 september 2014 . archived copy . archived from the original on march 2 2014 . retrieved march 26 2014 . cheaper robots can help smes become more flexible . emtworld.com . retrieved 11 february 2013 . danmarks eksportkanon . huset mondag morgan . retrieved 29 september 2014 . press kit universal robots pdf . universal robots . retrieved 7 july 2015 . 50 smartest companies 2015 . technologyreview.com . retrieved 7 july 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title universal robots & oldid 739409576 categories industrial machine manufacturersindustrial roboticsrobotics companiesengineering companies of denmarkmanufacturing companies of denmarkcompanies based in odense municipalitymanufacturing companies established in 2005technology companies established in 2005hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2013all articles with a promotional toneofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 14 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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