🇩🇰 Denmark ・ Odense

Universal Robots

ユニバーサルロボット

The global benchmark brand for collaborative robot arms

Founded: 2005
Robots: 3
Case studies: 2
Listing: Parent Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER)

Overview

Danish collaborative-robot specialist owned by Teradyne. Its arms span 3 kg to 30 kg-class payloads, backed by the UR+ accessory ecosystem and a deep pool of certified integrators. In 2025 it renamed UR5e and UR10e as UR7e and UR12e with higher payloads. In September 2026 it unveiled its seventh-generation Gen 7 platform (three g-Series arms and the CB7 Core), which made its Japan debut in October. Its Japan branch is in Shiba, Tokyo, and it began shipping the UR15 (17.5 kg extended payload) in Japan in July 2025.

Strengths

Largest ecosystem of accessories and integrators
Easy programming suited to SMEs
Japan branch plus certified integrators nationwide
Reseller prices are public, easing budgeting

Latest news

Researched as of November 3, 2026. Each item links to its source.

Oct 21, 2026
Partnered with Sereact to run its Cortex physical AI on UR arms for retail/logistics picking and returns; hundreds of dual-arm systems already run in Europe, including CEVA Logistics sites for Zalando.
Source: universal-robots.com
Oct 1, 2026
The legal dispute with Elite Robots was resolved by mutual agreement.
Source: universal-robots.com
Sep 14, 2026
Unveiled the Gen 7 platform with new g-Series arms (UR10g-1750, UR17g-1300, UR18g-950) and the CB7 Core controller (40% more compute, 30% smaller); Japan debut at UR Cobot Fair 2026 on Oct 8–9.
Source: universal-robots.com
Apr 21, 2026
A German court granted Teradyne Robotics a preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Deutschland for copyright infringement; in August it filed a patent case against a Chinese rival at the European patent court.
Source: universal-robots.com
Mar 16, 2026
Launched the UR AI Trainer with Scale AI at GTC 2026, a leader-follower imitation-learning rig (UR3e leader, UR7e follower) that records motion, force and vision data for VLA training.
Source: universal-robots.com

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Nov 6, 2025
Teradyne Robotics cut about 14% of its global staff after a ~10% cut in January 2025; UR revenue has declined since its 2022 peak.
Source: therobotreport.com

Robots we can source

Collaborative arm

🇩🇰 Universal RobotsShipping

UR20

Large cobot with 20 kg payload (25 kg extended) and 1750 mm reach for palletizing and heavy handling.

Reseller price (est.)

≈ ¥9.4M

Collaborative arm

🇩🇰 Universal RobotsShipping

UR7e（旧UR5e）

Mid-size cobot renamed from UR5e in 2025 with a payload upgrade: 7.5 kg payload and 920 mm reach for assembly, inspection and machine tending.

Reseller price (est.)

≈ ¥5.8M

Collaborative arm

🇩🇰 Universal RobotsShipping

UR15

UR's fastest cobot to date: 15 kg payload (17.5 kg extended), 1300 mm reach and up to 5 m/s TCP speed; shipping in Japan since July 2025.

Price

Quote only

Case studies

ManufacturingIn production🇺🇸 United States ・ 2023

UR20 palletizing at food maker Bob's Red Mill

The Oregon food producer installed a palletizer built around UR20, capable of up to 14 cases per minute and freeing four operators from hand stacking, according to UR's official case story.

Universal Robots ・ UR20 ・ Bob's Red Milluniversal-robots.com

AutomotiveIn production🇯🇵 Japan

UR10 on Nissan's engine assembly line

Nissan adopted a UR10 to mount intake manifolds onto engine blocks, reducing heavy lifting and letting people and the robot share the line without safety fencing, according to UR.

Universal Robotsuniversal-robots.com

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