Denmark

Danish co-bot maker Universal Robots sells for $350 million

Frank Tobe 13 May 2015

Privately held Danish company Universal Robots - the successful producer of the UR line of collaborative robots - has sold to Massachusetts-based Teradyne, a provider of electronic testing equipment....

Danish hospital first in Europe with TUG logistics robot

Wolfgang Heller 06 Dec 2012

The Danish hospital Sygehus Sønderjylland is first in Europe to use logistics robot TUG, developed by the American company Aethon. TUG specially constructed for intern logistics is already used in mo...

Eating robots improve quality of life and save resources

Wolfgang Heller 01 Dec 2012

60% of EU citizens are saying that robots should be banned when it comes to the care of children, elderly people and people with disabilities, according to the Special Eurobarometer survey "Public at...

Service robots boost Danish welfare

Wolfgang Heller 03 Nov 2012

In 2006, Denmark created a fund of three billion Danish kronor ($519-million) to study how technologies like service robots can be used to replace manual labour in various public services. Social r...

The Danish robot that doesn’t need sensors | Robotics Trends

Andra Keay 27 Sep 2012

Universal Robots’ lightweight robotic arms make their US debut... Rightly compared to Baxter, the UR5 and UR10 differ mainly in being single arms with a unique non sensor based technology, measurin...