How China Went from Copying Industrial Robots to Dominating the Market
The spotlight is on China’s robotics sector. It’s mostly directed at humanoids, but what if that’s just a distraction?
Universal Robots, founded in 2005 and based in Odense, Denmark, is a leading manufacturer of collaborative robots, or cobots, designed to work safely alongside humans. The company’s products, including the UR3e, UR5e, and UR10e models, are used in industries such as manufacturing, electronics, and logistics for tasks like assembly, packaging, and quality inspection. Universal Robots pioneered accessible, flexible automation by creating lightweight, easy-to-program cobots that support small and medium-sized businesses in adopting robotics.
The spotlight is on China’s robotics sector. It’s mostly directed at humanoids, but what if that’s just a distraction?
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a wave of automation that supercharged the development and adoption of technologies across industries.