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A UR20 cobot performing a palletizing process utilizing an OnRobot gripper, a part of the UR+ Ecosystem, at an Irish dairy cooperative’s Ledbury website. | Supply: Common Robots
Common Robots reached a brand new milestone this week. The Danish collaborative robotic (cobot) developer has now launched over 500 merchandise by way of its UR+ ecosystem. The corporate says this marks important progress within the ecosystem.
“Common Robots is constructed on collaboration and this milestone clearly signifies that we’re the popular platform in collaborative robotics,” Kim Povlsen, president of Common Robots (UR), stated. “We have now a tremendous ecosystem with a whole bunch of accomplice firms spanning from small developer start-ups to established and well-known manufacturers. It’s actually a flexible and ever-expanding ecosystem.”
UR launched its UR+ ecosystem in 2016 with the ambition of creating it an open-source-like platform that may empower builders. On the time, the corporate was on the lookout for end-effectors, accent parts, and software program merchandise so as to add to this system. At this time, the UR+ ecosystem provides a spread of parts, kits, purposes, and options with each {hardware} and software program designed to fulfill numerous buyer wants. It provides merchandise that vary from easy purposes, like grippers, to full options for duties like palletizing and welding.
UR says the event of full methods has been a transparent development lately. The corporate has seen an growing focus inside the ecosystem on providing clients turnkey methods to suit the most typical automation wants.
The corporate additionally highlighted one other necessary development within the business: speedy progress within the variety of purposes and options based mostly on AI. UR has added new merchandise designed for compatibility with its new era of heavy payload cobots, which it received a 2024 RBR50 award for.
“Our ecosystem is rising sooner than ever and with bodily AI as the brand new locomotive in robotics, we’ll proceed to see new and groundbreaking improvements being added to our ecosystem at a excessive tempo. For UR, it’s all about offering option to our clients by way of easy-to-use know-how and, along with our companions, continually pushing the boundaries of what will be automated and the way easy it may be completed,” Povlsen stated.
