Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER), today announced that Kim Povlsen has been appointed President of Universal Robots. Povlsen, a Danish native, brings global executive leadership from a high-tech and commercial perspective and will lead Universal Robots’ next stage of growth and innovation. His appointment reinforces Teradyne’s commitment to Universal Robots’ Danish origin and its role in further developing the local robotics community. Kim begins his new role at Universal Robots on March 1, 2021.

The two-day Machine Tending Expo February 23-24 focuses on manufacturers looking for concrete insights on deploying cobots to tend machines such as CNC, press brakes, injection molding machines or 3D printers. In live demos, keynotes and interactive booth sessions with exhibiting partners, Universal Robots offers solutions on how to seamlessly implement cobots, tackling the labor shortage, while improving crucial machine uptime.

The Danish market leader of collaborative robots celebrates unprecedented sales with the delivery of its 50,000th unit to German company VEMA GmbH.

UNIVERSAL ROBOTS’ UNIQUE TRADESHOW “THE COBOT EXPO” OFFERS AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS FOR A FAST-CHANGING WORLD. THE VIRTUAL EXPO JULY 28-30, 2020, IS A RICH EXPERIENCE WITH AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF PRODUCT NEWS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, FEATURING MORE THAN 30 DIFFERENT BOOTHS, INSIGHTFUL KEYNOTES, INTERACTIVE QAS, AND LIVE CHATS WITH AUTOMATION EXPERTS.

“We Are Cobots” – the World's Largest Virtual Collaborative Robot Expo – will take place June 16-18, 2020, targeting a European audience with automation trend keynotes and an extensive range of product news and demonstrations in five different languages.

With the Injection Molding Machine Interface (IMMI), the collaborative robots leader has launched a user-friendly and quick solution for plastics manufacturers to integrate Universal Robots with injection molding machines.

ActiNav from Universal Robots is a new UR+ application kit for companies of all sizes that simplifies the integration of autonomous bin picking of parts and accurate placement in machines using UR cobots. ActiNav synchronously handles vision processing, collision-free motion planning and autonomous real-time robot control, eliminating the complexity and risk usually associated with bin picking applications.

Universal Robots is expanding its UR+ platform of certified partner products with application kits that remove barriers to industrial automation for small, medium and large companies alike.

THE MARKET LEADER IN COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS WILL SHOW ATTENDEES AT NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST SUPPLY CHAIN EXPO HOW COBOTS CAN AUTOMATE HARD-TO-STAFF PALLETIZING AND PIECE-PICKING TASKS WITH NEW APPLICATIONS FROM PARTNERS MDCI AUTOMATION, RIGHTHAND ROBOTICS, AND CROSS AUTOMATION.

Attendees at the largest automation technology trade show in the Western U.S. will experience how collaborative robots from industry leader Universal Robots now automate some of the most sought-after tasks in a manufacturing industry facing severe labor shortages.