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Universal Robots is a manufacturer of smaller size flexible industrial robot arms, based in Odense, Denmark. The business volume in 2014 was about 29,2 million Euro (17,2 million Euro in 2013). This is a growth rate of 70 percent in contrast to the previous year. The goal of Universal Robots is to double the turnover each year in the period from 2014 to 2017. Universal Robots has 140 employees and distributes its robots all around the world. The company has a global network with 200 distributors in 50 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Distributors of Universal Robots )〕 The robot arms are used in production by companies such as Lear Corporation, Franke (company), Oticon, bridge metal industries,Johnson & Johnson,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Palletizing Solution – Universal Robot system in Athens Plant )〕 Clamcleats, Kunshan Dongwei, VW 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Volkswagen Turns Robotic Arms Into Production Assistants )〕 and BMW.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Universal Robots on BMW Assembly Line – ASME )〕 The company received the IERA award 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Two winners: Robocoaster and Universal Robots )〕 (2012) that honors innovative achievements in the field of robotics and was named one of Denmark's 30 most important export companies and thus included in the "ExportCanon" in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Denmark’s Export Canon )〕 ==History== The company Universal Robots was founded in 2005 by the engineers Esben Østergaard, Kasper Støy, and Kristian Kassow. During joint research at the Syddansk Universitet Odense, they came to the conclusion that the robotics market was dominated by heavy, expensive, and unwieldy robots. As a consequence they developed the idea to make robot technology accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Danish Firm Develops Light-Weight Robotic Arm )〕 In 2009 the first UR5 robots were available on the Danish and German market. Since 2010 the company expands its activities steadily. Meanwhile, the robots are distributed globally. In 2012 the second robot, UR10 was launched.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Robotic Solutions for Small and Medium-Sized Applications )〕 At Automatica 2014 in Munich the company launched a totally revised version of its robots.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Universal Robots presents the next generation of lightweight robots )〕 One year later, in spring 2015 the table-top robot UR3 was globally launched.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= UR3-Roboter )〕 UR was purchased by Teradyne for in 2015.〔Godske, Bjørn. "(Universal Robots solgt for 1,9 mia. kroner )" ''Ingeniøren'', 13 May 2015. Accessed: 13 May 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Universal Robots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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