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Robots, People Work Side by Side at VW Assembly Plant
September 10, 2013
SALZGITTER, Germany—Volkswagen uses a lightweight six-axis robot to install glow plugs at its engine assembly plant here. The robot works directly with people on the line, without any guards. MORE
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Universal Robots aims to empower change in the way work is done using its leading-edge robotics platform. Since introducing the world’s first commercially viable collaborative robot (cobot) in 2008, UR has worked with partners to develop a product portfolio used across a wide range of industries and diverse tasks. The company, which is part of Teradyne Inc., is headquartered in Odense, Denmark with 22 offices and over 700 employees worldwide. Universal Robots has installed over 50,000 cobots.
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