# Universal Robots

> <p><strong>Ownership:</strong> Owned by Teradyne (US) since 2015 — caveat. Odense, Denmark since 2005.<br><strong>Employees:</strong> ~1,200<br><strong>Key products:</strong> UR3e, UR5e, UR10e, UR16e, UR20, UR30 collaborative robot arms (3–30kg payloads); PolyScope OS for programming<br><strong>Key markets:</strong> Global SMEs, electronics, packaging, machine tending — the most-deployed cobot brand in the world (~75,000 units shipped)<br><strong>Known for:</strong> Essentially inventing the modern collaborative-robot (cobot) category in 2008.</p>

Universal Robots essentially invented the modern collaborative-robot (cobot) category in 2008 — robots safe enough to work alongside humans without a safety cage. It remains the most-deployed cobot brand in the world.

American (Teradyne) ownership since 2015 is the structural caveat, but engineering, manufacturing and the Odense robotics-cluster culture remain firmly Danish.

https://www.universal-robots.com