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Universal Robots

Public facts, each with its source and the date it was true as of. Company-reported figures are labeled self-reported.

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Snapshot

  • Founded

    Detail
    2005, Odense, Denmark[1]
    As of
    Oct 2026
  • Headquarters

    Detail
    Odense, Denmark[2]
    As of
    Nov 2025
  • Owner

    Detail
    Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ: TER), which bought Universal Robots in 2015 for $285M; UR sits in Teradyne Robotics with Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR)[1]
    As of
    Oct 2026
  • Leadership

    Detail
    Jean-Pierre Hathout, president of Teradyne Robotics since September 2025[2]Full leadership
    As of
    Nov 2025
  • Workforce

    Detail
    Teradyne Robotics: more than 1,400 employees before a cut of about 10% (Jan 2025) and about 14% more (Nov 2025)[2]
    As of
    Nov 2025
  • Severance (2025)

    Detail
    Teradyne Robotics: severance booked for about 400 employees in 2025[3]
    As of
    Feb 2026

Leadership

  • Leadership

    Person and background
    Jean-Pierre Hathout, president of Teradyne Robotics since September 2025[2]
    As of
    Nov 2025
  • Founders

    Person and background
    Esben Østergaard, Kasper Støy, Kristian Kassow[1]
    As of
    Oct 2026

Scale and customers

  • Revenue (Teradyne Robotics, Q3 2026)

    Detail
    Teradyne Robotics (UR + MiR), Q3 2026: $96M, up 28% year over year; profitable in the quarter[4]
    As of
    Oct 2026
  • Largest customer

    Detail
    Teradyne Robotics' revenue from its largest customer tripled from 2025 to 2026, and the CEO tied 2027 growth to that customer's deployment (customer not named)[4]Self-reported
    As of
    Oct 2026
  • Largest vertical

    Detail
    Electronics and semiconductor is now Teradyne Robotics' largest vertical (CEO, Q3 2026 call)[4]Self-reported
    As of
    Oct 2026
  • Installed base (Gen 7 launch, Sep 2026)

    Detail
    Over 100,000 cobots sold worldwide (Gen 7 launch release, Sep 2026)[5]Self-reported
    As of
    Sep 2026
  • Customer concentration

    Detail
    A single large e-commerce customer accounted for over 5% of Teradyne Robotics revenue in Q4 2025[6]
    As of
    Feb 2026
  • Revenue (Teradyne Robotics, Q4 2025)

    Detail
    Teradyne Robotics (UR + MiR), Q4 2025: $89M, a third straight quarter of sequential growth[3]
    As of
    Feb 2026
  • Installed base (Teradyne 10-K, Dec 2025)

    Detail
    Over 110,000 cobots sold worldwide (Teradyne 10-K, fiscal 2025)[7]Self-reported
    As of
    Dec 2025
  • Revenue (UR only)

    Detail
    UR only, annual: $326M in 2022 (peak), $304M in 2023, $293M in 2024[2]
    As of
    Nov 2025
  • Revenue (Teradyne Robotics, Q2 2025)

    Detail
    Teradyne Robotics (UR + MiR), Q2 2025: $75M, down 17% year over year (UR $63M, MiR $12M)[8]
    As of
    Jul 2025
  • Cobot market

    Detail
    One 2025 market report sizes the cobot market at $1.42B in 2025, reaching $3.38B by 2030 (18.9% a year), and names UR, FANUC, ABB, Techman Robot, AUBO and KUKA as leading vendors; it gives no share figures[9]
    As of
    Jul 2025

Products and models

  • Business model

    Detail
    Sells arms, not finished cells: Teradyne Robotics products are sold principally through distributors and OEMs[7]
    As of
    Dec 2025
  • Product line

    Detail
    Collaborative robot arms (cobots): UR3e, UR7e, UR8 Long, UR12e, UR15, UR16e, UR18, UR20, UR30[7]
    As of
    Dec 2025
  • Gen 7 platform

    Detail
    Gen 7 platform (Sep 2026): UR10g-1750, UR17g-1300 and UR18g-950 arms; CB7 Core controller with "40% more compute power in a 30% smaller footprint"; PolyScope X operating system[5]Self-reported
    As of
    Sep 2026
  • UR AI Trainer

    Detail
    UR AI Trainer (Mar 2026, co-developed with Scale AI): a leader-follower imitation-learning system that records synchronized motion, force and visual data to train vision-language-action models[10]
    As of
    Mar 2026
  • Ecosystem

    Detail
    An open-ecosystem approach with over 300 solution developers[6]Self-reported
    As of
    Feb 2026
  • Palletizing

    Detail
    Palletizing through partner cells, such as Robotiq's PAL Ready cell on a UR20, shown with Siemens at CES 2026[11]
    As of
    Jan 2026
  • Physical-AI partners

    Detail
    Partners named by Teradyne's CFO on the Q3 2026 call: NVIDIA, Analog Devices, Intrinsic, Generalist, Bright Machines, Se-Ro[4]
    As of
    Oct 2026

Relationships

Partners

  • Generalist AI: A UR "preferred model partner" (Mar 2026)[10]
  • Scale AI: Co-developed the UR AI Trainer imitation-learning system (Mar 2026)[10]
  • Skild AI: UR plans to build the Skild Brain into its cobots (Mar 2026)[12]
  • Robotiq: PAL Ready palletizing cell on a UR20, shown at CES 2026 (Jan 2026)[11]
  • Hirebotics: UR OEM partner; Cobot Welder and Cutter run on UR arms[13]

Acquired by

  • Teradyne: Acquired in 2015 for $285M[1]

Recent moves

  • Oct 28, 2026

    Move
    Teradyne Robotics Q3 revenue $96M, up 28% year over year, profitable in the quarter[4]
  • Sep 15, 2026

    Move
    Launched the Gen 7 platform and three g-Series arms at IMTS[5]
  • Mar 16, 2026

    Move
    Launched the UR AI Trainer with Scale AI at NVIDIA GTC; a Generalist AI model shown on UR7e arms[10]
  • Feb 2, 2026

    Move
    Teradyne Robotics Q4 2025 revenue $89M, a third straight quarter of sequential growth[3]
  • Jan 6, 2026

    Move
    UR20 palletizing cell with Robotiq and Siemens shown at CES[11]
  • Nov 6, 2025

    Move
    Teradyne Robotics cut about 14% of staff[2]
  • Sep 2025

    Move
    Jean-Pierre Hathout named president of Teradyne Robotics[2]
  • Jul 30, 2025

    Move
    Teradyne Robotics Q2 2025 revenue $75M, down 17% year over year[8]
  • Jan 2025

    Move
    Teradyne Robotics cut about 10% of staff[2]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Universal Robots
  2. The Robot Report: Teradyne Robotics lays off another 14% (Nov 2025)
  3. Teradyne Q4 and full-year 2025 results (BusinessWire, Feb 2026)
  4. Teradyne Q3 2026 earnings call transcript (Motley Fool, Oct 2026)
  5. PR Newswire: Universal Robots unveils Gen 7 (Sep 2026)
  6. Futurum: Teradyne Q4 FY2025 (Feb 2026)
  7. Teradyne 10-K, fiscal 2025
  8. The Robot Report: Teradyne Robotics generates $75M in Q2 (Jul 2025)
  9. GlobeNewswire: Collaborative robot market report 2025-2030 (Jul 2025)
  10. Universal Robots: UR and Scale AI launch imitation learning system (Mar 2026)
  11. BusinessWire: UR and Robotiq palletizing at CES 2026 with Siemens
  12. aap.com.au
  13. hirebotics.com