Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), experienced a 42% increase in sales in 2021 over 2020. December alone was a record month for the company, with close to 300 robots shipped, which is more than any previous month.
Danish producer of collaborative robots Universal Robots has reported record annual revenue of USD 311M, 41% up on 2020 and 23% up on pre-pandemic results in 2019.
As new coronavirus variants spread, the growth in demand for infection prevention solutions using UV-C light is projected to reach $18.94 billion by 2030, witnessing an annual growth rate of 59.7% from 2021 to 2030. Further fueling the demand is the rise in hospital acquired infections (HAIs) globally causing more fatalities due to the increase in antibiotic resistance from even simple infections.
With an investment of DKK 335 million from A.P. Møller Holding, Blue Ocean Robotics will roll out mobile robot solutions globally.
Recently Danish research company HowToRobot published its analysis of the Dutch robotics market. This comprehensive report emphasizes the supply chain and logistics sector as the economic center of gravity for the Dutch economy, as most of all robot suppliers active in this market target this vertical. Rocking Robots discussed the findings of the report with CEO Søren Peters.
In a recent edition of CxO Stories for the Nordics (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) C-level executives discussed trends and made some predictions for next year about what lies ahead for the CIO. At the heart of it all is the ever growing importance of data, and the way automation can help in successfully leveraging these data. A prima example of this is healthcare.
OnRobot make its software debut with the launch of WebLytics, a production monitoring, device diagnostics, and data analytics solution. WebLytics gathers equipment data from both robots and tools and transforms it into visualized device and application-level intelligence.
Universal Robots, which has just released its Q3 results for 2021, has reported record quarterly revenue of USD 78 million, up 46% on last year’s Q3 revenue and 31% up from its pre-pandemic Q3 revenue of 2019.
UVD Robots, the Danish provider of autonomous UV disinfection robots, partners with OCC Commercial Consulting to offer complete hospital-grade disinfection solutions for supermarkets.
As labor issues persist, Universal Robots will show PACK EXPO attendees automated solutions for hard-to-staff tasks such as box erecting and palletizing. Powering many of these applications is the company’s most popular cobot, the UR10e, now able to lift 25% more.