Universal Robots (UR, universal-robots.com ) pioneered the market by selling the first commercially viable cobot in December of 2008 and has kept its early front-runner position with a 60 percent global share of the cobot market, selling more cobots than all competitors combined. The Danish company is celebrating unprecedented sales, awarding Kay Manufacturing (kaymfg.com) from Chicago a golden cobot for purchasing its 25,000th unit.
Universal Robots announced the milestone this week at the IMTS manufacturing trade show in Chicago. Recipient of the Golden Edition Cobot, will be delivered with joints in a rich golden finish to Kay Manufacturing, a small precision machining company headquartered in Calumet City outside Chicago.