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Teradyne, which owns Universal Robots, sued a German arm of Chinese cobot maker JAKA in a European patent court, saying JAKA's cobots copy its patented hardware and software.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“The alleged infringement involves a broad range of collaborative robot models marketed by JAKA in the EU.”
What it means
Collaborative robot arms, from Universal Robots, FANUC, ABB, and others, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
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More on Collaborative robot arms
- Teradyne and Chinese cobot maker Elite Robots settled a separate legal dispute by agreement.
- Universal Robots showed Gen 7, an upgraded version of its cobot system, at a trade show in Chicago.
- Universal Robots said it had sold more than 100,000 cobots worldwide.
- Universal Robots, a Danish company, sold its first collaborative robot arm.