What is Universal Robots Gen 7?

Factory and warehouse work is full of repetitive jobs, such as feeding machines and assembling parts, that robots can take over, but traditional industrial robots have usually been kept apart from people. Collaborative robots, or cobots, are built to work close to humans, relying on lightweight construction, limits on speed and force, or sensors and software to stay safe. Universal Robots Gen 7 is the maker's seventh-generation robotics platform, with a redesigned control box, teach pendant (the handheld programming screen) and tool flange (the mounting point for the robot's tool). The maker describes it as AI-ready, with data, power and safety signals delivered to the tool flange of its new g-Series arms so cameras and sensors connect with less cabling. Universal Robots, a Teradyne Robotics company, introduced it on September 14, 2026.

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