Teradyne acquires Universal Robots

摘要

Teradyne and the shareholders of Universal Robots (UR) announced an agreement under which Teradyne will acquire privately held Universal Robots, the Danish supplier of collaborative robots, for $285 million, plus $65 million if certain performance targets are met extending through 2018. Universal Robots is a leading supplier of collaborative robots that work side by side with production workers. According to a company release, collaborative robotics is a $100 million segment of the industrial robotics market, growing at more than 50% per year.