Esben H. Østergaard is chief technology officer at Universal Robots and is responsible for the enhancement of existing UR cobots and the development of new products. He holds a Ph.D. in robotics and is one of the inventors behind the UR cobots. For more information, visit www.universal-robots.com.
At IMTS 2018, like at any industrial trade show, the predominant theme was Industry 4.0. Although Industry 4.0 still has not scaled up to cover a significant percentage of manufacturing setups, its vision of near-total automation—and the promise of resulting cost savings—has clearly captured the industry’s imagination.
