The Spin Robotics staff (left) and Capra Robotics staff receiving their awards. | Supply: Odense Robotics
Odense Robotics, Denmark’s nationwide robotic and drone cluster, handed out awards for firm and startup of the 12 months throughout its current convention. Capra Robotics, which is growing outside cell robots, received Robotics Firm of the Yr 2022, and Spin Robotics, an organization that gives a collaborative screwdriving device, received Robotics Startup of the Yr 2022.
Odense Robotics’ roughly 300 members, made up of robotic, automation and drone corporations, nominated and voted for finalists for the awards.
Capra confronted robust competitors from different finalists, beating out Blue Ocean Robotics and Common Robots. The Capra Hircus outside cell robotic can deal with several types of masses and be used for quite a lot of functions. Hircus runs ROS 2 and permits third-party instruments and functions to be connected both to its prime or by way of a trailer. It additionally has an I/O connector plate with customary connectors, so functions mounted on the robotic can use the battery provide (24V with 23-29.4V vary) and Ethernet supplied by the robotic by way of their respective M12 connectors.
“This award is testomony to Capra Robotics’ robust basis created by the corporate founder Mads Bendt and the staff we’ve constructed up collectively over the previous couple of years,” mentioned Capra CEO Niels Jul Jacobsen, who additionally based Cell Industrial Robots (MiR). “Capra Robotics goals to revolutionise using outside cell robots in inspection and surveillance, city service and upkeep, and logistics. The potential is big and we’re humbled that Denmark’s robotics, automation and drone business has chosen to recognise Capra Robotics with this award.”
Competitors was additionally tight for Robotics Startup of the Yr 2022. Spin confronted off in opposition to Intention Robotics, ARIS Robotics, Uniwelco and Weldingdroid. Spin launched its screwdriving finish effector for collaborative robots in 2021 and is now scaling the answer. The startup hopes to start in Europe and increase to North American and Asian markets by the tip of 2022.
“It’s an actual honor to be awarded Robotics Startup of the Yr 2022. We have now had a robust deal with our tech improvement and now we have now a robust product that may carry out strenuous screwing duties, that are carried out manually in lots of corporations,” Teit Silberling, CEO at Spin, mentioned. “We’re an excellent staff with large, international development ambitions. Scaling up in Europe is what we’re targeted on now. This award is a implausible recognition of the expansion potential that lies in our firm and our product.”
Spin’s all-in-one screwdriving resolution is ready to insert six screws in lower than a minute, the corporate claims. Its merchandise are used throughout quite a few industries, together with automotive, logistics, medical home equipment and extra.
Odense Robotics has 5 hubs in Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Odense and Sonderborg. The aim of the cluster is to speed up sustainable improvement amongst robotic, automation and drone corporations. The group opened its fifth and last hub in Aalborg in January 2022.
Denmark has lengthy been dwelling to one of many strongest robotics clusters worldwide. In line with the Odense Robotics Insight Report 2022 (PDF), Denmark’s robotics business grew 12% in 2021. Denmark’s robotics, automation and drone business generated EUR 2.8 billion (DKK 21.1 billion) in turnover in 2021, together with EUR 1.5 billion (DKK 11 billion) in exports.
