Universal Robots launches Gen 7 platform for industrial automation
Universal Robots unveiled its Gen 7 robot platform featuring redesigned software tools and controller hardware to assist manufacturing companies with factory floor automation deployments
On September 15, 2026, Teradyne's Universal Robots unveiled Gen 7, the seventh generation of their collaborative industrial robots, at the IMTS trade show. This unified system upgrade aims to enhance the user experience for operators, engineers, and integrators by introducing a fully reengineered control box, teach pendant, and tool flange.
Universal Robots president Jean-Pierre Hathout emphasized the need for advanced robots that are not complicated, highlighting Gen 7's design as an end-to-end redesign that reduces integration friction and expands application capabilities.
Key innovations in Gen 7 include the g-Series robot arms, featuring AI-ready tool flanges and built-in force-torque sensing, impedance control, and RTDE for physical AI applications. The CB7 Core controller, with 40% more compute power and 30% smaller footprint, enables multi-network communication for modern automation and physical AI.
The PolyScope X, a modern programming tool with ISO 10218-1 safety functionality and cybersecurity compliance, allows for edge-AI applications and integration with external AI processing. Additionally, the TP7 Smart Panel tool flange interface facilitates faster programming and setup at the point of task completion.
Gen 7 demonstrates a robust ecosystem of physical AI, machine vision, and gripping providers, such as Cognex, Schunk, Magswitch, Smooth Robotics, Psyonic, Robotiq, and Inbolt, showcasing how the open architecture enables these companies to build applications directly on Universal Robots hardware and software. The platform also offers UR+ - a curated, rigorously tested portfolio of automation products, validated by both partners and Universal Robots before reaching the market, thereby reducing integration risks and expediting deployment for customers.
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