Universal Robots (UR) has launched its fastest collaborative robot yet. The UR15 boosts motion capability and has a maximum speed of 5 m/s. It is designed to increase productivity and reduce costs across industries.

For pick-and-place applications, the UR15 delivers up to 30% cycle time improvements compared to other UR models.

UR’s new motion control technology OptiMove enhances the UR15’s trajectory smoothness. OptiMove is designed to ensure consistently accurate movements even in high-speed and high-payload applications.

UR15 runs with both PolyScope 5 and PolyScope X, UR’s software platform, and is AI-ready. The UR15 can be used with the UR AI Accelerator, UR’s toolkit for developing AI-powered applications. The UR AI Accelerator is developed in collaboration with NVIDIA using NVIDIA Isaac’s CUDA-accelerated libraries and models and running on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin system-on-module.

The UR15 has a payload of 15 kg (33 lbs) which can be increased to 17.5 kg (38.58 lbs) for applications with wrist-down orientation, such as palletising.

“For 20 years, we’ve pushed the boundaries of collaborative automation, making it easier, safer and more powerful for businesses around the world,” said Tero Tolonen, Chief Product Officer. “Today, we take another leap forward with the UR15, which is designed specifically to operate at higher speeds with the smoothest performance in robotics today. This makes it a seamless fit for diverse production environments and provides our vast ecosystem of partners with an opportunity to boost existing applications and to develop new, transformative solutions that will take collaborative automation to the next level.”