Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 83.77
June 07, 2021
…welding. Vejen, Denmark-based WeldingDroid has announced that robotics luminary Thomas Visti Jensen has joined its ownership group. The Vejen, Denmark-based startup said it plans to use its latest capital to grow from six to 30 employees and to open branches in Germany and the U.S. by the end of 2022. Visti was the owner and CEO of two of Denmark's most successful robotics businesses: collaborative robot leader Universal Robots A/S (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots ApS (MiR), both of which are now Teradyne companies. He was named European CEO Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019, and he recently shifted his…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 47.93
March 11, 2020
…become, especially in existing environments with tight spaces,” said Thomas Visti, CEO, MiR. Named for its payload of 250 kg, the robot is the latest addition to the company’s fleet of AMRs, including the MiR100, MiR200, MiR500 and MiR1000, which are already installed in more than 50 countries at companies like Toyota, Ford and Raytheon. The MiR250 battery is based on the large-capacity models, featuring 48v architecture (instead of 24v) for longer runtime and double the charging speed. The can add 3 hours of operation in a 24-hour period. To further reduce downtime, batteries can be swapped in 2 minutes.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.53
August 23, 2021
…productivity.” Nadolny Madsen founded Made4CNC in January with investors Thomas Visti and Lasse Kieffer. The team played a central role in the global success of well-known Danish robot companies including Universal Robots, OnRobot, Purple Robotics, and Mobile Industrial Robots. The startup is based at Visti Unlimited, an entrepreneurial co-working space in the robotics cluster of Odense, Denmark. Safedoor SD100 automatically opens doors Safedoor SD100. Source: Made4CNC When automating CNC machines today, integrators often build homemade door-opening solutions, said Made4CNC. But that risks errors, stoppages, and hazardous situations because such systems typically require compressed air and are neither standardized nor tested.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.57
March 15, 2022
…niche in the automation of the shipping industry,” said Thomas Visti Jensen, owner of Visti Unlimited. “It is a problem that is of the greatest interest at the moment, which SubBlue Robotics aims to solve, where we can see major energy savings and greater safety.” “And let me tell you that the company founders possess extraordinary drive,” he added. “I am looking forward to myself and Ralf Astrup hopefully being able to help the company on its journey.” Danish innovators, shippers support startup Visti is former co-owner of Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots, two of Denmark's most successful robotics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.18
May 31, 2023
…2013 to change how companies handle their internal logistics. Thomas Visti joined him in late 2014. Both had experience from another successful robotics company, collaborative robot maker Universal Robots A/S, providing them with valuable market insights and a strategy for taking the company from scratch to a world leader in only a few years, claimed MiR. In the early years, Visti took to the road with a MiR100 robot in the back of his car, giving demonstrations to distribution partners and prospective customers. From the very beginning, MiR said it focused on a global market approach based on sales and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.32
June 13, 2019
…equipment rather than make a capital investment upfront,” said Thomas Visti, CEO, MiR. “Leasing the robots becomes an operational expenditure instead, enabling our customers to quickly get started reaping the benefits AMRs offer as they automate monotonous, repetitive, and often injury-prone manual material transportation.” With MiR Finance, customers get the chance to lease the “full package,” including the robots, integration and top modules for the robots. The monthly cost of the leasing depends on the type of robot and the length of the leasing period, but a simple calculation shows that it costs $4.44 per hour (or $711 per month)…
