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Teradyne RoboticsとElite Robots、Universal Robotsソフトウェア紛争を非公開条件で和解

Teradyne RoboticsとElite Robotsは10月1日、コボットに関する法的紛争を公開条件なしで解決。一方Universal RobotsはPolyScope Xを基盤とするGen 7プラットフォームを準備中。

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  • Teradyne Robotics and Elite Robots settled their cobot dispute by mutual agreement on Oct. 1, 2026, with no public terms disclosed. (S1)
  • The April 2026 Regional Court of Hamburg preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Deutschland was not a final infringement ruling and Elite Robots did not admit liability. (S1)
  • Universal Robots launched its Gen 7 platform on PolyScope X, including g-Series arms, CB7 Core controller, TP7 Core teach pendant and SP7 Smart Panel. (S1)

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Reported by The Robot Report on 2026-10-08. Summarized and analyzed by XAIPART Editorial.

What happened

Teradyne Robotics and Elite Robots have reached a mutual agreement resolving a legal dispute over robots and software, bringing the case to an end without either company disclosing the terms of the settlement.S1 Teradyne Robotics, a subsidiary of Teradyne Inc. and parent of Universal Robots A/S, announced the settlement on Oct. 1.S1 The resolution reflects the parties' shared interest in avoiding the continued time and cost associated with legal proceedings.S1

In a joint statement quoted by the source, Jette Withers, Teradyne Robotics' chief legal officer, and Charles Xie, Elite Robots' overseas sales director, said: "The parties have resolved their pending legal dispute by mutual agreement.S1

Teradyne is described as the world's leading developer of collaborative robot arms, having sold more than 100,000 robots since it was founded in 2005.S1 Teradyne Robotics sued Elite Robots Deutschland GmbH earlier this year, alleging copyright infringement involving Universal Robots software.S1 The Regional Court of Hamburg issued a preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Deutschland in April, restricting the company in connection with the allegedly infringing software and products containing it in Germany.S1 The preliminary injunction was not a final finding of infringement, and Elite Robots did not admit liability as part of the settlement.S1

The settlement comes shortly after Universal Robots unveiled its seventh-generation force- and power-limited platform, which the company describes as a broader redesign including new g-Series robot arms, the CB7 Core controller, the TP7 Core teach pendant, and the SP7 Smart Panel.S1 Gen 7 is built around PolyScope X, a software platform with open APIs, an SDK to support AI applications, and expanded connectivity and programming capabilities.S1 A separate August case that alleged JAKA Robotics' Germany subsidiary infringed three Universal Robots patents remains ongoing.S1

Key numbers
MetricReported value
Teradyne cumulative cobot units soldMore than 100,000 since 2005S1
Number of UR patents asserted in JAKA case3 (priority date March 2006)S1
Settlement financial termsNot disclosedS1
Settlement technical/license conditionsNot disclosedS1

Background timeline

  1. - Universal Robots founded; Teradyne is described as having since sold more than 100,000 cobots. [S1]
  2. - Regional Court of Hamburg issues preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Deutschland in the copyright case. [S1]
  3. - Teradyne Robotics files separate patent infringement case against JAKA Robotics' Germany subsidiary over three Universal Robots patents. [S1]
  4. - Universal Robots unveils its seventh-generation platform (Gen 7) built on PolyScope X. [S1]
  5. - Teradyne Robotics and Elite Robots announce mutual settlement; terms not disclosed. [S1]

XAIPART take

Technical impact

Because the underlying allegation concerned Universal Robots software, the most consequential outcome for engineers is whether Elite Robots' controllers and cobot firmware now diverge from the UR toolchain. The source gives no technical detail, so we cannot confirm any SDK, URCap, or PolyScope compatibility change at this time.

Market impact

The settlement closes one of two active Teradyne Robotics IP fronts in Europe while the JAKA suit continues, which keeps supply-chain risk asymmetric across Chinese-origin cobot brands. Buyers specifying Elite Robots for German lines should expect the April 2026 Hamburg injunction to remain the controlling constraint until a public licensing or product-redesign statement appears.

Action

Procurement teams should pause single-source commitments to Elite Robots cobots for projects shipping into Germany until either party publishes licensing or code-removal terms. Engineering teams building on Universal Robots should plan around PolyScope X and the Gen 7 controllers rather than legacy CB3 controllers, since the dispute centred on UR software IP.

XAIPART Forecast

XAIPART expects that, within 9 months of 2026-10-01, at least one party to the Teradyne Robotics-Elite Robots settlement will publish a clarifying statement disclosing whether Elite Robots paid a fee, altered its controller firmware, or obtained a license covering Universal Robots software; if no such statement is published by 2027-07-01, this forecast is wrong. XAIPART analysis

Facts are as reported by the cited source. The design-in, sourcing and forward-looking statements above are XAIPART's analysis, not the source's claims. Uncertainty: settlement financial and technical terms are single-source and undisclosed; the unnamed IP lawyer's general pattern is not confirmed as descriptive of this case.

Corrections: none at publication. This brief will be updated with a timestamp if the source corrects its report.

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  1. Teradyne Robotics, Elite Robots settle cobot dispute — https://www.therobotreport.com/terayne-robotics-elite-robots-settle-cobot-dispute/ · rss · 参照日

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