2026-09-14 (robots digest): UR's answer ships mid-dispute — a
seventh-generation platform at IMTS (three new arms, rebuilt core
controller, "AI-ready" tool flange), landing exactly inside the FCC
import-ban window that gates JAKA's new US models. Generational
refresh + patent assertion + import ban = the incumbent consolidating
its installed base against the price-aggressor.
2026-09-10/11 the subjects are now known — Teradyne's suit covers
three Universal Robots patents: robot interfaces, safety brakes,
and joints (Robot Report). The foundational safety/interface stack
of collaborative robots, asserted by a Western incumbent against the
Chinese price-aggressor, mid-FCC import ban. Watch: whether it
settles or widens.
2026-09-07 TRR adds the other litigation track — Teradyne Robotics
has sued JAKA's German subsidiary for infringing Universal Robots
patents. Provenance now partially known: both directions confirmed.
Background
The thread: Chinese cobot maker JAKA taking legal action against
Teradyne Robotics (UR/MiR's parent) to end "false, misleading and
damaging" statements — escalation in a patent dispute whose earlier
phases predate the robots feed's backfill, so provenance is unknown to
us.
Watch for: filings and who initiated, whether this settles or widens,
what the disputed statements actually claimed.