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Rising labor costs in countries where US manufacturers have outsourced over the last 50 years are rising while technological advances are decreasing the cost of actual production. With reduced transportation and delivery costs, many companies are reevaluating the possibility of bringing production back to the US by taking advantage of lower labor costs associated with advances in automation and robotics technology.Manufacturers investing in new technology can see as much as a 70% increase …

Free, interactive training simulations are now available online from Universal Robots. The new Universal Robots Academy is not dependent on having an actual robot on which to train. Anyone who is interested in learning about how the robots operate and may be programmed can access basic programming training.As unusual as this is for the industry, CTO and founder of Universal Robots, Esben Østergaard, explains, “... this is a long-term investment for us. We want to raise the robot literacy …