Vention and Teradyne Robotics Collaborate on Digital Twin Creation Platform Optimized for UR Robotic Cells

Vention, a leader in digital-first industrial automation, and Teradyne Robotics have announced a strategic partnership aimed at streamlining the deployment of modular automation. The collaboration integrates Vention’s MachineBuilder software with Universal Robots’ family of collaborative robots (cobots), creating a specialized platform that enables manufacturers to design, program, and operate modular work cells entirely within a unified digital environment.

At Automate 2026 in Chicago, live demonstrations will highlight the platform’s capabilities, including Vention’s Rapid Operator AI—powered by the NVIDIA Isaac open robotics platform—and advanced welding applications featuring Universal Robots’ UR12e and UR20 cobot models.

While the robotics industry often remains fragmented between hardware and software, this initiative delivers an end-to-end automation solution built around an application-specific approach. By leveraging Vention’s proven technology, Teradyne Robotics can provide customers with a ready-to-configure digital environment that eliminates the traditional trial-and-error phase of automation. Users can now validate reach and modular framing before a single bolt is tightened.

Vention and Teradyne Robotics Collaborate on Digital Twin Creation Platform Optimized for UR Robotic Cells

Accelerating Robotics Adoption

“This collaboration reflects our conviction that robotics adoption must become faster, simpler, and more scalable for manufacturers of all sizes,” said Étienne Lacroix, Chief Executive Officer of Vention. “By combining Vention’s digital twin expertise with the Universal Robots capabilities, we are creating a new way to design modular robotic cells — one that shortens time to value while maintaining the flexibility required in modern manufacturing.”

Justin Brown, Chief Commercial Officer of Teradyne Robotics, emphasized the platform’s value for customers. “For our customers, the real breakthrough is moving from concept to a production-ready solution with confidence. This collaboration enables us to create high-fidelity simulations for our customers that reflect real-world kinematics. That means less trial and error, faster validation, and a shorter path from design to deployment.”

Deepening the Digital-First Experience

Building on a multi-year collaboration, this next phase moves beyond hardware compatibility to deliver a deeply integrated digital experience tailored to collaborative robot users. Key features include:

UR-Optimized Design Environment: A dedicated interface within Vention’s platform pre-loaded with the technical specifications and capabilities of the entire UR cobot line, ensuring every design is “build-ready” and technically viable.
Exclusive Automation Marketplace: Access to Vention’s ecosystem of Universal Robots-vetted UR+ components, from end-of-arm tooling to 7th-axis systems.
Empowering Customers: Universal Robots’ global teams can now generate high-fidelity 3D simulations in minutes, enabling closer collaboration during the design phase and a faster path to proof of concept.
Library of Validated Templates: Pre-configured automation templates for high-demand applications—including end-of-line solutions, machine tending, pick-and-place, and overhead linear-axis systems—all optimized for UR cobots.

Initially rolling out across North America and Europe, the platform gives Universal Robots customers a fully integrated automation foundation that connects robot selection, digital twin design, controls, and modular infrastructure into a single, seamless deployment workflow.

Live Demonstrations at Automate 2026

Teradyne Robotics and Vention will both showcase their technology at Automate 2026 this week in Chicago. Teradyne Robotics (Universal Robots and MiR, Booth #1250) will demonstrate Rapid Operator AI, an NVIDIA-powered bin-picking solution built on the open Isaac platform that enables autonomous decision-making. Vention (Booth #2848) will feature a UR12e running AI-driven bin picking and a UR20 on an overhead range extender, showcasing advanced, large-scale welding applications.

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