

Manufacturing Automation at Scale: Leadership Insights
About ElevateX 2026
ElevateX is Flagship innovation and business-confluence hosted by Universal Robots and Mobile industrial Robots for Large Enterprise and startup leaders leading the next chapter of automation in this important region.
A key element was a roundtable with 15 leaders from India’s robotics startup ecosystem. Physical AI was at the center of almost every topic, especially its role in accelerating adoption in robotics and lowering the barrier to entry for new use cases.
And 9 Large enterprise leaders also joined the event to discuss their priorities for automation across automotive, electronics, education and general manufacturing - this real-world grounding is essential if physical AI is going to deliver to its full potential. In return, we were able to deliver live demonstrations covering palletizing, welding, machine tending, education, AMRs and the AI Accelerator.

Key Highlights of the ElevateX:
- 36+ In-person Media interactions | 9 Large enterprise CXOs joined our round table | 15 Startup CEOs and Ecosystem partners.
- 6 Live demos showcased end‑to‑end capabilities: Palletizing, Welding, Machine Tending, Education, AMR/MiR, and the AI Accelerator.
- Case story testimonial/teaser launch Origin - they shared how partnering with Universal Robots is driving measurable impact through improved productivity, stronger safety and consistently high‑quality project outcomes.
Media coverages


ANI News

Business Standard

Modern Manufacturing India

Industrial Automation

Indian Express

VARINDIA

Manufacturing Today

Modern Manufacturing India

The Week

Your Welds, UR Seamless Control
Suitable for: Metal Fabrication, Heavy Engineering, Automotive Components, Industrial Manufacturing
- The UR8 Long offers a 1750 mm reach and 10 kg payload, making it ideal for welding large, complex, or multi‑angle components.
- MotionPlus enables synchronized movement with positioners and external axes, delivering smoother, more consistent weld paths.
- Integrated with a Lorch welding power source, it provides a plug‑and‑play welding setup that accelerates deployment.
- Enhanced Free‑drive hand‑guiding allows operators to teach weld trajectories easily, even without expert-level robotics experience.
- The system improves weld quality, reduces operator fatigue, and fits seamlessly into existing fabrication cells for safer and more efficient production.

Your Throughput, UR High‑Reach Precision
Suitable for: Logistics, Warehousing, FMCG, Packaging, E‑commerce Fulfillment
- The UR20 provides a 25 kg payload and 1750 mm reach, enabling smooth handling of medium‑to‑heavy boxes across packaging workflows.
- Paired with the Cobotiz CF20 lifting column, the solution supports palletizing up to ~2200 mm height, ideal for high‑stack operations.
- Operators can quickly configure box dimensions, pallet patterns, and recipes through an intuitive user interface.
- The system easily manages mixed box sizes, making it suitable for dynamic, multi‑SKU environments.
- A vacuum‑based gripper ensures secure picks and precise placements, improving consistency, safety, and overall throughput.

Your Learning, UR Live‑Tracking Intelligence
Suitable for: Education, Skill Development Centers, Automation Training Labs, Light Manufacturing
- The UR3e features a 3 kg payload, 500 mm reach, and an 11.1 kg arm weight, making it ideal for education and compact lab environments.
- Its Ø128 mm footprint allows deployment in tight spaces, small workbenches, or modular training setups.
- An OnRobot RG2 gripper demonstrates fundamental pick‑and‑place operations essential for automation learning.
- Conveyor tracking enables the robot to detect, follow, and pick moving parts directly from a running conveyor, showcasing real-world applicability.
- Simple programming and hand‑guiding make it an excellent tool for training engineers, students, and operators in modern automation concepts.

Your Uptime, UR High‑Speed Strength
Suitable for: CNC Machining, Automotive Components, Electronics Manufacturing, Precision Engineering
- The UR15 delivers a 17.5 kg payload, 1300 mm reach, and IP65 protection, making it suitable for demanding CNC machining environments.
- Its compact Ø204 mm footprint enables easy installation into tight CNC cells without major layout changes.
- Operating at speeds up to 5 m/s, it significantly reduces cycle times and enhances throughput.
- Automated tending ensures consistent, 24/7 operation, reducing part damage, downtime, and human fatigue.
- The PolyScope interface simplifies programming, helping manufacturers deploy automation faster and maintain efficient production flows.

Your Decisions, UR Edge Intelligence
Suitable for: Electronics, FMCG, Quality Inspection, High‑Mix Manufacturing, AI‑Driven Automation
- The UR7e provides a 7.5 kg payload, 850 mm reach, and IP54 rating, enabling precision in high‑mix production.
- The new AI Accelerator Kit brings advanced vision, high‑performance compute, and real-time perception directly to the robot.
- On‑edge processing eliminates cloud dependency, improving responsiveness and reliability during AI-driven motion.
- Ideal for electronics, aerospace, automotive, and FMCG sectors requiring adaptable, fast decision‑making.
- Seamless Ethernet and URCap integration, plus open APIs and ROS support, enable customization and advanced AI application development.

Your Material Flow, UR Autonomous Mobility
Suitable for: Automotive, Electronics, General Manufacturing, Internal Logistics, Warehousing
- This integrated solution combines the UR30 cobot’s high‑precision handling capabilities with the MiR250 AMR’s autonomous navigation.
- The UR30 places components onto the MiR250, enabling synchronized material flow between stations.
- MiR250 uses marker-based docking for consistent, high-accuracy alignment at loading and unloading points.
- The system ensures repeatable transfers and minimizes operator involvement in routine material movement.
- This combination enables smart intralogistics, improving efficiency, scalability, and factory-wide material autonomy.

Empowering people, not replacing them: The next chapter of manufacturing productivity
An exclusive CXO roundtable to broght leaders together, explore strategies, best practices, and accelerate innovation. Discussions will reveal how a connected thread across design, factory, manufacturing, and operations to enable faster decisions, collaboration, and customer-driven outcomes redefining competitiveness in the digital manufacturing era.
Organized by ETManufacturing Industry leaders examined how automation is transforming Indias factories.


Suresh Kumar

Naveen Chopra

Rohit Jacob

Nidhi Goyal

Smitha Rao

Ranjit Jadhav

Harshvardhan S

Intelligence to Impact: Scaling Physical AI from Lab to Factory
Round Table focused among founders and experts who are building the next generation of intelligent machines and bringing them into the real world.
While breakthroughs in perception, learning, and decision-making are accelerating rapidly, the true test of Physical AI begins when algorithms leave the lab and enter complex, unpredictable industrial environments.
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