About Odense Robotics
Odense Robotics is the collective term for the high-tech ecosystem consisting of robot and automation companies, suppliers,education and research facilities, investment capital and public actors around the city of Odense, Denmark.
As the cluster organization behind Odense Robotics, we work to develop and support the eco systemby delivering platforms and tools for:Recruitment - business development – startups - market insight - investor relations.
And we market the strengths og the cluster within the international robotic industry.
This cluster of robotic technologies fosters innovation from creative conception to industrial production.
Being part of this eco system offers ambitious technology companies prime conditions for growth.
Odense Robotics stimulates business development, promote growth and work to attract qualified labor to the city, through:
· Strategic market insight in the form of knowledge, research and analytics about the market and companies’ business models and strategy.
· Acting as a catalyst for business development and facilitating collaboration across companies and the ecosystem.
· Assisting in solving recruitment challenges that robot and automation companies experience.
· Attracting investor capital and international companies that create value for the ecosystem.
· Establishing accelerator programs for new promising businesses, this includes Odense Robotics StartUp Hub
· Market Odense Robotics as the ‘frontier for robotic technologies’ for robot startups, collaborative robots and food automation.
The numbers:
· There are more than 80 companies and 2200 employees in robotics and automation in Odense
· More than 30 institutions work in R&D
· More than 30 different education related to robotic technology in Odense
Strong Roots
Odense companies’ achievements in robotics are build upon the strong foundation created 25 years ago when the city's major industrial companies began to demand automated production methods. One being Odense Steel Shipyard (Lindø) who initiated cooperation with Odense University. This since led to the establishment of the Maersk McKinney Moller Institute began developing robots and robot applications in collaboration with the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). Following this, Mærsk McKinney Møller Institute established a high-tech center of excellence for intelligent autonomous systems as a part of SDU, and Danish Technological Institute’s Center for Robotics set up in Odense.
Organization and Financing
The municipality of Odense aims to attract new companies and investment capital to the city through an initiative called Invest in Odense. Invest in Odense consist of three branches: Odense Robotics, UAS Denmark – which focuses on drone technology and Odense Health – which focuses on welfare technology. These three branches highlight industries in which Odense has a national position of strength.
· Odense Robotics is organizationally anchored in Developing Fyn. And is financed by Developing Fyn and the municipality of Odense.
· Developing Fyn conducts business and tourism efforts for the five largest municipalities on Fyn (Odense, Svendborg, Nyborg, Faaborg and Assens), which represents 80% of Fyn’s residents.