UVD Robots (Blue Ocean Robotics) · working robot
UVD Robot
A wheeled robot topped by a tower of UV-C lamps that drives itself through patient rooms, operating theatres and cleanrooms, switching off the light if it senses a person. The third generation, Model C, arrived in 2020; a Pharma version targets cleanrooms.
- Price
- —About $80,000-90,000
- Height
- 178 cmTaller than 89%
- Weight
- 120 kgHeavier than 64%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 2.7 km/hFaster than 8%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Won the IERA Award in 2019.
Real-world use
Developed with Odense University Hospital in Denmark; the company says it shipped hundreds of robots worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2018
- Released
- 2018
Maker
UVD Robots (Blue Ocean Robotics)Company · Odense, Denmark3C Groups majority owner from 2025 and sole owner in 2026
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
UVD Robot is taller than 89% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
UVD Robot is heavier than 64% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
UVD Robot is faster than 8% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention UVD Robot gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Once staff start a disinfection job it drives through rooms on its own and switches off its lamps if a person appears.
- Hands
- Tower of short-wavelength UV-C lamps
- Sensors & vision
- Lidar, three 3D cameras and passive infrared sensors; heat and motion detection stops the lamps if people appear
- AI & software
- Tablet control in static, semi-manual or autonomous modes
- Other details
- 120 kg; 178 cm tall; 2.7 km/h
From the maker
UVD Robot is the only machine from UVD Robots (Blue Ocean Robotics) in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedAbout $80,000-90,000
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Hundreds shipped during the COVID-19 pandemic; about $80,000-90,000
- Where it is sold or used
- Odense, Denmark
- Customers and pilots
- Odense University Hospital (development partner), AstraZeneca
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- 3C Groups takes full ownership
3C Groups moved to buy the remaining Blue Ocean Robotics shares after the company refocused on UVD Robots in 2025.
Blue Ocean Robotics
Sources
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