# OnRobot acquires Purple Robotics

OnRobot A/S has acquired Purple Robotics, a Danish developer of the world's first dual vacuum gripper specifically for cobots. The acquisition adds Purple Robotics' technology to OnRobot's product mix.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-10-17
- Where: Odense, Denmark
- Status: completed
- Products: dual vacuum gripper for cobots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [OnRobot](https://endata.com/companies/18698.md) (acquirer)
- [Purple Robotics](https://endata.com/companies/19000.md) (target)

## Sources

- [ctemag.com](https://ctemag.com/news/onrobot-acquires-purple-robotics/), 2018-10-17: "Purple Robotics, which has just developed an innovative vacuum gripper within just one year—the world's first gripper specifically for cobots—has now been acquired by OnRobot."

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